Internal Joint Advising Program
Amid the recent trend toward the creation of new fields and fusion of different disciplines, the Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies has established an " internal joint advising program," in which research guidance is provided at several research institutions, regardless of the student’s program or academic field of specialization, to cultivate interdisciplinary perspectives and foster PhDs who will contribute to the development of a wide range of academic disciplines. The internal joint supervision program is where two faculty members from different research institutions act as main supervisors to provide joint research guidance in response to the needs of students who wish to work on complex and interdisciplinary research projects across the different research institutions.
By independently conducting dissertation research under different research fields, research environments, and research supervision during a certain period of time while in school, students experience firsthand the ideas and methods of different fields in addition to the disciplines and research methods of their academic field. This will help students develop new fields and solve complex problems in the future. A program is also available to provide financial support for research conducted at geographically distant institutions through internal joint advising program.
Procedure Flow
| １ | Consult with your supervisor first, then contact the faculty member of the host program to obtain the preliminary approval. |
| ２ | Notify your Program Office regarding the use of the Internal Joint Advising Program. (Who is the host faculty member? When will you start? How will you get the guidance, online or in person, and how often?) |
| ３ | Create “ Internal Joint Advising Program Plan ” with your supervisor and host faculty member and submit it to the Program Office. |
| ４ | Both your program and the host program will deliberate the use of the Internal Joint Advising Program. |
(Note 1) The chief supervisor and host faculty member must prepare the designated the Internal Joint Advising Program Report at the end of each academic year and when the student completes the prescribed program.
(Note 2) When a student who has received Internal Joint Advising Program undergoes doctoral thesis examination, the evaluation committee must include a faculty member from the host program.