Japan: Graduate Research Program Scholarships in Computer Science and Information Technology

October 17, 2008

Research Projects

The graduate research program is run in cooperation with funded research projects. Each student admitted to this program will belong to one of those projects, and will work in collaboration with the faculty members and research stuffs of the project. On admission, the admissions committee tentatively assigns each student a research project based on the information provided in the application documents. After enrollment, the students will be given an opportunity to select a research project according to his/her interests.

In addition to adequate office space and research equipment, the project will provide each student with the following financial supports:

Monthly stipend
Each student will receive the salary as a research assistant for his/her own research/study. The amount is calculated as 28 hours per week and 1,400 yen (Japanese Yen) per hour. This means about 157,000 yen per month (or, equivalently about 1,900,000 yen per year). Each year, the contract will be judged to revalidate based on the evaluation.
Travel expenses
For foreign students, financial support for onward travel travel will be provided.
Research fund
The project will provide sufficient funds for equipments, supplies and research trips necessary to carry out his/her research.
Student dormitory
JAIST offers on-campus student dormitory at very reasonable price.

From October 2002, this program is run by the Japanese Governmental grant for promotion of advanced research and education (through March 2007), and from April 2005, cooperating with JSPS funds for 21st Century COE Program (through March 2009). JAIST is among few that have been awarded this funding. The current general theme is “Verification and Development of Highly Reliable Internet Software,” which covers wide range of foundational research on Internet related software, ranging from theoretical foundations to innovative application development. See this page for the current research groups.

Degree Program

The graduate research program offers a graduate education program leading to a Ph.D. degree. This is a 3 year course consisting of the following.

10 course units
10 credit units of project work
dissertation research

Tuitions and fees. Each student must pay his/her tuitions and fees. The current applicable amounts are as follows.

Annual tuitions: 535,800 yen
Admission fees: 282,000 yen
Screening fee: 30,000 yen

Eligible students can apply for exemption of these frees after the admission.

Application Information for April 2009 Admission

The GRP program will accept applications for October admission and for April admission. The following information is only for April 2009 admission.

Eligibility
Those who hold a degree that is equivalence to master’s degree in Japan or expect to earn such a degree by March 31, 2009 for the term starting in April 2009.
Application Procedure
This GRP program is part of a doctoral program of the School of Information Science of JAIST. April 2009 admission is the recommendation based GRP admission. They consists of three steps.
1. Notify to the GRP Admission Office
  Those who would like to apply for the GRP program must also notify the GRP Admission Office his/her intension to apply.
2. Contact with your intended supervisors in the faculty members.
  All applicants of the GRP program must first contact with intended supervisors in the faculty members of School of Information Science. Application without the contact with your intended supervisor(s) (and his/her recommendation) will not be considered.
3. Apply to GRP selection
  Send application form to GRP Admission Office before 9th January, 2009. For details and required documents, read the instruction carefully.
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