Academic Year 2018
Women Leaders Program to Promote Well-being in Asia
Nagoya University
The MEXT Program for Leading Graduate Schools

Application Guidelines for International Applicants
Aims of the ProgramThis program has been designed to address problems that need to be solved in the Asianregion, which consists of multicultural societies in various stages of development. These
problems include poverty, diverse health problems, and gender gaps. With a focus on food,health, environments, social systems, and education, the program aims to foster womenleaders who can work in a global context to achieve ‘Well-being’ in Asia.
‘Well-being’, as the main theme of the program, refers to a state characterized by good
physical, mental, social, and economic conditions, as well as the guarantee of individual rights
and personal fulfillment.

Eligibility
Japanese students (including students with regular jobs) and international students who areenrolled in a master’s program in any of the following four graduate schools as of April 2018:•Graduate School of International Development•Graduate School of Education and Human Development•
Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences•
Graduate School of Medicine (including Health Sciences)
With regard to the master’s program in Graduate School of Medicine, Japanese andinternational students who are enrolled as of April 2017 and as of October 2017 are also
eligible.
This is a five-year program and only students who plan to enter a doctoral program at one of
the above four graduate schools will be accepted.
International students who receive scholarships from the Japanese government, a foreign
government, and/or private foundations, and students with regular jobs are eligible to apply.

The Number of Students to be admitted to the Program
Approximately 10 students in total from the four graduate schools will be admitted. Priority isgiven to female students but male students with an appreciation of gender equality arewelcome to apply. About 20% of the total admissions will be allocated to international students.
Application Procedure
Application should be made through an affiliated graduate school. Complete application
packages should be submitted to the office of educational and student affairs (“gakumu” or“kyomu-gakusei-tantou”) at each graduate school between 9:00am 1. May, 2018 and 5:00pm
18. May, 2018.

Application Package
1. Curriculum vitae (Use a designated CV format and write TOEFL and/or TOEIC scores ifany. If you plan to take the TOEFL test for the program, the TOEFL iBT test is2.
3.

recommended.)
Short essay (A4 size, approx. two pages)
Essay title: What is needed to achieve ‘Well-being’ in Asia.
A recommendation letter from the academic advisor (Use a designated form and seal itoff.)

Selection Procedure
Primary selection:
Screening of application documents and interviews
Secondary selection: Interviews with those who pass primary selection
Interviews are scheduled on 7. June, 2018.
Announcement of Successful Applicants
The application numbers for successful applicants will be announced on the Well-being
program website. Further steps for the registration will be informed after passing the secondaryselection.

Enrollment and Tuition
There is no additional cost for participation in the program. However, admission to the program
does not mean that university enrollment and tuition fees will be waived. For tuition exemption,please follow the regular procedure.

Activity Support
Activity support for participating in various program activities, such as overseas fieldwork andvarious English programs, will be provided as appropriate.
Additional Notes
1. No change in any application document is permitted after submission.
2. If it is discovered after submission that any document has been falsified, admission willbe nullified.
3. Applicants’ personal information, including names, addresses, birth dates, etc., will beconfidentially used only for the purposes of screening and announcement of application
results, admission procedure, and academic affairs. All personal information submitted
will be properly managed and shall not be used for any other purpose.
April, 2018
Contact Information
Well-being Program Office
Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University
Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601
URL: http://well-being.leading.nagoya-u.ac.jp
E-mail: well-being@well-being.leading.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Recruiting Fairs
Higashiyama Campus
Date & time: 10. Apr. (Tue), 12:10-12:50 (Please bring your own lunch.)
Venue: Conference Room, Noyori Conference Hall 1F
Daiko Campus
Date & time: 11. Apr. (Wed), 17:00Venue: Well-being Seminar Room, Main building 1F