[Japan] University of Tokyo – ESEP 2018 (Summer Program, School of Engineering)

The School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo will be holding its 2018 Summer Program, called ESEP (Engineering Summer Education Program) from June 25 to August 10, 2018. This program offers top-class international undergraduate and graduate students a short-term research experience in the basic and translational sciences in our world-leading laboratories.
For further information, please go to: http://oice.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/exchange/Summerprogram.html
An outline of the program is as below.
1. Schedules
3-6 weeks between June 25, 2018 and August 10, 2018.
(program start date and duration vary depending on laboratory.)
2. Applicants
Undergraduate applicants must have completed at least two full years of study in a bachelor’s
degree program by the time the program begins.
Applicants must remain enrolled at their current home university until the ESEP program ends.
3. Number of participants
Maximum 20 students
4. Financial support
・Stipend: JPY 80,000
・Accommodation: off-campus accommodation
 

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[Japan] University of Tokyo – Sato Yo International Scholarship for Exchange Students in September 2018

[Scholarship is offered for this program]
The University of Tokyo (UTokyo) accepts exchange students from partner universities with which the University has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding concerning student exchange. Exchange students can choose between the Type G and Type U programs.
The Type G program is designed for graduate students. Type G participants will belong to one of the Graduate Schools which they applied for and be able to take various courses or conduct research under the guidance of faculty members.
The Type U program is designed for undergraduate students to take various courses given in English and/or Japanese in the various Faculties in accordance with their English and/or Japanese language proficiency.
For further information, please go to: http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/academics/ustep-overview.html or http://oia.ugm.ac.id/japan-university-of-tokyo-university-wide-student-exchange-program-ustep-2018/
 

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[France] SciencesPo – Summer School 2018

[This program is self-funded]
The Sciences Po Summer School is pleased to announce the courses for its 2018 University Programme!
In the French language track, students take classes at one of six levels adapted to their knowledge of the French language.  In the social sciences track, students choose one core class for intensive study. In 2017, the Summer School will offer several new courses, in addition to the most popular courses from past years.

New social sciences courses for Summer 2017 include:
  • Public Economics – Emeric Henry
  • World Politics – Hélène Thiollet
  • Human Rights & Global Development – Jeremy Perelman
  • More new classes to be announced shortly.

For further information, please visit: http://www.sciencespo.fr/summer/content/university-programme-overview
 
 

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[Japan] Fukuoka Women's University – World of Japanese Contemporary Culture Fall 2018 – Spring 2019

[Scholarship is offered for this program]
Fukuoka Women’s University is offering its short-term study abroad program to ambitious international female students focusing on Japanese culture from September, 2018 to August, 2019.
 
The WJC program was established in 2010 as a milestone in the Fukuoka Women’s University’s internationalization effort. The program grants participants from each partner university a scholarship. Based on the availability of student positions and the number of applications from partner universities, a total of 25 to 30 students will be selected as participants. Only female students are eligible for WJC.
 
It is desirable (and important for us to maintain diversity of a student body) that applicants come from various academic fields, such as liberal arts, social sciences and natural sciences as well as Japanese studies majors.
 
>>>  01_General Information_WJC_Fall 2018 – Spring 2019
>>> 06_Course Abstract_WJC_Fall 2018_tentative
>>> 07_Course Abstract_WJC_Spring 2019_tentative
 

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[Japan] 2018 ProSPER.Net Young Researchers’ School

 [Scholarship is offered for this program]

Program Guideline: Concept note_YRS 2017_2018_FIN
Applications: Applications are open for postgraduate students from ProSPER.Net member universities to participate in an interdisciplinary intensive Young Researchers’ School on ‘Sustainable Urban Development for the World’s Megacities’.
Resource Persons: Sustainability experts from United Nations University – Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability and ProSPER.Net member universities will coordinate lectures, group work, and other activities.
Aims: Participants in the Young Researchers’ School will:

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[Japan] The Okazaki Kaheita International Scholarship Foundation 2018

[Scholarship is offered for this program]
The Okazaki Kaheita International Scholarship Foundation (The Foundation) was established in March 1990 to contribute to world peace and development by fostering people from the People’s Republic of China and other countries in Asia. This foundation strives to promote mutual understanding and international exchange as well as to pay homage to and immortalize the spirit of Okazaki Kaheita, a man who worked for mutual understanding, peace, and world friendship.
In order to promote friendship between Japan and Asian countries and to further the personal development of people in these countries, the foundation provides scholarships to students from Asian countries who wish to study in graduate schools in Japan.
Program brochure: 2019INDONESIA(English)REV
<The applicant must submit the application form through the university which is appointed by the Foundation. Each application must contact to those university. He/She can not apply individually.>
 
1. Applicant and Fields of Study
The applicant shall be qualified to purse a course of study and research, with Japanese as the medium of instruction, in a master’s course at a Japanese university.
The applicant shall be free to choose his/her own field of study, excluding medicine, dentistry and veterinary science.
 

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[Japan] Yokohama National University – The Global Doctoral Program for Academic Career Support (GDACS)

[Scholarship is offered for this program]
We are pleased to inform you that Yokohama National University is now looking for researchers who want to enter its graduate schools as doctoral students in October 2018 or April 2019 under the Global Doctoral Program for Academic Career Support (GDACS), which is a doctoral program for faculty members of universities in the emerging nations.
Under this program, the applicants do not need to travel to Japan for screening, the application fee is free, and admission and tuition fees are exempted. In addition, successful applicants with high academic performance will be awarded a monthly scholarship of 150,000 yen (estimated.) The scholarship awardees will be notified at the announcement of the selection results.
We are sending a set of required documents as attachments. We would appreciate it, if you could use these documents and inform your faculty members of the program.
The application guidelines and other documents can also be downloaded from the website below.
English: http://www.ynu.ac.jp/english/campus/expense/academic.html
Japanese: http://www.ynu.ac.jp/international/accept/academic.html
Note: The Application deadline is 4 January 2018.
Also, the website “Why Study at YNU?” below will provide you with the advantages of choosing our university:
http://www.kokusai-senryaku.ynu.ac.jp/whystudyatynu/en/index.html

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[Taiwan] Taiwan Tech – Winter Camp 2018

[Scholarship is offered for this program]
The National Taiwan University of Science and Technology was founded on August1, 1974, as the National Taiwan Institute of Technology (NTIT). It was the first higher education institution of its kind within our nation’s technical and vocational education system. By extending this system to the highest level, this new school was intended to meet the need created by our rapid economic and industrial development for highly trained bachelor’s degree-level engineers and managers. In 1979 and 1982, NTIT added master’s and doctoral programs, respectively.

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