The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, jointly established by Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Hirosaki University, Iwate University and Yamagata University, is an independent graduate school for doctoral courses in agricultural science. The School has biological research of frigid areas as its foundation, and conducts advanced and interdisciplinary researches into biological production science, bioresource science, biological systems in frigid areas, and biological environmental science.

With cooperation from member universities, partner graduate schools, other united graduate schools of agricultural science and overseas universities, students can study to attain high-level specialized knowledge in agricultural science for frigid areas.

The School aims to foster researchers who can conduct cutting-edge research that comes up to the international standard, university instructors who have intensive interest in, and abundant knowledge of, agricultural science, and sophisticated professionals who have the ability to be flexible in seeking and solving problems.

• Bioproduction Science
• Bioresource Science
• Cryobiosystems Science
• Biotic Environment Science