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Overview

The AUN/SEED-Net Scheme with help from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) provides scholarships to highly qualified young teaching staff and graduating students/young graduates (i.e., potential future faculty staff) of Member Institutions to buy master's degrees in the following nine commerce fields at respective Host Institutions in other countries:

• Compound Commerce at De La Salle University (DLSU)
• Civil Commerce at Chulalongkorn University (CU)
• Electrical and Electronics Commerce at Chulalongkorn University (CU)
• Environmental Commerce at University of Philippines-Diliman (UP)
• Geological Commerce at Gadjah Mada University (UGM)
• In rank and Communication Technology at King Mongkut's Institute of Technology, Ladkrabang (KMITL)
• Manufacturing Commerce at University of Malaya (UM)
• Equipment Commerce at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
• Mechanical and Aeronautical Commerce at Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB).

In order for AUN/SEED-Net students to produce high quality thesis investigate of international ordinary and to ensure the completion of the master's degree within two being, AUN/SEEDNet provides vital help, in terms of financial and academic, through joint thesis investigate supervision, to AUN/SEED-Net Master's students at all Host Institutions. The joint thesis investigate supervision will be passed out through the Shared Investigate Program, which has been made by each Host Institution for a few well-defined investigate themes (or investigate umbrellas) in consultation with Japanese Field Coordinating University, each of which is a collection of interrelated and progressively conducted thesis investigate topics. Each AUN/SEED-Net apprentice (counting doctoral sandwich apprentice) shall conduct thesis investigate below one of these investigate themes.

Above and beyond, according to AUN/SEED-Net Students' Mobility scheme which is promoted to enable students to subsidy educationally and culturally from the experience of learning at other Member Institution(s), Master's students may be supported to take a course(s) or conduct investigate at other Member Institution(s) for a small period. Students are advised to consult with their advisors and Host Institution on the necessity, likelihood and procedures of their mobility. Those who complete this Master's Degree Program with outstanding thesis investigate are positive to pursue a doctoral degree in one of the above nine fields either at Japanese Supporting Universities below the "Doctoral Degree Program in Japan", or at Host Institutions (in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand) below the "Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program" with co-supervision by Japanese professors, or at the two Singaporean universities (NTU & NUS) below "Doctoral Degree Program in Singapore" . The upgrading scheme can be implemented at some Host Institutions for Master's students who verify outstanding performance and wish to get upgraded to doctoral level. The details of upgrading administer will be applied to respective Host Institutions' regulations.

2. Objectives

(1) To increase the number of high quality Master's degree holders in commerce at Member Institutions which would be necessary to say to a sustainable industrial development of ASEAN countries.
(2) To strengthen the Master's degree programs at the Host Institutions so that the production of high quality Master's degree holders in commerce needed for the region is materialized within the region in collaboration with the Member Institutions and Japanese Supporting Universities.
(3) To strengthen creature networking among teaching staff of Member Institutions and Japanese Supporting Universities.

3. Eligibility of Applicants

(a) Applicants must hold a Single's degree in an appropriate discipline of commerce, or to be awarded the Single's degree before early the Master's degree program.
(b) Applicants must be ranked within top 10% of the class, or have the grade top average of 3.0 or higher from the grade top system of 4.0 in their undergraduate examine.
(c) Applicants must be young faculty staff of Member Institutions, or graduating students, or young graduates of Member Institutions who are strongly motivated to pursue a professional career as faculty staff at Member Institutions.
(d) Applicants must be below the age of 30 at the time of concentration and competent of transportation out independent investigate.
(e) Applicants who have already received another equivalent foremost award, scholarship or a salary to undertake a proposed course are not eligible for scholarships.

4. Choice of Host Institution(s)

(a) Each Host Institution is assigned to host one or two Commerce fields. Applicants must top out to apply to the Host Institution(s) that offer(s) their proposed field of examine. (Please see list of Host Institutions and their host fields in Attachment 1, and visit our website at http://www.seed-net.org/application_form.html for concentration forms.)
(b) Each Host Institution has pinched up investigate umbrellas or themes below Shared Investigate Program. It is advised that all applicants must be well aware of investigate areas that each Host Institution can offer to AUN/SEED-Net students before selecting Host Institution(s), by carefully studying Shared Investigate umbrellas and top out their tentative thesis investigate topics accordingly. (For details on Shared Investigate umbrellas of each field, please visit our website at
http://www.seed-net.org/research_umbrella.php )
(c) In addendum, possible investigate areas of examine will also be expanded to take in five interdisciplinary areas, namely Biotechnology, Disaster Mitigation, Global Environment, Natural Assets/Equipment, and New/Renewable Energy. In case an applicant proposes a investigate theme below these investigate areas, one is still expected to top out one of the Host Institutions, depending on the focus of the investigate theme (e.g., if the theme is Mechanical Commerce related renewable energy, applicants must top out ITB. If the theme is Manufacturing Commerce related disaster mitigation, applicants must top out UM. If the theme is Electrical and Electronic Commerce related biotechnology, then the applicants must top out CU)

(d) Applicants can apply to the most of two Host Institutions, but cannot apply to any institution within their own country.
(e) Applicants must be aware that some Host Institutions strictly require their applicants to obtain a TOEFL and/or GRE score as an admission condition. (Please contact each Host Institution for more details.)

5. Target Number of Scholarships

Nearly 45 scholarships for the Japanese Monetary Year 2011 will be supported (approximately five scholarships for each host field at Host Institutions in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand).

6. Coverage of Scholarships

The scholarships take in tuition fees, income expenses, health indemnity, visa fee and airport tax, and a round-trip air voucher, in accordance with the AUN/SEED-Net Scheme regulations. There may be partial help(s) from worried Host and Sending Institution.

7. Admittance and Duration of Scholarships

The admittance of scholarship must be within the Japanese Monetary Year 2011; that is, awarded students must commence their examine within April 2011 – March 2012. The duration of the scholarship is strictly two being, counting from the day of arrival at a Host Institution. Students who need more than two being to buy a degree will be expected to self-finance during period of extension.
Note: The AUN/SEED-Net Scheme, in consultation with the Host Institution, will terminate
the award of any apprentice who fails to maintain satisfactory progress at the Host Institution.

8. Concentration and Screening Procedure

It is advisable for applicants to examine and follow the concentration procedure below. (Please see Attachment 2 for a flow chart of the procedure.)
(1) Applicants submit one set of AUN/SEED-Net's Concentration Form (for scholarship) and two sets of Host Institution(s)' Concentration Form(s) (for university admission), by the side of with other required documents to the contact person at Member Institutions (as Sending Institutions) to which the applicants belong. The list of names of contact personnel at Member Institutions (or Sending Institutions) is agreed in Attachment 3.
(2) The contact person of each Sending Institution sends a collection of Concentration Forms to AUN/SEED-Net, together with an backing epistle from the Dean or designated person endorsing the applications. Please note that sending concentration directly to AUN/SEEDNet without the backing epistle will not be usual. (Sending Institutions may submit the collection of concentration forms more than once within the deadline.)
(3) AUN/SEED-Net will check all required documents and request gone documents from applicants through Sending Institution, if necessary.
(4) AUN/SEED-Net forwards the collection of Host Applications to respective Host Institutions for admission screening.

(5) Host Institutions screen applicants for admission and identify potential advisor(s), then inform the admission result to AUN/SEED-Net.
(6) AUN/SEED-Net starts its screening for scholarships and informs the result to respective
Sending Institutions.
Note: At the time of admission and scholarship screening, Host Institutions and AUN/SEED-Net may contact Sending Institutions and/or applicants for gone documents or
further in rank.
(7) Sending Institutions inform their successful applicants to confirm their acceptance of scholarships via Answer Form and submit gone documents, if any, to AUN/SEED-Net. Contractual matters between Host Institutions and AUN/SEED-Net starts.

9. Submission Deadline of the Concentration Form

Applications for the Master's Degree Program must be submitted, in printed forms, to the AUN/SEED-Net Scheme by January 31, 2011.

10. Scholarship Allocation

The scholarships, in principle, must be distributed across fields and across Sending Institutions.

http://www.seed-net.org/download/Master's_2011_gl.pdf

http://www.seed-net.org/download/Master's_2011_fm.doc

Concentration to be submitted to:

AUN/SEED-Net Scheme
(Master's Degree Program)
Faculty of Commerce Construction 2, Room 109-110
Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok 10330, THAILAND

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