The Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (北陸先端科学技術大学院大学, hokuriku sentan kagaku gijutsu daigakuin daigaku, JAIST) is a postgraduate university in Nomi, Ishikawa, established in 1990.

JAIST was established in the centre of Ishikawa Science Park (ISP).

JAIST has programs of advanced research and development in science and technology.

One program is the "Technology Creation based on Knowledge Science" (知識科学に基づく科学技術の創造と実践, chishiki kagaku ni motoduku kagaku-gijyutsu no sōzō to jissen) (2003), and the other program is "Verifiable and Evolvable E-Society" (検証進化可能電子社会, kenshō shinka kanō denshi shakai) (2004).

[1] In UniRank's 2017 ranking of Japanese universities, JAIST came in 25th place[2] and 130th in Asia.