University Recommendation -PGP-
University Recommendation -PGP-
SOKENDAI International Priority Graduate Program ("SOKENDAI-PGP") is inviting applications for Japanese Government Scholarships (MEXT Scholarships) to provide outstanding international students with an opportunity to pursue doctoral degrees through our academic program.
For more details, please refer to the following links.
- International PhD Program on Data Science for Space〜Particle〜Material〜Energy Science
- Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Information Science and Life Science for Leading Researchers on Data Science
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International PhD Program on Data Science for Space〜Particle〜Material〜Energy Science
- Admission Date: October 1, 2022
- Types of Programs: five-year and three-year doctoral programs
- Number of Scholarships Available: there are eight scholarships in total: four for the five-year doctoral program and four for the three-year doctoral program.
- Program Outline
This MEXT scholarship is offered for the special program "International PhD Program on Data Science for Space, Particle, Material, Energy Science" in SOKENDAI. The purpose of the program is to cultivate global researchers and highly skilled professionals of the next-generation, who should lead researches on physical sciences using data science (PS/DS) as well as data science toward physical sciences (DS/PS). In particular, basic as well as applied research fields of space, particle, material, and energy sciences should be emphasized in this special program. The School of Physical Science and the School of High Energy Accelerator Science of SOKENDAI will accept total of eight outstanding students for 3-year and 5-year Ph.D. programs starting in October of 2022, who are keen to study in PS/DS and DS/PS fields under the name of this program. For this program, application is open to anybody with any nationality of a country that has diplomatic relations with the Japanese government. At least 50% of the scholarship students are selected from Southeast Asian countries in this program. - Monbukagakusho: MEXT (the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) Scholarship
The MEXT scholarship provides one round-trip airfare to Japan and a monthly stipend, in accordance with the regulations of MEXT. MEXT scholarship recipients are not expected to pay any entrance examination, admission, or tuition fees. For details of the qualifications required and scholarship benefits, please refer to the application guidelines listed below. - Selection Details
For details of the selection procedures for each department (including application deadlines, documents, and methods of selection), please refer to the application guidelines listed below.
School of Physical Sciences
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Department of Structural Molecular Science
Parent Research Institution
Program and Application Period
Three-year doctoral program
- First round: June 10 to July 7, 2021
- Second round: November 4 to December 1, 2021
Five-year doctoral program
- First round: July 29 to August 25, 2021
- Second round: November 4 to December 1, 2021 (Update：2021/10/21)
Guidelines and Forms
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Department of Functional Molecular Science
Parent Research Institution
Program and Application Period
Three-year doctoral program
- First round: June 10 to July 7, 2021
- Second round: November 4 to December 1, 2021
Five-year doctoral program
- First round: July 29 to August 25, 2021
- Second round: November 4 to December 1, 2021 (Update：2021/10/21)
Guidelines and Forms
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Department of Astronomical Science
Parent Research Institution
Program and Application Period
Three-year doctoral program
- October 2022 admission: From October 4 to November 3 2021
Five-year doctoral program
- October 2022 admission: From October 4 to November 3, 2021
Guidelines and Forms
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Department of Fusion Science
Parent Research Institution
Program and Application Period
Three-year doctoral program
- October 2022 admission: October1, 2021
Five-year doctoral program
- October 2022 admission: October1, 2021
Guidelines and Forms
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Department of Space and Astronautical Science
Parent Research Institution
Program and Application Period
Three-year doctoral program
- October 2022 admission: October 1 to October 31, 2021
Five-year doctoral program
- October 2022 admission: October 1 to October 31, 2021
Guidelines and Forms
School of High Energy Accelerator Science
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Department of Accelerator Science
Parent Research Institution
Program and Application Period
Three-year doctoral program
- October 2022 admission: December 17, 2021
Five-year doctoral program
- October 2022 admission: December 17, 2021
Guidelines and Forms
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Department of Materials Structure Science
Parent Research Institution
Program and Application Period
Three-year doctoral program
- October 2022 admission: December 17, 2021
Five-year doctoral program
- October 2022 admission: December 17, 2021
Guidelines and Forms
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Department of Particle and Nuclear Physics
Parent Research Institution
Program and Application Period
Three-year doctoral program
- October 2022 admission: December 17, 2021
Five-year doctoral program
- October 2022 admission: December 17, 2021
Guidelines and Forms
Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Information Science and Life Science for Leading Researchers on Data Science
- Admission Date: October 1, 2022
- Types of Programs: five-year doctoral programs
- Number of Scholarships Available: there are eight scholarships.
- Program Outline
This MEXT scholarship is offered for the special program "Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Information Science and Life Science for Leading Researchers on Data Science", which has been granted to SOKENDAI by MEXT. This program aims at developing next-generation global researchers and highly skilled professionals who are capable of leading researches on data science as well as other scientific fields to which data science approaches can be applied.
For this program, application is open to anybody who has any nationality of a county that has diplomatic relations with Japanese government. However, based on the strategy by Japanese government on accepting foreign students to gain from the advancements of other countries, around 40% of the positions are targeted for applicants from South-East Asian countries in this program. - Monbukagakusho: MEXT (the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) Scholarship
The MEXT scholarship provides one round-trip airfare to Japan and a monthly stipend, in accordance with the regulations of MEXT. MEXT scholarship recipients are not expected to pay any entrance examination, admission, or tuition fees. For details of the qualifications required and scholarship benefits, please refer to the application guidelines listed below. - Selection Details
For details of the selection procedures for each department (including application deadlines, documents, and methods of selection), please refer to the application guidelines listed below.
School of Multidisciplinary Sciences
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Department of Statistical Science
Parent Research Institution
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Department of Polar Science
Parent Research Institution
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Department of Informatics
Parent Research Institution
Program and Application Period
Five-year doctoral program
- October 2022 admission: December 20, 2021 to January 11, 2022
Guidelines and Forms
School of Life Science
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Department of Genetics
Parent Research Institution
Program and Application Period
Five-year doctoral program
- October 2022 Admission: Noon on November 1, 2021 (JST)(to Department of Genetics)
Guidelines and Forms
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Department of Basic Biology
Parent Research Institution
Program and Application Period
Five-year doctoral program
- October 2022 Admission: December 20, 2021 to January 4, 2022
Guidelines and Forms
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Department of Physiological Sciences
Parent Research Institution
Program and Application Period
Five-year doctoral program (October 2022 admission)
- October 2022 Admission: December 20, 2021 to January 4, 2022
Guidelines and Forms
- Contact
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- Email: gakusei(at)ml.soken.ac.jp