Supercomputing Division, Information Technology Center, The University Tokyo

Eligibility for use

Use of the systems of the Center is aimed at contributing to academic research, education, and the society. Hence, the following parties are eligible to use the Center.

  1. Faculty members and students of universities, technical colleges, and inter-university research institutes.
  2. Those who are exclusively engaged in research, and who are affiliated with independent administrative institutions under the jurisdiction of MEXT.
  3. Those who are exclusively engaged in research, and who are affiliated to institutions under the jurisdiction of the national government or local public organization, with the aim of academic research and the promotion of learning (with the exception of those to whom items 1. and 2. are applicable).
  4. With the exception of those to whom items 1., 2. and 3. are applicable, those who are exclusively engaged in research, and who are affiliated to institutions aimed at academic research and approved by the Director of the Information Technology Center, the University of Tokyo (hereafter, “Center Director”).
  5. Those who are exclusively engaged in research, and participating in joint research with a member of the research project through an agreement with an institution that parties in items 1. to 4. are affiliated with.
  6. Those who are receiving public funds, such as Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, to engage in academic research (with the exception of those to whom items 1. to 5. are applicable).
  7. Those who are affiliated with private corporations or other corporate bodies, and who have been approved by the Center Director upon screening based on screening regulations under a separately established committee (with the exception of those to whom item 6 is applicable).
  8. Those who are conducting research on themes screened and selected by the Research Organization for Information Science and Technology or the Joint Usage/Research Center for Interdisciplinary Large-scale Information Infrastructures.
  9. Apart from those to whom items 1. to 8. are applicable, those who have been approved in particular by the Center Director.

Use of supercomputers by foreign nationals and those residing abroad (for instructors and accepting faculty)


For details, please refer to the Terms of Use for Supercomputer Systems of the Information Technology Center, the University of Tokyo.