A challenge and a unique experience – do your M.Sc thesis at Semiconductor Energy Laboratories (SEL) sponsored by Dr. Shunpei Yamazaki – the top patent holder in world!!

Swedish senior students of technology are invited to apply for a very generous scholarship from frontier technology laboratory SEL through the Sweden-Japan Foundation. The scholarship includes airfare to and from Japan, living cost and a salary in accordance with SEL regulations.  Duration: 6 months. Work place: SEL laboratories in Atsugi, Kanagawa, 1 hour by train from Tokyo.

The application period (March 15 to October 15) for 2024 is now closed

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Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. is a very unique company, engaged in creative R&D and patenting novel technologies. Profit from the obtained patent is invested to further R&D in the intellectual propery creation cycle of SEL. Over the years, SEL has developed some of the world’s top class technology through research of low-temperature crystalline (continuous grain silicon (CGS) transistors and crystalline oxide semiconductor transistors and possess a great number of fundamental patents in this field. Read more at SEL Website

Dr. Shunpei Yamazaki, owner of SEL, founded the company in 1980. He holds over 17,000 patents (as of October 2021) and renewed his own Guinness World Record in 2016. He has received several awards and decorations in Japan and abroad for his research and innovations.

SEL provides several evening courses and sports activities, for example, tennis, soccer, basketball, baseball, badminton, climbing, skiing, snowboarding, etc.