[UNZA]The University of Zambia - Hokkaido University, Japan
International Veterinary and Conservation Medicine Education Program(IVCMEP)

Application Guideline 2024
Table of contents
1.

Introduction12.

Program Overview

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3.

Maximum Number of Students

44.

Application Qualifications

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5.

Application and Selection Process

46.

Required Documents

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Student Selection (for Type A students who travel to Japan)

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Handling of Personal Information

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9.

Travel Precautions

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10. Application opportunity for a scholar ship (for Type A students who travel to Japan)

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11.

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COVID-19

12. Contact

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1. Introduction
This program is a student exchange program among Hokkaido University (HU), theUniversity of Zambia (UNZA) and other African universities with following features.
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Promotion of Conservation Medicine
This program is based on the concept of One Health, which considers environmental changes causedby human activities and associated health problems as issues not only for humans but also foranimals, ecosystems, and the entire planet.

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Open for all fields of students
The practice of conservation medicine requires collaboration among diverse specialties as well asinternational perspectives. We offer a curriculum that allows students from many academic fields to[UNZA]

participate.

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Advanced learning of conservation medicine
Japan has experienced rapid economic growth followed by environmental and health crises and has
subsequently overcome most of them with social countermeasures, science, and technology. Training
and lectures to learn from the history and current advancing technologies regarding health andenvironmental management are offered in this programme.

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Promoting cross-cultural understanding and collaboration
We will also strive to foster an understanding of African and Japanese culture, with the aim ofdeveloping human resources who will contribute to building friendly international partnerships
between Zambia and Japan, and ultimately between Africa and Japan.

2. Program Overview
Type A: Learning in Japan (4 students)
2 weeks in Hokkaido, Japan（from UNZA）*post-graduate

Pretraining

SpecialLectures

Fieldvisit

Labrotation

Type B: Online Auditor (10 students)

Posttraining

4 months on demand lectures
Student interaction
betweenZambia and Japan

Sending（from HU）
*post-graduate

PretrainingType A: Learning in Zambia (8 students)
2 weeks in Zambia
JICA
SelfField visit
short
designedinternactivity
Type B: Online Auditor (10 students)

Posttrain
ing

IVCMEP Cer tif icate

Receiving

4 months on demand lectures

NOTE1)

Applicants will be assigned to either Type A(travel) or B(online) in the selection
process.

2)

Both students of Type A and B are eligible to be entitled with IVCMEP certification.

Type A： Learning in Japan

[UNZA]①Pre-training【Term】3 days in total before trip during June-July 2024
【Activities】•Japanese language and culture•

On-line workshop with students and lecturers at Hokkaido University*Offered as a 0.5-credit exercise as a common graduate school course "SubSaharan Intercultural Studies I.”②Learning in Japan【Term】2 weeks in July 2024 (tentative schedule July 5th-21st, subject to change)【Activities】•Participation in special seminars and intensive lectures at HokkaidoUniversity•

Laboratory rotations and thematic research at Hokkaido University•

Field exercises on wildlife and eco-system conservation•

Field exercises on environmental management in mining industry*Offered as a two-credit exercise as a common graduate school course"International Veterinary and Conservation Medicine Education Program I &II.”③Follow-up training【Term】2 days in total after the trip in October 2024
【Activities】•Achievement presentation•On-line workshop with students and faculties at Hokkaido University•

Field exercise on conservation medicine in Zambia with Japanese students
in August.

*Offered as a 0.5-credit exercise as a common graduate school course "SubSaharan Intercultural Studies I.”
Type B：Online Special Auditor①Pre-training【Term】3 days to be determined in June to July 2024
【Activities】•Japanese language and culture•

On-line workshop with students and lecturers at Hokkaido University*Offered as a 0.5-credit exercise as a common graduate school course "SubSaharan Intercultural Studies I.”

[UNZA]②Online lecture【Term】July to October in 2024
【Activities】•On demand lectures provided by Hokkaido University (Free design)➢

Chemical Hazard Control Expert➢

Special lectures on Conservation Medicine➢

Special lectures on Zoonosis Control➢

Special lectures on Remediation of Environmental Contamination*Offered as a two-credit exercise as a common graduate school course"International Veterinary and Conservation Medicine Education Program I &II.”③Follow-up training【Term】 2 days to be determined in October 2024
【Activities】•On-line workshop with students and faculty at Hokkaido University*Offered as a 0.5-credit exercise as a common graduate school course "SubSaharan Intercultural Studies II.”

3. Maximum Number of Students•

Type A Learning in Japan：4 students•Type B Online Special Auditor : 10 students

4. Application Qualifications•

Master’s and doctoral students at the University of Zambia•

Students in any academic field of humanities or sciences can apply

5. Application and Selection Process1)

Application Guideline and formats for required documents are available on ourwebsite(https://africa.vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp/en/admission.html)

2)Student applications, with required documents, opens in February 2024

3)

Submission of required documents to IVCMEP committee at UNZA by March
19th, 2024

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Person in charge: Dr. Kaampwe Muzandu, see below for details.
4)

Student selection by the IVCMEP committee at UNZA

5)

Notification of result to students in April 2024

6)

Application documents of selected students’ submission to HU via IVCMEP
committee in UNZA

6. Required Documents
Submit these documents by e-file to Dr. Kaampwe Muzandu kmuzandu@unza.zm byMarch 19th, 2024.
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Application form 【Form 1】(with your signature / scanned PDF)②

Curriculum Vitae③

Official transcript of your academic record in the previous academic year. If the【Form 2】(with your signature / scanned PDF)

record for the entire year is not available, submit the one for the previous term.
(scanned PDF)④

Recommendation letter from the supervisor at the home institution (with signatureby your supervisor / scanned PDF)⑤

Photograph(Taken within three months of the date of application. 3cm×2.4cm / JPEG or PDF)⑥

Official document that proves your nationality (e.g. Photocopy of passport orNational Registration Card / scanned PDF)

⑦Short essay 【Form 3】(Microsoft Word file)*NOTE: The original documents for ① to ④ should also be submitted to Dr. Kaampwe
Muzandu by March 26th ,2024.

7. Student Selection
Four students will be assigned to Type A, while others will be offered to join in TypeB. Selection will be done based on your essay and academic record by UNZA school
meeting.

8. Handling of Personal Information
Personal information provided in the submitted documents will be used only forthis selection process and will not be used for any other purpose.

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9. Travel Precautions
1)

Travel expenses including airfare and accommodation will be covered by theprogram.

2)

Valid passport is required to apply for Japanese VISA. Please check and obtainthe necessary certificates and take renewal procedures by yourself.

10. Application opportunity for a scholarship (for Type A students who
travel to Japan)
Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) is offering scholarship for IVCMEP
students. Travel cost including Visa application fee and your food and dairy expenses
can be covered by this scholarship. The evaluation on eligibility is done based on thesubmitted academic record.

11. COVID-19
Decisions on cancelation of travel and alternative program will be madeaccording to the policies of the government of Zambia and Japan. Three doses ofthe vaccine and obtaining official certificate of vaccination are compulsory, as it
is a condition for entry into countries or for shortening the quarantine procedure.

12. Contact
Biomedical Sciences Department, School of Veterinary Medicine, University ofZambia
Kaampwe Muzandu (kmuzandu@unza.zm / +260-976-775215)
The latest information is available from our website.
https://africa.vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp/en/

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