IISEE, BRI provides international training courses in the fields of seismology, earthquake engineering, and tsunami disaster mitigation. We have participants from developing countries under the cooperation with Japan International Cooperation Agency and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. As of 31 July 2017, a total number of the participants is 1,792 from 100 countries and regions. Currently, we are providing the following courses.
Three regular courses on seismology, earthquake engineering, and tsunami disaster mitigation: The training period is about one year. From the 2005-2006 course, a part of the curriculum of these courses have been approved as a Master's degree program by National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and BRI.
Global seismological observation course: This course has been provided in collaboration with Japan Metrological Agency since 1995 by a request of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan as a part of Japan's contribution to nuclear disarmament. The training period is about two months.
Earthquake engineering course for Latin America: This course has been provided for enhancement and dissemination of earthquake resistant technology for buildings in Latin American countries since 2014. The training period is about two months and the lectures are given in Spanish.