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East Asia Environmental Strategists Training ProgramEast Asia Environmental Strategists Training Program – Organization
Participation in research projects of the ResearchInstitute for East Asia Environments

Environmental Strategists Training Program・ Comprehensive knowledge of environmental issues: Common courses
Lecturers that cover a wide range of courses in social science and natural science・ Practical problem-solving ability for environmental issues: Project seminars
Seminars providing overseas internships
・ Strategic planning ability: Analyses of environmental systems

・Laogang Garbage Landfill of Shanghai
・Research on aquatic life in Taihu, etc.

Collaboration with partnering universities andagencies offering internships
Tongji University, Tsinghua University, Ho Chi Minh City
University of Technology, Asian Development Bank, Japan
International Cooperation Agency

Graduate program of each specialty field・ Obtain credits for existing courses
・ Master thesis and doctor thesis (Research guidance by academicsupervisor)

WellWell-organized support for international students
・Support system by the scholarship program, Onestop service for international students
Continuous followfollow-up
・Participation in the International Symposium on
the East Asian Environmental Problems and support
through industry-university-government
collaboration

Development of East Asia Environmental Strategists
Human resources who can analyze environmental issues
comprehensively and systematically and present solutions with a strategy

East Asia Environmental Strategists Training Program – Implementation System
Intellectual Property
Management Center ofKyushu University(IMAQ) UniversityIndustry International
Collaboration Center(UNIC)

Support and Collaboration

SupportUniversity-wide
graduate schools
and related research
centers

Integrated approach
Research Planning andEnvironmental Strategist
Operating Committee
Development Support Officethrough research and education（Practical environmental study）(Education of Asian environmentology)
study）◆ Infrastructure Consortium
Urban
EnvironmentGroup

Food Risk andAssessmentGroup

Low-carbon
SocietyGroup◆ Environmental Symbiosis Consortium
Water
EnvironmentGroup

Anti-Desertification
Group◆ Environment Conservation Consortium
Atmospheric
Environment
Group

MarineEnvironment
Group

Environmental Planning andManagement GroupInternational Affairs Department
Planning and Coordination ofInternational Affairs
Offices of Related Dept.

Research Institute for East Asia Environments(President: President of Kyushu University)
Research Planning and Operating Committee

Environment
ChemistryGroup

Collaboration and cooperation-Education in environmentology based on practical researchand research results
Field stations
Shanghai(Established in 2010)
Indonesia(Gadjah MadaUniversity)
Thailand(Mahidol University)

Overseas partnering
universities and agencies

Industry

Municipality: Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental
Sciences,Government
UniversityUniversityetc.
International Agencies: JICA, UN-HABITAT, etc.
Companies: Mitsubishi Corp., Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Chemical, etc.

East Asia

ASEAN countries –Environmental

Environmental

Strategist Training

Strategist Training

Program (JST)Program (JASSO)◆Acceptance by a university-wide system
Graduate School of Engineering, Interdisciplinary Graduate
School of Engineering Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture,
Graduate School of Medicine◆ Education using systematic curricula
Obtain credits in social science after obtaining credits in naturalscience◆ Well-organized support for international students
Scholarship, follow-up care through workshops- Creating environmental strategists (leaders) -Cooperation in establishingcollaboration with related
agencies and support companies
Tongji University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Environment
Protection Dept. of Shanghai, Tsinghua University, Beijing University,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Environmental Protection
3Dept., Seoul National University, Asian Development Bank, etc.