Master`s in the science programme Sustainability is a new international master` s program to train international-minded professionals who can help create a sustainable society. All lectures and practical courses will be conducted in English, and those who complete the program are presented with a Master of Science durability.

This program will begin in October 2007 as a programme of the cross-section between five departments of the Institute of Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, also supported by cross for Global Sustainability Initiative (TIGS), the University of Tokyo and Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S).

This program will provide students with basic knowledge and concepts needed to build a sustainable society and includes a unique curriculum that focuses on exercises that will enable them to master a variety of skills.

Students from different cultural backgrounds and specialisations think seriously about the issues relating to sustainability through exercises and projects and to acquire practical knowledge and skills intellectually stimulating one another. Admissions Essentially, there are two ways for admission to the Master `s Science Program in Sustainability (MPSS):

1. an international admission for international applicants (those without Japanese nationality) through a screening of application materials so that students from abroad may participate
2. an entrance examination held in August in Kashiwa Japan

Eligibility

All of the following items must be satisfied;

1. Applicants for MPSS must hold a degree from an accredited institution comparable to the bachelor degree offered at the University of Tokyo, or are expected to obtain such a degree by March 31, 2008.
2. Those who do not hold a Japanese nationality, and currently do not live in Japan.
3. In good health
4. Applicants must not have been expelled from Japan in the past.
5. Applicants should agree to enter the program principally between April 1st and 7th, 2008, when accepted.
6. Applicants must not be awardees of scholarship sponsored by other facilities, such as Japanese Goverment, a private cooperation or your own government, etc.
7. Applicants are not allowed to apply for 2008 MPSS with other scholarship nor any other 2008 master’s programs at Graduate School of Frontier Sciences.

Application Deadline: January 15, 2008

Master’s Program in Sustainability Science (MPSS) with the University’s President Scholarship For 2008 April Enrollment

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