Application Guidelines for Associate Course Students in Higo Program FY2013【What are associate course students?】
・They are the students who do not take all the courses, but take more than 3credits from the HIGO Principles of Social and Cultural Sciences, Governmental
Seminar Series, Business Seminar Series, Internship, and Career Vision
Development Course (Higo Public Policy I~III, HIGO Technology andOrganizational Management I ~ III, HIGO Cross-cultural Communication I ~III)
within the period. Students will be vetted after applications are received.
・ ”Regular HIGO Student”, “Regular HIGO Student who does not receivescholarships from HIGO Program” and “Associate Course Student” are eligible toreceive a wide variety of support.
・The credits obtained as an associate course student are not included in therequired credits for completion.

【Requirements for Associate Course Student Application】
Students must have been enrolled either in Medical Sciences or Pharmaceutical
Sciences and intend to take more than 3 credits within two years from “Principlesof Social and Cultural Sciences,” “Governmental Seminar Series,” “Business
Seminar Series,” “Internship” and “Career Vision Development Course” held in theHIGO Program.
However, the student is required to take at least one credit every year.
As for the number of credits, refer to the separate sheet, “List of subjects to bestudied”【Contents of Support】
Associate course students are eligible to receive the support mentioned below,
except for the scholar and research fund. However, availability will be discussed
for each applicant due to, among other reasons, budget limitations.
Those who receive other scholarships or grants might not receive the support
from HIGO Program. Please contact the Advanced
Research/Education
Promotion Division(higo-program@jimu.kumamoto-u.ac.jp).
(1) Travel expense for internship(2) Expenses for presentation of the research results (participation fee foracademic conference, travel expense for academic conference, cost for English
review, submission fee for the paper and so on.)(3) Employment as a TA or a RA (Maximum salary for TA is approximately
70,000 yen per month. Maximum salary for RA is approximately 90,000 yen permonth.)

【Application Procedure】(1) Document to be submitted
Designated study application(2) Closing date for application
May 31 (Friday)(3) Submitted toAdvanced Research/Education Promotion Division,
Research/Education Promotion Office
2nd floor of the building in front of the medical education andlibrary building
TEL 096-373-5785、5006
FAX 096-373-5031
E-mail： higo-program@jimu.kumamoto-u.ac.jp【Judgment Method 】(1) Judgment Authority HIGO Program Steering Committee(2) Judgment Method
Documentary examination
English ability (English grade of the entrance
examination and others (Score of TOEFL-ITP included)).

【Other Consideration】① Those who would like to take the Career Vision Development Course must begin
from Course I and continue thereafter sequentially.
② In the event application is made to a subject which has full enrolment (such as
an internship), further enrolment may not be possible. Therefore, a secondary
preference should be made on the application.
③ A certain level of English ability is necessary because many of the subjects will
be taught in English.
④ Those students in the basic doctoral course and master’s course should be inaccordance with the method of taking classes for legitimate students and theymust not take the Career Vision Development Course.
⑤ Please confirm the syllabus which is published on the “curriculum” page on theHIGO Program website.（http://higoprogram.org/）