Admission

• Admission Guidelines
• List of Advisors

Recruitment

• Postdoctoral Fellows
• August 2008

Department of Bioscience and Textile Technology
(Doctoral Program)

Application Closed

Schedule for Admissions (International Fiber Engineering Course, Special Selection)

1. These guidelines are for October 2012 admission of International Fiber Engineering Course in the Departmentof Bioscience and Textile Technology. General and working students’ selections for the department will be conducted in different schedules. For their schedules, please refer to the guidelines that will be announced separately.
2. Applicants are requested to download blank application forms from our website, fill out the forms with necessary information and send them to the admission office by postal mail. Applicants are required to pay the entrance examination fee before they submit the completed documents to the admission office.
3. Application is considered to be accepted when the admission office has confirmed receipt of all the necessary application documents and payment of the entrance examination fee. After the confirmation,the admission office notifies all applicants of completion of application by e-mail.

• Applicants are required to have one of the following English Language Ability score sheet copy as an evidence. (TOEIC,TOEFL or IELTS) Please take one of those exams to provide score before you apply for this course. Further, CET (College English Test) will not be acknowledged for this course.
  Also, If you are a native English speaker, or English is an official language in your country, there is no need to provide scores.

Admission Guidelines

1 About Doctoral Program

Shinshu University has The “International Fiber Engineering course” corresponding to the Global COE program. (http://www.globalcoe.com/english/index.html) Lectures are delivered in English by inviting leading international researchers from overseas. Students need to write doctoral thesis in English.

2 Qualification

Those who wish to take this course must have a master’s degree or a professional master’s degree.

1. Applicants must find, prior to application, an advisor from our List of Advisors who will serve as a research advisor.

3 How to Apply

1. Application Materials
   Please prepare the following documents and send to our admission office indicated below.
   Please mail the documents by EMS(Express Mail Service) when applying from overseas.
   When sending documents from inside the Japan, please use Express Registered Mail and write “Enclosing Application for Doctoral Program of Graduate School on the envelope in red ink.

2. Supporting Materials
   Please send the following supporting materials to our admission office directly. These must be official documents stamped, prepared and signed by the university President or the dean of the faculty and must be sealed in an official envelope. Note that all supporting materials must be received by the admission office before the application deadline.
1. Official Transcripts
   Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate schools attended
2. Certificate of Graduation(or Expected Completion)
   • Official certificate of the conferment of master's degree.
   • Type of master’s degree conferred must be stated on your certificate.
   • Applicants who are expected to be conferred the master’s degree by the end of September 2012 need to submit a certificate of expected completion.
3. Copy of Passport
   • For identification purpose a copy of the page (s) of your passport showing your name and photo is required.
   • If you are a resident alien in Japan and have an Alien Registration Card, please submit a copy of your alien registration card.

■Please send all application and supporting materials to:
Global COE Admission Office
Department of Bioscience and Textile Technology
Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Technology,
Shinshu University;
3-15-1, Tokida, Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, 386-8567, Japan
Phone: +81-(0)268-21-5320 Fax: +81-(0)268-21-5317
e-mail: gcoeao@shinshu-u.ac.jp

4 Selection

Selection will be based on submitted documents, letters of recommendation, and oral examination.

5 Announcement of Admissions

The screening result will be posted on our web site on Friday, January 27, 2012 at11:00 A.M. (Japan Time) and a letter of acceptance will be sent to successful applicants.

6 Tuition and Fees

1. The following admission fee and tuition are required to enroll in the graduate program.
   Admissions Fee                        282,000 Japanese Yen
   Tuition      First semester         267,900 Japanese Yen
                     Second semester    267,900 Japanese Yen
2. Admissions fee is not refundable.
3. For students with difficulties in paying admissions fee and/or tuition, a tuition waiver and postponement program is available.

List of Advisors

Technology of Bioscience

Functional Fiber Technology

Smart Materials Science and Technology

Kansei Manufacturing System Engineering

Advanced Material Technology

Smart Device Technology (AIST)