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What is the difference between 研究所 and 研究室? Do both mean a research institute?
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Difference between 研究所 and 研究室
研究所 means "research institute". I have never seen 研究屋 (and it's not to be
found in the BCCWJ corpus). I think that 研究屋 is 研究 "research" with the suffix
屋, which could have a number of nuances, e.g. "someone scientifically-minded",
"Mr. Research". For a better translation, you'd have to provide some context.

In any case, 研究屋 is definitely not a way to refer to a research institute.

_Edit._ 研究室 is a type of 室 "room", so "research lab".
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研究所 is a research institute whereas 研究室 is more like a lab.
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I think the other answers address it pretty well but I just want to throw in
something that's a little weird about [研究室]{けんきゅうしつ} gets used versus "lab".

[研究所]{けんきゅうしょ} is the place of study on the level of university or more likely
research center. I say research center is more likely than university, because
Japanese universities are, in my experience, more an amalgamation of different
[学部]{がくぶ} that function mostly independently and then within that professors
manage multiple labs that are the 研究室.

Now the interesting thing about 研究室 is that these exist not just in fields
like chemistry and physics but in fields like philosophy and religion. What it
means in the [文学部]{ぶんがくぶ} cases is a room that the students can use to study
where many of the related books are there. At my particular university, these
books are even cataloged by the library and can be checked out using a
handwritten notebook -- even by non-university affiliated persons.

In my friend's 研究室, even though he works in fisheries science, the room they
call the 研究室 is just their respective desk areas. The room next door is a lab
with an HLPC. Also they their shoes off in the lab but not the 研究室

* * *

The same thing goes for professors and faculty. A professor's office is his
研究室. Translating it to lab won't work in these cases at all.
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