Hitachi Scholarships Foundation

Hitachi Scholarships Foundation

Hitachi Scholarships Foundation offers big chances for ITS’s faculty members who are interested to study or do research in Japan.

There are three programs offered by Hitachi Scholarships Foundation, they are:

1.        HITACHI SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

This program is offered to the university staffs who wish to study at Japanese graduate schools for Master’s or Doctoral Course in the area of science and technology and intend to contribute to their university for promotion of higher education after completion of study in Japan.

Eligibility for the program is limited to faculty members up to the age of 30 for masters degree candidates or 35 for Ph. D. degree candidates in the fields of science and technology and each applicant must be recommended by a senior staff at their home university as a potential candidate for international research collaboration after graduation.

For further information about this program please click at  http://www.hitachi-zaidan.com/global/scholarship/activities/active01.html

2.       HITACHI RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

This program intends to encourage the university staffs having keen interest in conducting post-doctoral research in the area of science and technology to enhance their professional backgrounds and promote academic collaboration through building mutual human network with Japanese universities and/or institution.

Eligibility for the program is limited to faculty members up to the age of 45 who hold a doctoral degree in the fields of science and technology and who have been recommended by a senior staff at their university.

For further information about this program please click at http://www.hitachi-zaidan.com/global/scholarship/activities/active02.html

3.       KOMAI FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

This program started in 1989 under the auspices of late Mr. K. Komai, the first Chairman of the Hitachi Scholarship Foundation, to encourage interactions between Southeast Asian countries and Japan. The program, therefore, intends to encourage the university staffs having keen interest in conducting study and research to enhance their academic and professional backgrounds in the area of social and cultural science related to Japan.

Eligibility for the program is limited to faculty members specializing in social science or humanities at Southeast Asian universities who wish to conduct individual or joint research with their Japanese counterparts, on topics either wholly or substantially related to Japan, may apply for the program.

For further information about this program please click http://www.hitachi-zaidan.com/global/scholarship/activities/active03.html

The applicant should submit the application before October 31, 2012.