災害科学・安全学国際共同大学院
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International Joint Graduate Program in Resilience and Safety Studies
Who are we?

• The GP-RSS is a Ph.D. program
sponsored bywith a focus on international
education in Disaster Sciencesat Tohoku University.
• We are unique in our efforts toprovide a transdisciplinary
research platform forinternational collaboration.

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Research and Education Objectives on Resilience and Safety
What do we seek?

We encourage collaboration, both at an
academic discipline level, and at aninternational level of research.
Our program encompasses a
broad range of research insocio-environmental
adaptations that build on
foundations of disasterscience and human security.
We care abouttransdisciplinary perspectives
that promotesocietal resilience.

GP-RSS Program Design

Offering various types of research invitations, exchanges, and joint collaborations

GP-RSS Admissions: Who can apply?①
http://gp-rss.tohoku.ac.jp/recruitment.html• Masters students from our six constituent graduate schools who havebeen accepted as a Tohoku University graduate student.
InternationalResearch Institute inDisaster Science(IRIDeS)

Medicine

Engineering

International
Cultural Studies

EnvironmentalStudies

Agriculture※ Students with supervisors from IRIDeS faculty are eligible

GP-RSS Admissions: Who can apply?②
http://gp-rss.tohoku.ac.jp/recruitment.html• Students with a STRONG recommendation from their Ph.D. supervisor,
who intend to apply to the JSPS Doctoral Research Fellowship DC1 or DC2（日本学術振興会特別研究員 DC1/DC2）• The GP-RSS application format is based on the JSPS DC1/DC2 application• The International Joint Graduate Program of the Tohoku University Advanced
Graduate School promotes the JSPS Doctoral Research Fellowship

For further information, please visit:
http://gp-rss.tohoku.ac.jp/

GP-RSS Admissions: Who can apply?③
http://gp-rss.tohoku.ac.jp/recruitment.html• Students intending to collaborate internationally throughout their Ph.D.
• An unique feature of our Ph.D. curriculum is a six month doctoral research
residency with an overseas affiliate. We select our students based on theirabilities to plan and deliver on international research collaboration. We
recommend that you discuss with your Ph.D. supervisor prior to application
whether this is a good course of action for your Ph.D. project.
• GP-RSS students are required to undergo rigorous Qualification Examinations toensure that they are on-track in their Ph.D. We do not offer extended funding tostudents who extend their Ph.D.s.

GP-RSS Network of International Collaboration
Novosibirsk
UniversityRussia
Wageningen
University
Netherlands

Seoul NationalUniversity
South Korea

UNU-EHSUN University
Environment andHuman Security

Germany

UNU-IAS

UN University Institutefor Advanced Studies

Japan

UNU-IIGH

UN University
International Institutefor Global Health

Malaysia

Institut Teknologi
BandungIndonesia

Korean Advanced
Institute of Scienceand Technology
South Korea

Tsinghua
University
China

Harvard University

Brawijaya
University

E.O. Reischauer
Institute of Japanese Studies

USAIndonesia

NankaiUniversity
ChinaNational
University ofSingapore
SingaporeAn excerpt of ongoing research projects within the GP-RSS
Post-Disaster Resilience

Assessing threats to Global Security••••• Cost-benefit / time-series analyses on human security
risk events• Expedient and long-term assessment of food safety risks

Post-disaster epidemiology (WHO / UN)
Cluster approaches to large-scale disaster medical care
Modeling mechanisms of woody debris export
Post-disaster and disaster-preventative solid waste
management• Comparative resilience curves between developed anddeveloping nations

Efforts Toward Achieving SDGs

• Developing disinfection infrastructures to combatmicrobial pathogens in water systems• Theoretical models on implementation and achievement
paths toward SDGs
• Policy implications on gender inequality issues indeveloping nations• Reception and integration assessments of migrants andrefugees

Prediction of Natural and Anthropological Disasters• Comparative modeling of disaster relief efforts between
developed and developing nations• Mapping and characterization of urban flood areas

Technological Innovation Toward Resilience• Mitigating hazards by using machine-learning for
metadata identification of Tsunami deposits• Metadata and API development for disaster event
mass-archives

An excerpt of ongoing research projects within the GP-RSS
Medicine

Social Sciences and Education• Development and implementation of vaccines forrespiratory viruses• Investigating genetic and epidemiological mechanisms
underlying infectious diseases• Building public health prediction models• Machine learning predictions of postpartum depression• Diversifying food delivery systems through insurance offood and agricultural safety• Re-examining conventional practices that effect local
and global import/export policies• Introducing comparative international education policymaking models to remedy current lack of SDGunderstanding in Japanese environmental education

Environmental Engineering

Biological Sciences• Improvement of waste management and recycling practices • Development of bacteriophages found in organicallyin mining
farmed rice to combat pesticide-resistant strains of• Life Cycle Assessments and informed policy-making
bacteria that instigate mass infection events• Adaptive urban planning in predicted areas of disaster• Investigating causal mechanisms of mastitis in• Socio-economic assessments of green remediation
agricultural bovine and development of antibiotic• Development of low-carbon resource management
independent countermeasures to ensure safety of dairy

Summer Schools and Workshops withinvitational lectures by our program affiliates

Electives taught by faculty at Tohoku University
who dedicate their research to disasters, safety,and resilience

Intensive core subjects that showcase cutting edge researchin broad topics of societal resilience

Guest lectures and talks by leading researchers from around the world

Make international collaboration a part of your Ph.D.

– connect with likeminded students at Tohoku University

Basic knowledge and application skills
in Disaster and Safety Sciences

Multidimensional perspectives ofDisaster, Resilience, and Safety Sciences

A deep understanding of
their study discipline

Multi-disciplinary
perspectives

Interactive and cooperative attitudes
toward Disaster and Safety Sciences
based in problem-based learning

Building upon hands-on international
research experience and developing
global communication skills

災害科学・安全学分野における基礎基盤知識と応用する能力

災害科学・安全学分野において対話型協働能力の習得と実践課題解決の能力

Trans-disciplinary
implementation

災害科学・安全学分野における既存の枠組みを踏まえつつ、幅広い視野から多角的に捉える能力

国際的視座と現地密着滞在型の研究交流経験を有し、その知見に立脚しながら研究成果を発信し、国際的に活躍できる能力

Internationally-mindedresearch performancehttp://gp-rss.tohoku.ac.jp/curriculum.html

M2

M1

D1

D2Core Foundation Subjects
基幹基礎科目Core Development Subjects
基幹発展科目Transdisciplinary Subjects
学際基幹科目Transdisciplinary Development Subjects

Pre-credit accreditation permitted

Pre-credit accreditation permitted
プレ履修可

プレ履修可

D3（Med D4）

学際発展科目International Practicals
国際実践科目
Masters Practicum
災害科学・安全学実践研修

Doctoral Research Residency
博士海外研修Qualification Exam 1

QE2and Ph.D.
DefenseGP-RSS Student Financial Support
DC and medical Ph.D. students
博士後期課程MC and Declared Ph.D.
Students 博士前期課程

Research Assistantship：
Up to ¥1,200,000 / year

QE1

Travel：Summer School Attendance

Research Assistantship：
Up to ¥1,800,000 / year

QE2Ph.D. Defense

JSPS DC1/DC2 Doctoral Research Fellows：
Additional ¥600,000 / year
Travel：One-time budget of ¥350,000, and subsequent
travel support upon application and review

All financial support are subject to annual budgetary review, and may change at any time
Eligible students may be recommended by the program for additional support through alternative fellowships

GP-RSS Admissions

Frequently Asked Questions
Should I apply if …
M1 2nd sem

MC matriculation

M2 2nd sem

2.5+ years remaining

DC matriculation
Advanced Admissions• I am in the final 2 years of my Ph.D.

Due to the coursework requirements of our program, we do not accept students
with less than 2.5 years of their Ph.D. left to apply to our program.

• I will be applying for a Ph.D. at Tohoku University (not currently enrolled)Your enrollment with The GP-RSS is contingent on your acceptance as a graduate
student with Tohoku University.

GP-RSS Admissions

Frequently Asked Questions
M1 2nd sem

MC matriculation

M2 2nd sem

2.5+ years remaining

DC matriculation
Advanced Admissions• Are selection criteria different for when students apply?

YES, since the program is designed for MC students who declare their Ph.D. early,
advanced admissions students who wish to enroll with less remaining years intheir Ph.D. to complete the program will be screened competitively, especially for
their feasibility in international research collaboration (i.e. doctoral researchresidency).

GP-RSS Admissions

Frequently Asked Questions• My Ph.D. project only involves domestic research topics

GP-RSS students are required to have an international component to theirresearch. Please discuss this point with your supervisor.

• I am currently funded by another agencyThe GP-RSS can offer partial funding through research assistantship tocomplement your current funding (maximum funding restrictions apply).
All MEXT scholarships and private funding are subject to complementary funding,however, student loans (such as JASSO) are not seen as competing funding(students are responsible for their own finances including taxation).

GP-RSS Admissions

Frequently Asked Questions• I am an international student on a MEXT Scholarship, and thus required
to stay in Japan for the duration of my funding – how does the research
residency work?

The International Joint Graduate Program as a whole are aware of this problem,
and the response by the GP-RSS will be case-by-case. Please check with the affairs
section in your department for further information.

GP-RSS Admissions

Frequently Asked Questions• What are some of the criteria that student selection will be based on?
The GP-RSS is interested in selecting students with a high aptitude forinternational collaboration. We seek strong recommendation from yoursupervisor, a clear timeline of international collaboration (research residency),
and a strong proposal based on research collaboration with universities abroad.

You MUST discuss your Ph.D. plans with your supervisor in advance, and that they
are willing to support you in your research plans.
If you do not intend on continuing your Ph.D., we cannot consider you in ourstudent selection.

For further information, please refer to the GP-RSS website at

http://gp-rss.tohoku.ac.jp

LATE SUBMISSIONS WILLNOT BE CONSIDERED

Admissions Deadline 出願締切： (January 31st, 2024 at 17:00)
Submit your complete applications to gprss [at] grp.tohoku.ac.jp
You must check for eligibility and have an Application Number issued by January 26th, 2024
via: https://forms.gle/avkv5fd21y6R4Kvw9Interviews 面接期間：February, 2024
Acceptance 合格通知：March 14th, 2024 (学位プログラム一斉発表日)
Program Enrollment プログラム所属日：April 1st, 2024