「The International Priority Graduate Programs (PGP)」～Advanced Graduate Courses for International Students～

Course Guide【１．Outline of the Course】

Program for Biologists and Bioengineers who Leads Nature-Positi① Courseve Society with a Special Emphasis on Co-Creation (Ph.D. Program, 3 years)② DegreePh.D.
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology③ Graduate School（Address）④ Division

Kakuma-machi Kanazawa ISHIKAWA

Division of Biological Science and Technology
Division of Frontier Engineering

【２．Contents of the Course】

I. Aim of Nature-Positive Program
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University will start “Program forBiologists and Bioengineers who Leads Nature-Positive Society with a Special Emphasis on
Co-Creation (Nature-Positive program or simply N-P program)” from 2024.
The aim of N-P program is to educate Ph.D. students to become professionals of advanced biology
and bioengineering so that they will lead the nature-positive society in all over the world. The students
will study in the field of Bioscience and Biotechnology at Kanazawa University, which is characterized
by a wide range of biological and bioengineering research, marine and fisheries biological resources,
biodiversity, biorefineries. To provide an interdisciplinary and international "co-creation" where various
stark holders gather to discuss each student's research project, and to develop Ph.D researchers withadvanced facilitation skills and project promotion capabilities, in addition to their research skills.
II. Curriculum of Nature-Positive Program1) Quota: 5 MEXT scholarship students, 5 privately financed foreign students, 2 Japanese students;
12 students in total.
2) Screening: The MEXT scholarship students are all screened, and the selected students are accepted
as students of the N-P Program. Privately financed foreign students and Japanese students arescreened and accepted as regular students. After joining the graduate school of Kanazawa
University, the regular students can apply for this program. The applicants are screened, and theselected students are included in this program. Foreign students can get information about Japanand Kanazawa University through the university website.
3) Official Language: English
Lectures that the N-P Program students take are given in English. Student research projects aredirected and advised by professors in English.
4) Requirements for Completing Nature-Positive Program:Get credits by taking courses in the Regular Program based on the classification of the N-P
Program.
Give a presentation at an international conference.
Publish research papers, including a substantial part of the Ph.D. thesis, in a peer-reviewed
journal edited in English.
Give a Ph.D. defense in English.
Pass an examination of the Ph.D. thesis.
5) Certificate of Nature-Positive Program:
The N-P Program’s students satisfying the requirements receive a certificate of N-P
Program, as well as the Ph.D. diploma.
6) Highlights:
Students of the N-P program can get deeper skills and knowledge associated with theco-creation and also get to know about people working in the field by participating inevents, ex educational/technical meeting/workshop. Regular N-P meetings are organized,too.
III. Advising Students Research Projects and Examination of Ph.D. Thesis
If the student finds an advisor before enrolling in the Ph.D. course, s/he can receive preliminary advice
through the internet. (After the enrollment, one main advisor and two vice-advisors direct and advise
student research project. A committee consisting of five full/associate professors examines the Ph.D.
thesis.)