A (Obihiro) Graduated in March 2012
I attended one training course in Japan at 2007 and decided to make further study in Japan. I
got the information of United Graduate school of Agricultural Sciences (UGAS) from my senior
who studied at UGAS. The research which I want to study also present in UGAS. Therefore, I
chose UGAS for my doctoral study and joined at 2009.
It took about 14 months for accepting of my paper from submitting. After submitting of mypaper to journal, I write my thesis regularly. Finally, I can finish my thesis on time for refereeing.
I passed the exam.
Communication for science which hold at Hirosaki and met doctoral course students, and myseminar presentation at ILETS, UNESCO, Paris, France are good memories for my life during
studying in UGAS.
B (Hirosaki) Graduated in March 2012
I came to Japan as a government scholarship student in 2008. Before that I have studied
self‐incompatibility of rosaceous plants for three years. I came to Hirosaki University because
Hirosaki is the most important apple producing area in Japan and I could learn the mostadvanced cultivation technologies here.
I had a very happy time in the past three years, I visited more than ten citied all over Japan fordomestic conferences and traveled to Canada for an academic conference, which expanded myvision and strengthened the communication with other researchers. Moreover, I tasted the‘Fuji’ cultivated by the producer who got the award to the best apple producer in 2011, and I
traveled around Hokkaido in the summer 2010 where I saw the UNESCO World Heritage site
Shiretoko Peninsula and tasted the famous crab.
I will never forget these three years I live in Hiroskai and study in UGAS. Thank all the persons
that helped me and wish them a happy life.
C (Hirosaki) Graduated in March 2012
Studying in UGAS is a memorable experience to me. During the last three and a half years, I
have not only learned much about the specialist knowledge, but also learned much about
Japan’s agriculture. I was amazed when I first came to Japan that the agricultural products areof such high price. The curiosity of “why the agriculture in Japan and China is so different”
prompted me to learn more about Japan’s agriculture. It turned out that not only the advanced
technique, which brings high quality of agricultural products, but also the developed system ofagricultural industry, which guarantees and balances the interests of different sides, accountmainly for the advanced agriculture of Japan.
Moreover, I acquainted myself more than before with Japan and Japanese culture. AlthoughJapan’s and China’s traditional culture share a lot in common, I experienced a lot of difference
during my staying in Japan. The difference made me feel interesting, sometimes notaccustomed, in the beginning. Along with more communication with the locals, I turned tounderstand and like the difference.
I believe that my experience in UGAS will help me a lot in my work in the future, and I wish abetter future for UGAS.
D（Obihiro）Graduated in March 2013
During I am studying as a doctorate student of UGAS, I achieved a grant of 300,000 yen
provided by the 2011 UGAS‐IU Student Research Project. In my 3rd year, I was awarded
Outstanding Female Graduate Student in Research together with a research grant of 50,000yen. These grants are a great support for accomplishment of my studies. Moreover, thesegrants activated my morality. For these reasons, I feel that I was lucky in studying as adoctorate student of UGAS‐IU.
E（Obihiro）Graduated in March 2013
With a lot of memories I finished my doctoral courses under the curricula of UGAS, Iwate
University. First of all, I think the guidance of supervising professor is very important for astudent. I was very lucky to be in touch with the supervision of Dr. Astuko Ueki sensei fromwhom I learnt a lot of things. I experienced many molecular researches for analyzing soil
bacterial communities and got fruitful results to publish in reputed international journals. I wasgreatly impressed to participate in some international conferences and symposium during theperiod of my doctoral study. I was also happy to receive friendly attitude and helpful
cooperation from all the staffs of UGAS.
Memories of Iwate Rendai