Application for the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship, Special Program (Master’s Degree Program):
“Program for Training Engineers of Food Production Systems to Avoid Global Climate Change Risks” is now open.
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The Graduate School of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries provides highly specialized education in the various fields which support the sound living of human communities. These include agriculture, forestry and fisheries, food science, environmental and life sciences. The School aims to develop specialists in the southern Kyushu area, which is a significant food supplier in Japan, as well as Southeast Asia extending to the South Pacific. The goal for students is to make a difference in the sustainable production of resources, their rational use and environmental conservation. In doing so, the School aims to contribute to solving the pressing issues which local communities and the world are facing, such as rapid changes in the globalization of industries, global climate change and the sharp drop in the productive human population, a problem which is particularly serious in rural communities.

Regarding our mission, we would like to recruit some foreign students for next FY2025 and also to provide a few students in Southeast Asia and Africa with international scholarship program.

The program has been launched by Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).
We will update the information on our website and accept your application from around the beginning of December after the final decision of this scholarship program will be made by MEXT.

We are looking forward to your application at the beginning of December.

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1, Permission from professor who you want to learn from before your application. Please contact with them by e-mail as soon as possible referring to attached data below because term between release of application and the deadline will be limited.　＜＜担当教諭一覧(Professors List）、添付＞＞

2, Submission of your academic certificate which proves your ability is over GPA2.3. If your result is applied to other way except GPA, please recalculate your scores based on GPA using special chart as placed below. And please submit it to student affair section of Graduate School of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Kagoshima University BEFORE the final release of MEXT scholarship program.　＜＜GPA表(Calculation Sheet for GPA)、添付＞＞

3, Submission of qualifications or a proficiency test score that is equivalent to or higher than level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). If you don’t have the qualifications, please prove your completion of a course of study by English that meets the requirement for admission to the university in Japan or your ability which is equivalent to or higher than level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Please confirm the comparison table as placed below. 　＜＜CEFR表(CEFR)、添付＞＞

*the information for FY2025 will updated at the beginning of December.

Guidebook for students enrolled in 2023 is now available.

Application Guideline – Graduate School of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Kagoshima University (kagoshima-u.ac.jp)

2021 Fall class schedule  Information is published.→

Guidebook for taking courses at the Graduate School of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Kagoshima University
For students enrolled in 2021

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On 19th August, 2019, the opening ceremony of Summer Session for the Graduate School of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 2019 was held at Faculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima. The summer session is offered for the master course students registered for the “Postgraduate (Master) Program on Tropical Fisheries with International Linkage (ILP)”, which is an international alliance to share the curriculum formed with characteristic subjects provided by the member schools in Southeast Asian countries and Japan.
Approximately 35 teaching staffs and master course students including 14 students from five member schools such as Sam Ratulangi University, Indonesia, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia, University of the Philippines, Visayas, Philippines, Kasetsart University, Thailand and Nha Trang University, Vietnam attended at the opening ceremony. Professor Yoshiaki Sakuma, Dean of Faculty of Fisheries, expressed his welcome greeting and celebrated that the first activity of ILP has successfully started. Representatives of each school student also presented their greetings and future perspectives.
The governing council of ILP comprises representatives of the member schools, and has guaranteed the qualification of education. Since 2015 when the program started, the registered students are able to attend classes of any member schools like those of their own school. Considering the fact that the credits are issued from their own school via ILP, this unique linkage program is definitely original, and there are no other examples available in the world.
Students from the member schools are expected to attend four of seven subjects concerning lecture and/or laboratory classes. Moreover, they will take the practical training on the latest analytical method at the laboratory for each research area under the supervision of host scientist. Onboard training by using the faculty training vessel is also provided. English language is used in all the scheduled classes, indicating that there is no border of the difference in language. During the Summer Session, we will offer various activities for the acceleration of international cooperation in education.
We strongly believe that the opportunity in the summer session would be very valuable and helpful for students to accelerate experience and knowledge, and contribute to your achievement in the field of Fisheries Sciences as well as your future life.

APPLICATION GUIDELINE FOR
 THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES I
N 2020
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