Scholarship Graduate Program at Tohoku University

International Course

IGPAS (International Graduate Program for Advanced Science)

IGPAS 2010

Program begins:

October, 2010 (Fall 2010 semester)

Application Period:

November 2, 2009 – December 18, 2009

Notification Period:

February 1- 15, 2010

Status:

Open

IGPAS 2009

Program begins:

October, 2009 (Fall 2009 semester)

Application Period:

December 1, 2008 – January 31, 2009

Notification Period:

March 6, 2009 or around

INTRODUCTION

International Graduate Program for Advanced Science (IGPAS) is an interdisciplinary graduate program in the Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University . It was established in October 2004 as the first international graduate program founded in Japanese national universities. IGPAS offers courses in English for international students who are eager to obtain master’s and doctoral degrees from the Graduate School of Science. It also aims to educate Japanese students to exert their abilities as internationally- active, professional scientists.

IGPAS has proudly reserved positions of Japanese government scholarship for its master’s students since its foundation, and in 2008, IGPAS-Super Doctoral Course (SDC) has been started for doctoral students jointly with the Institute for the International Advanced Research and Education (IIARE) of Tohoku University . Students of IGPAS-SDC benefit from fellowship by IIARE to promote world top-level, interdisciplinary research at the Graduate School of Science.

Prospective students will have excellent opportunities to study modern science and conduct cutting-edge research with top-level scientists currently working at Tohoku University .

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PROGRAM DETAILS

IGPAS is a 5-year graduate program as the com bination of a 2-year master’s program and a 3-year doctoral program. Each student belongs to one of six departments, which are divided into three groups according to the GCOE programs:(i) Chemistry, (ii) Mathematics, Astronomy, and Physics, and (iii) Earth Science and Geophysics.

The academic year of IGPAS starts in October. The Graduate School of Science will admit at most 20 students each for the master’s and doctoral programs each year.

Financial Support

As of October, 2009, availability of financial supports for IGPAS students is as shown below. See 7. FINANCIAL SUPPORT of the IGPAS appplication booklet for the eligibility requirements of the following financial support below.

Master’s Program

Japanese government (MEXT) scholarship for 8 students

Term of the Scholarship: 5 years (2 years + 3 years)

¦ Monthly stipend of 156,000 yen as a master’s student and 157,000 yen as a doctoral student.

¦ Flight tickets between the country of the student’s nationality and Japan

¦Exemption from application, admission and tuition fees.

Doctoral Program

IGPAS-SDC fellowship for 2 students

Term of the Fellowship: 3 years

¦ Monthly stipend of 200,000 yen

¦ 300,000 yen to com pensate for admission fee

¦ 250,000 yen/semester to com pensate for tuition

¦ Research grants of up to 500,000 yen/semester (up to 1,000,000 yen/year)

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How to Apply

Step 1: Find faculty members in the field of your interest as candidates for your supervisor. Applications will not be accepted without the consent of at least one faculty member as a prospective supervisor. The prospective supervisors should be a professor, associate professor, or lecturer (senior assistant professor) affiliated to the Graduate School of Science. To look for faculty members, refer to the following websites.

—Brochure of the Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University

—Departments websites

—Academic Research Staff at Tohoku University

Step 2: Contact the faculty members directly via email and obtain consent of acceptance. To contact the faculty members, it is strongly advisable to:

—gather information about the faculty members and their field of research in advance by looking at their publications, research papers, and personal websites.

—include “IGPAS 2010” in the subject line of the email.

—provide as much of your academic background and application information as possible.

—provide the names of other faculty members if contacting more than one at the same time.

—provide the name of your current or the latest supervisor as a reference.

Step 3: Prepare the required documents for application

(see 10.APPLICATION DOCUMENTS of the IGPAS Application Booklet).

Step 4: Send application documents to the Academic Affairs Section for IGPAS via airmail. All the application documents should be enclosed together, sent via airmail, and received by the Academic Affairs Section for IGPAS by December 18, 2009 JST.

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Download Forms

Please check out 9. HOW TO APPLY and 10. APPLICATIN DOCUMENTS of the IGPAS application booklet first, and then download required forms from the chart below. Additional documents are also required for application.

Contact Information

Academic Affairs Section for IGPAS

Graduate School of Science , Tohoku University

6-3 Aramaki-Aza- Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578 JAPAN

Operated by

Graduate Academic Affairs Section

Division for International Research and Educational Cooperation (DIRECT)

Monday-Friday 10:30am-4:30pm

Tel:+81-22-795- 5829

Fax:+81-22-795- 6345

E-mail: direct[at mark]mail.sci. tohoku.ac. jp

Those who are inquiring by email, please:

· Include “IGPAS2010” in the subject line.

· Provide as much of your application information as possible.

· Read the IGPAS application booklet and FAQ thoroughly before inquiring.