Fiscal Year 2013
Application Guide
Education of Global Medical and Health Science Leaders in the Coming Generationin Cooperation and Collaboration with ASEAN Countries
Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine(Ph.D. Course)
Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine invites application of talented foreign
students to the Education of Global Medical and Health Science Leaders in the Coming
Generation in Cooperation and Collaboration with ASEAN Countries (Ph.D. Course).
Students admitted to this course will participate in medical research and treatment.
1. Field of Study and Number of Students to be Admitted.
(1) Field of Study:
For information about Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, please referto the URL: http://www.med.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/index.html(2) Number of Students to be admitted: One
2. Features of “Education of Global Medical and Health Science Leaders in the Coming
Generation in Cooperation and Collaboration with ASEAN Countries”(1) Those who graduated (or are scheduled to graduate by the time of admission)from University of Indonesia, Gadjah Mada University or Airlangga University.
(2) Date of Admission is October 1, 2013. The period of study is, in principle, forfour years with the expected graduation date of September 25, 2017.
Ph.D. degree (Medicine) will be conferred to those who have fulfilled all
the requirements for graduation.
(3) Lectures, laboratory training and thesis advice are given in English. Those who havea good command of English are better suited.
(4) Faculty members of Graduate School will tutor each student beyond the scope of
their specialty.
3. Qualifications and Conditions of Application.
(1) Qualified applicants: Those who graduated (or are scheduled to graduate by the timeof admission) from University of Indonesia, Gadjah Mada University or Airlangga
University.
(2) Educational Background: One of the following.
(i) Those who have completed, or are scheduled to complete by the time ofadmission, 18 years of school education (ending with a course in medicine,dentistry, a six-year course in pharmacy or a six-year course in veterinary
medicine).
(ii) Those who, after completing at least 16 years of school education have engaged1

in more than 2 years of research at universities or equivalent researchorganizations.
(iii) Those who have reached 24 years old and are recognized by Graduate Schoolof Medicine to have the same or even higher academic competence than
medical school graduates.
(3) Recommendation: Those who are recommended by University of Indonesia,Gadjah Mada University or Airlangga University.
(4) Health: Those who are mentally and physically healthy.
(5) Command of Language: Those who have a good command of English (applicants
are requested to submit a certificate of his/her score in TOEIC, TOEFL or IELTS
unless they are native speakers of English.)(6) Admission Date: October 1, 2013.
(note 1) Failure to enroll in the school on October 1, 2013 shall lead tocancellation of the admission.
(note 2) Failure to graduate from universities by the end of September 2013 shalllead to cancellation of the admission (for those who have submitted anapplication based on the expectation of graduation by the time ofadmission).
(note 3)
Military personnel or their tail will not be admitted while retaining thesetitles.
4. Payment of Tuition
Entrance Examination Fee, Admission Fee and Tuition are exempt.
5. Application Procedure:
Applicants are required to submit the following documents through a professor by May
31, 2013.
(1) Application form & Study program(2) Certificate of graduation (or scheduled graduation) from the last university (bothundergraduate and postgraduate schools for non-medical school graduates).
(3) Certificate of school records of the last university (both undergraduate andpostgraduate schools for non-medical school graduates).
Documents should be attached to specify the candidate’s standing; such as GPA(Grade Point Average), ABC grading or his/her order of merit (Xth place out of thetotal student number of XX), etc.
(4) Research publications (English): Research paper, outline of his/her thesis, etc.
(5) Recommendation letter written by a person with an equivalent (or higher) position
to the Dean of his/her home university, which must be addressed to President ofKobe University.
(6) Objective material to show the candidate’s good command of English language.
(For those who are not given university education in English, a certificate of his/herscore in TOEIC, TOEFL or IELTS must be submitted.)(7) Photograph (4.5 x 3.5 cm, a front view of the upper half of the body with a hat off,2

taken within the past six months, his/her name and nationality written on its back)should be pasted on the specified part of the application form.
(8) Copy of valid passport(note 1)
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An applicant should contact a professor of his/her major field
beforehand and make good inquiries about their research activities.
All the documents pertaining to the application should be printed on thepaper of the same size (size of A4 is preferable)
Use the fixed form provided by Graduate School of Medicine to prepare
the above mentioned documents (1).
In case the submitted documents are found incomplete or inaccurately
filled, or not delivered to us by the deadline, they will not be accepted.
Submitted documents are not returned.

6. Selection and Notification of Admission.
(1) Graduate School of Medicine will make a selection based on the submitted
documents and an oral examination (an interview either in person or via internet).
(2) Successful applicants will be notified sometime in September. Their status will beidentical to that of regular Ph.D. course graduate students of Kobe University
Graduate School of Medicine.
7. Others:
Applicants are advised to study the climate, custom and weather of Japan as well as
to get information on the university beforehand.
While the educational and research activities are carried out mainly in English, somecommand of Japanese language is necessary for one’s daily life. He/she is expected
to have some knowledge on Japanese language.
8. For more information, please write to the following address.
Section of Graduate Student Affairs
Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017
Japan(Fax: +81-78-382-5215)
E-mail: kobegsm@med.kobe-u.ac.jp

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