Program Concept
- AUN/SEED-Net provides scholarships to highly qualified young faculty staff / prospective young faculty staff of Member Institutions to acquire Doctoral degrees in ten engineering fields.
- During three years of the scholarship, student will be jointly supervised by advisor at Host Institution and Japanese co-advisor from Japanese Supporting Universities to conduct the high-quality thesis research under the supporting program called Collaborative Research Program. Students are eligible to make Short-Term Study in Japan to do the research with Japanese Co-Advisor for the duration of 8 months.
- AUN/SEED-Net promotes collaboration between its members and industry, and it is essential for the prospective young faculty staff to study the concept of Management of Technology (MOT), mainly in Intellectual Property (IP) and Marketing and Innovation. The opportunity to join MOT course will be offered.
- AUN/SEED-Net Program provides supporting programs to our alumni to continuously improve their research and educational capacity such as the support of research conducted with Japanese professors, participation to conferences, as well as publication in international journals. Our alumni, who are fostered to be the leading human resources in engineering in each ASEAN country, are expected to the link between academicians in ASEAN and Japan and further strengthen the AUN/SEED-Net Network.
Applicant Eligibility
- Applicants must hold a master’s degree in a relevant engineering field, or to be awarded the master’s degree before starting the doctoral degree program.
- Applicants should be ranked within top 10% of the class, or have the grade point average of 3.0 or higher from the grade point system of 4.0 in their undergraduate study.
- Applicants must be young faculty staff of Member Institutions, or graduating students/ graduates of Master’s Degree Program of the AUN/SEED-Net Project, or graduating students/graduates of Member Institutions, who are strongly motivated to pursue a professional career as faculty staff at Member Institutions.
- Applicants should be under the age of 35 at the time of application and capable of carrying out independent research.
- Applicants who have already received another equivalent major award, scholarship or a salary to undertake a proposed course are not eligible for scholarships.
Application Procedure
Please refer to www.seed-net.org/application_form.html
Target Number of Scholarships
Around 20 scholarships for the Japanese Fiscal Year 2013 will be supported. The scholarships, in principle, should be distributed across fields.
Coverage of Scholarships
The scholarships cover tuition fees, living expenses*, health insurance, visa fee and airport tax, and a round-trip air ticket, in accordance with the AUN/SEED-Net Project regulations. There may be partial support(s) from concerned Host and Sending Institution.
* Living expenses for the successful applicant who studies in own country may be adjusted.
Deadline
Please submit hardcopy and softcopy of your applications to:
Unit Pengembangan Hubungan Internasional (UPHI) Fakultas Teknik UGM
Jl. Grafika no. 2
Yogyakarta 55281
and uphi_ft@yahoo.com
before January 24th, 2013
Further informations and questions
www.seed-net.org
or
Ms. Aci/Ms. Alvi
Email: uphi_ft@yahoo.com
Phone: +62-274-513665
or visit our office at 3rd Floor, Kantor Pusat Fakultas Teknik UGM