2013.03.20
Graduate School of Media and Governance: New Master's and Doctoral Programs Course
Call for Applications for the "Global Environmental System Leaders Program"
The new Master's and Doctoral Programs course, "Global Environmental System Leaders Program (GESL)," is now accepting applications for RA positions.
For students enrolling in the Master's Program and Doctoral Programs of the Graduate School of Media and Governance in April 2013, we are recruiting Research Assistants (RAs) for this course according to the schedule below. For details, please check the guidance session for professional training courses on April 3.
<RA Recruitment and Selection Schedule>
April 8 (Mon), 2013 15:00 Application form ( Form 1 (24KB).zip , Form 2 (23KB).zip , Form 3 (24KB).zip ) submission deadline (strictly enforced)
[Submit documents to: Academic Affairs Office counter, 1st floor, Building A]
April 8 (Mon), 2013 By 20:00 Notification of document screening results (successful applicants will be notified by email)
April 9 (Tue), 2013 RA recruitment interviews (interview times will be provided in the notification email for successful applicants)
April 9 (Tue), 2013 By 20:00 Final results notification (successful applicants will be notified by email)
April 10 (Wed), 2013 6th period (from 18:00) General guidance session for all this year's GESL course students (mandatory attendance)
-Course Overview-
The "Global Environmental System Leaders Program," implemented in collaboration between Keio University's Graduate School of Media and Governance and Graduate School of Science and Technology, aims to guide outstanding students to become globally active leaders in industry, academia, and government, equipped with a broad perspective and originality. To this end, it brings together top-tier faculty and students from Japan and abroad, with the participation of industry, academia, and government, to build and develop an integrated Master's and Doctoral degree program that transcends disciplinary boundaries and offers a globally recognized, quality-assured education.
The GESL course is a new graduate course that cultivates "Global Environmental System Leaders" who possess the awareness, knowledge, and skills necessary to lead the realization of sustainable maintenance, restoration, and improvement of the global environment, and who can design and build technological and social systems for the global environment.
The GESL course offers the following three distinctive educational and research features .
● Feature 1 International Training Subjects : Master's students for three months and doctoral students for six months can study abroad at partner and affiliated institutions (such as the University of Cambridge, Princeton University, and Tampere University of Technology) to cultivate the research and practical skills needed to lead the realization of global environmental systems in an international setting. Travel and living expenses for studying abroad will be supported.
● Feature 2 International Industry-Academia- NPO Collaborative Research Supervision System : An international industry-academia-NPO collaborative research supervision system is organized, comprising faculty from the Graduate School of Science and Technology and the Graduate School of Media and Governance, researchers from overseas partner institutions, and staff from internship host companies acting as external examiners. Using remote collaboration systems with overseas partners, students can receive research guidance that is consistently international and connected to the industrial world.
● Feature 3 RA System : This is a system aimed at fostering future young researchers and promoting their career development. Under this system, approximately 80% of students entering this graduate school who choose the GESL course will be hired as RAs. About half of the hired RAs are selected from those who applied for an RA position at the time of their entrance examination application, and the results are announced along with the admission results. Additional recruitment will also be conducted after enrollment.
* For details on admissions: https://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/admissions/graduate/index.html
Posted by: Global Environmental System Leaders Program (GESL) Office