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As part of the Keio University Ishii-Ishibashi Fund for Education and Research Development, Keio University offers the Keio University Global Fellowship (Study Abroad Grant for Privately Financed Students). This is a scheme whereby the university provides aid to students who completed an undergraduate or graduate degree at Keio University in order to allow them to study and obtain a degree at an overseas graduate school.
The selection criteria for the fellowship include reasons for going overseas, study and/or research plan, and academic records. Students selected as Keio University Global Fellows receive up to 5,000,000 yen in financial aid for the costs incurred from studying abroad including tuition and living expenses. The purpose of this fellowship is to foster an even greater number of individuals who play an active role in the global arena with a focus on Keio's transdisciplinary initiatives (Longevity, Security, and Creativity), which are at the core of the Top Global University Project, by supporting accomplished students who are rising to the challenge of studying at an overseas graduate school.
Reports from the Keio University Global Fellows 2022 can be found below.
Rin Futara
Doctoral Student of the Graduate School of Economics
Studies at: University of Maryland (United States)
I am majoring in environmental economics at Agricultural and Resource Economics (AREC) at the University of Maryland. UMD AREC is a world-class department focused on agricultural economics and policy, environmental and natural resource economics, and economic development.
Currently, as a 1st-year Ph.D. student, I am focused on coursework. In between lectures, I am engaged in research activities such as the Environment/Energy Tea, a discussion about environmental economics for faculty members and Ph.D. students. Being an AREC Ph.D. student comes with many advantages. For example, I am able to access resources from both the economic and AREC departments, and attend seminars relating to either department. Those close connections between departments make this program extremely appealing to someone with my research interests.
Coincidently, I have an Italian friend in the same cohort who had spent one and a half years at Keio University through an exchange and a double degree program. I feel like the Keio connection made it easy to bond. As a further coincidence, his advisor during his double degree and my advisor as an undergraduate was the same professor.
Lastly, I would like to use this opportunity to express my deep appreciation to the scholarship, which has enabled me to devote myself to my study and research.
Takuya Isogawa
Graduate of the Faculty of Science and Technology
Studies at: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States)
I am a Ph.D. student studying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where I am doing research in quantum information science. My current research theme is to assess thermodynamic quantities such as work and heat in a quantum system via correlations and their quasiprobability distributions, which can take negative and complex values.
In parallel with my research, I am deepening my knowledge by taking courses in solid state physics and statistical mechanics, and joining many seminars related to quantum information science. In my free time, I enjoy walking along the Charles River, which flows nearby the campus, and around the city of Boston on the other side of the river.
I am making the most of my days here and I am thankful to everyone who has supported me throughout my studies, and to this scholarship for this opportunity.
Keito Suzuki
Completed a master's program at the Graduate School of Science and Technology
Studies at: University of California San Diego (United States)
I am currently a Ph.D. student in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, San Diego studying 3D computer vision. In particular, I am currently working on deep learning based human body segmentation of 3D point cloud data, which typically requires accurate training data. However, manually labeling body parts in 3D requires a lot of time and effort, so I am working on training the model with only 2D supervision.
UCSD has high level science and engineering departments where I am able to learn and research alongside excellent students. I deeply appreciate this grant for the support and giving me this opportunity to devote myself to research without any financial concerns.
*Applications for the Keio University Global Fellowship (Study Abroad Grant for Privately Financed Students) from the Keio University Ishii-Ishibashi Fund for Education and Research Development for students planning to study abroad in the 2023 academic year have closed.
(Office in charge of this fellowship: Planning Section, Office of the President)
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