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Ibaraki University

Graduate School of Agricultural Science

(Masters Program)

Guidelines for applicants for the 2012 academic year 24

(October admission)

Special selection for foreign applicants

(Course for Environmentally Symbiotic Agriculture)

May 2012

Ibaraki University Graduate School of Agricultural Science

3-21-1 Chuo, Ami Town, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Tel:+81298888519


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Guidelines for applicants of Ibaraki University Graduate School ofAgriculture (Masters Program) for the 2012 academic yearSpecial admission for foreign applicants (October admission) 2410

This graduate course (Course for Environmentally Symbiotic Agriculture)

is designed for those who wish to take graduate education in English.The

selection of foreigners (non-Japanese nationals) applying for this course will

be carried out following these guidelines.

This guidebook includes two separate guidelines, one is for the applicants

who wish to take a masters degree from Ibaraki University, and the other is

for the applicants who wish to take two masters degrees both from Ibaraki

University and his/her home university. The educational program for

obtaining two degrees, designated as double degree program (DDP), is based

on the memorandum of agreement (MOA) between Graduate School of

Agriculture, Ibaraki University and Graduate schools of Bogor Agricultural

University in Republic of Indonesia. Thus the applicants for DDP have to be

admitted to enter the graduate course of the university before applying for

this course in Ibaraki University.

Attached documents The following documents are attached to these guidelines:

1. Application form for the Graduate School of Agriculture (special selection

for foreign applicants)

2. Examination voucher and photograph form (special selection for foreign

applicants)

3. Reason(s) for application (special selection for foreign applicants)


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Guidelines for applicants who wish to take a masters degree fromIbaraki University

Note: applicants who wish to take the DDP should follow the other

guidelines starting from page 11.DDP 11

1. Majors and capacity of admission ----------------------- 2

2. Application requirements ------------------------------------------ 3

3. Selection ----------------------------------------------------------------- 4

4. Date and place of examination ---------------------------- 4

5. Application procedure ---------------------------------------------- 5

6. Notification of admission ------------------------------------------ 6

7. Other information ----------------------------------------------------- 7

Preliminary screening ------------------------------------------------- 8

Individual screening for admission requirements (screening for application

requirements) ------------------------------------------ 8

Treatment of personal information --------------------- 10

Overview of research ----------------------------------------------------- 16

1. Majors and capacity of admission

Major Specialized fields Spaces available

Biological Production Science

Plant production science

Animal production science

A few

Bioresource Science Applied life scienceAgricultural chemistry andecology

A few

Regional and EnvironmentalScience

Agricultural andenvironmental engineering

Green environmentalsystem science

A few


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2. Application requirements Applicants must meet requirements (1)(3) below.(1)(3)

(1) Do not have Japanese nationality. (2) Have the resident status of college student as stipulated under the

Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, or can change their

present resident status to college student after entry into the Graduate

School.

(3) Have taken a score above a certain level in either of TOEFL, TOEIC, or

IELTS: 510 (TOEFL PBT), 64 (TOEFL iBT), 680 (TOEIC), or 5.5

(IELTS). The time of examination is acceptable at any time.TOFELTOEICIELTSTOEFL PBT 510

TOEFL iBT 64TOEIC 680IELTS 5.5

In addition, they must also meet one of the following requirements:

1 Have already completed or will complete their 16-year school education

in a foreign country by September 30, 2012.1624 9 30

2 Have already completed or will complete their 16-year school education

of a foreign country by completing a correspondence course from a school of

that country in Japan by September 30, 2012. 16

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3 Are specially designated by the Minister of Education, Culture Sports,

Science and Technology of Japan.

4 Have either studied or will study for three years or more as a foreign

student in a university, or have completed or will complete 15 years of school

education in a foreign country by September 30, 2012, and are certified tohave successfully obtained the prescribed credits with satisfactory results.

(See note 1). 24 9 30315

5 Have graduated or will graduate from a university as stipulated in

Article 52 of the School Education Act (Law No. 26 enacted in 1947) as a

foreign student by September 30, 2012.22 26 5224 9 30

6 Have been recognized as having equal or superior academic capacity tothose having graduated from university through an individual screening for


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admission requirements conducted by the Graduate School and have reached

22 years of age by September 30, 2012. (See note 2) 24 9

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(Note 1) As applicants meeting requirement 4 are subject to a preliminary

screening (screening for confirmation of admission requirements), pleasecontact the entrance examination office of the Graduate School of

Agriculture in advance. For more details, please see page 7.

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(Note 2) As applicants meeting requirement 6 are subject to a preliminary

screening (screening for admission requirements), please contact the

entrance examination office of the Graduate School of Agriculture

beforehand. For more details, please see pages 79

9

If you have any questions about the application requirements, please make

advance inquiries at the entrance examination office of the Graduate School

of Agriculture

(Tel, +81298888519 ; E-mail, [email protected]).

3. Selection The selection is based on the academic achievement test (to be conducted in

the form of an interview in English). Admission will be based on the overall

evaluation of the cover letter, the transcript issued by the applicants last

school and other submitted documents.

4. Date and place of examination Date Major Time Place

4th (Sat)August 20128 4


13:00-17:00 Ibaraki University

College of Agriculture

Bioresource Science

15:00-17:00


13:00-17:00


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5. Application procedure (1) Documents to submit

Applicants must submit the documents (1)(6) indicated below. Applicants

must include a transfer payment receipt of fee for examination at 30,000 yenin an envelope (332 mm240 mm) marked Application for the Graduate

School inside in red ink. For postal application, the documents must be sent

by registered mail. 30,000

(transfer of fee for examination)

a. Pay the fee for examination through a bank transfer using the attached

direct deposit sign up form at banking facilities such as bank, credit

association or farmers co-operative, but not at Japan Post Bank/post offices.b. Upon transfer, you must receive two types of transfer payment receipts as

parts of the direct deposit sign up form: one is [] and the other

is [ ] in Japanese. You should confirm that both transfer

payment receipts are sealed with the receiving stamps of banking facilities.

c. The transfer payment receipt [] must be sent with

application documents, and the other receipt [] must be hold

with you until you receive your examination voucher.

a.

b.

c.

(Postal address) Entrance examination office of the Graduate School of

Agriculture, Ibaraki University

3-21-1 Chuo, Ami-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki 300-0393, Japan300-0393 3-21-1

Documents to submit Remarks

(1) Application form

Use the form designated by the Graduate School of

Agriculture.

(2) Examination voucher and photograph

form


Agriculture. The photo must be taken within 3 months

prior to application and include the applicants upper

body, bare head and full face. (4 cm3 cm)

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4 cm3 cm

(3) Reasons for application


Agriculture.

(4) Transcript

Prepare the transcript issued by the last school you

attended (It must contain the statement about the


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evaluation criteria and must be officially sealed.).

(5) Certification of graduation or

completion (or expected graduation or

completion)

Submit the certificate of graduation (or completion) or

that of expected graduation (or completion) of the last

school you attended.

(6) Either of Official Score Certificate(TOEIC), Official Score Report (TOEFL),

or Test Report Form (IELTS).

Submit a copy of the certificate of score evaluation fromany of the TOEFL, TOEIC or IELTS tests. The examinee

must bring the original certificate on the day of

examination.

TOEFLTOEICIELTS

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(Notes)

1. Those qualifying the application requirement 6 must submit a copy of

the notification from the Graduate School of Agriculture.

2. Each of the certificates must be submitted within three months of

issuance. 3

3. For the choice of research fields, please see page 11.11

4. You must make contact in advance of application with a supervisor in

charge of a research field you hope to enter in.

(2) Application acceptance periods The period is between July 11 (Wed) and July 17 (Tue), 2012.

24 7 11 7 17

(3) How will your examination voucher be sent to you?

After the end of the application acceptance period, an examination voucher

and the guidelines for examinees will be sent to the applicant. If you do not

receive your examination voucher, please make an inquiry to the following

contact address. If you changed your address after having submitted your

application form, you are asked to report it to the following address

immediately.

6. Notification of admission Successful applicants will be listed on the notice board of the Graduate

School of Agriculture at 1 pm on August 24 (Friday), 2012, and written

notification of admission will be sent out to applicants by postal mail.

Inquiries by other means including telephone will not be accepted.

Unsuccessful applicants will not be notified. Moreover, the examinee


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numbers of successful applicants will also be released on the webpage of the

Graduate School of Agriculture (after 2 pm). 24 8 2413

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Website of the Graduate School of Agriculture: http://www.agr.ibaraki.ac.jp/

7. Other information (1) Be sure to bring your examination voucher on the day of theexamination.

(2) If you have any questions, you are asked to inquire at the following

contact address. As for inquiries about the education and research contents

of the major and the field you hope to enter in, confirm them in advance.

300-0393 3-21-1 Tel, +81-29-888-8519; E-mail, [email protected]

Entrance examination office of the Graduate School of Agriculture, Ibaraki

University. 3-21-1 Chuo, Ami-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki 300-0393, Japan


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Preliminary screening 1. As applicants qualifying the application requirement 4 of the special

selection for foreign applicants are subject to the screening for the

confirmation of application requirements, they are asked to report to the

entrance examination office of the Graduate School of Agriculture in advance

and to submit following documents by the deadline.

Documents to submit

1 Application form for preliminary screening for application requirements

(use the form designated by the Graduate School of Agriculture)2 A transcript

3 Other documents judged as necessary by the Graduate School ofAgriculture

Prepare the above documents 1 -3 , and post them so that they arrive

byJune 26 (Tue), 2012.24 6 26

2. Notification of the result of preliminary screening

The applicant will be notified of the result by postal mail from the Dean of

the Graduate School of Agriculture by July 11 (Wed), 2012. 24 7 11

Individual screening for admission requirements (screening for applicationrequirements) 1. Regarding application requirement 6 of the special selection for foreign

applicants, those satisfying the following condition will be granted the

qualification for application based on individual screening for admission

requirements (screening for application requirements).

Those having graduated not from a 4-year university but from an institution

such as junior college, technical college, special technical college, other type

of school, Japanese branch school of a foreign university or school for foreign

students, and having been recognized as having equal or superior academic

capacity to that of university graduates following the individual screening of

the applicants capacities conducted by the Graduate School, and havingattained 22 years of age.


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The phrase those having attained 22 years of age for the individual

screening for admission requirements (screening for application

requirements) refers to those who have reached the 22 years of age by

September 30 of the year of admission.229 30

If you wish to take the individual screening for admission requirements

(screening for application requirements), please make inquiries to the

following office prior to application.

Entrance examination office of the Graduate School of Agriculture,Ibaraki University

Tel, +81-29-888-8519; E-mail, [email protected]

2. The above individual screening for admission requirements (screening for

application requirements) will be carried out as follows:

(1) Documents to submit

1 Application form for the individual screening for entrance examination

application requirements (use the form designated by the Graduate

School).

2 Reasons for application (use the form designated by the Graduate

School).

3 Your curriculum vitae (use the form designated by the Graduate School).

4 Certificate of graduation (or completion) from the last school attended

(specifying the date of birth of the applicant) (original)

5 Official sealed transcript of the last school attended (original)()

(2) Application procedure Prepare the above documents, and send them by registered expressmail so that they arrive by June 26 (Tues), 2012. 24 6 26

(3) Where to submit application documents


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University


(4) Notification of the result of individual screening for admission

requirements (screening for application requirements)

The applicant will be notified of the result from the Dean of the Graduate

School of Agriculture by July 11 (Wed), 2012. 24 7 11

(5) Selection criteria in the individual screening for admission requirements

(screening for application requirements)The selection will be carried out based on the overall evaluation of submitteddocuments, including the academic record of the last school attended, thecurriculum vitae and the reasons for application.

(6) If the applicant has been granted qualification for application following

the individual screening for admission requirements (screening for

application requirements), he or she can proceed to the application for the

entrance examination of the Graduate School of Agriculture. Applicant

should submit a copy of the notification letter issued by the Graduate School

with the application documents for the entrance examination.

Treatment of personal information In accordance with the Law Concerning Access to Personal Information

Held by Independent Administrative Institutions, etc. (Personal

Information Protection Law), we use the personal information offered by

applicants through documents such as application forms only for the purpose

of selecting applicants, and will neither use nor provide it for other purposes.


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Guidelines for applicants who wish to take the double degreeeducational program to obtain two masters degrees from IbarakiUniversity and Bogor Agricultural University

1. Majors and capacity of admission ----------------------- 11

2. Application requirements ------------------------------------------ 11

3. Selection ----------------------------------------------------------------- 12

4. Date and place of examination ---------------------------- 12

5. Application procedure ---------------------------------------------- 13

6. Notification of admission ------------------------------------------ 14

7. Other information ----------------------------------------------------- 14

Treatment of personal information ------------------------------15

Overview of research ----------------------------------------------------- 16

1. Majors and capacity of admission

Major Specialized fields Spaces available


Plant production science

Animal production science

A few

Bioresource Science

Applied life science

Agricultural chemistry andecology

A few


Agricultural andenvironmental engineering

Green environmentalsystem science

A few

2. Application requirements Applicants must meet requirements (1)(4) below.

(1)(4)

(1) Do not have Japanese nationality.

(2) Have the resident status of college student as stipulated under the

Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, or can change their

present resident status to college student after entry into the Graduate

School.


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(3) Have taken a score above a certain level in either of TOEFL, TOEIC, or

IELTS: 510 (TOEFL PBT), 64 (TOEFL iBT), 680 (TOEIC), or 5.5

(IELTS). The time of examination is acceptable at any time. TOFELTOEICIELTS

TOEFL PBT 510TOEFL iBT 64

TOEIC 680IELTS 5.5

(4) Have already been admitted to enter the graduate course of xxx in Bogor

Agricultural University.

If you have any questions about the application requirements, please make

advance inquiries at the entrance examination office of the Graduate School

of Agriculture

(Tel, +81298888519 ; E-mail, [email protected]).

3. Selection The selection is based on the academic achievement test (to be conducted in

the form of an interview in English). Admission will be based on the overall

evaluation of the cover letter, the transcript issued by the applicant s last

school and other submitted documents. The interview will be performed

using internet communication between Ibaraki University and the

applicants home university.

4. Dateof examination Date

Home University

Time (in Japan)

13th (Thu)

Sep 2012

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Bogor Institute of Agriculture

12:00-13:00

(Note) When the examination cannot be conducted on the indicated date

through unavoidable circumstances, the date of examination could be

changed by consultation between the committee of the entrance

examinationof Graduate School of Agriculture, Ibaraki University and the

person from Indonesian Graduate School in charge of the examination.


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5. Application procedure(1) Documents to submit

Applicants must submit the documents (1) (6) indicated below, being

enclosed in an envelope (332 mm240 mm) marked Application for the

Graduate School inside in red ink. For postal application, the documents

must be sent by registered mail.(1)(6)

(Postal address) Entrance examination office of the Graduate School of

Agriculture, Ibaraki University


Documents to submit Remarks

(1) Application form


Agriculture.

(2) Examination voucher and photograph

form


Agriculture. The photo must be taken within 3 months

prior to application and include the applicants upper

body, bare head and full face. (4 cm3 cm)

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4 cm3 cm

(3) Reasons for application


Agriculture.

(4) Transcript

Prepare the transcript issued by the last school you

attended (It must contain the statement about the

evaluation criteria and must be officially sealed.).

(5) Certification of graduation or

completion (or expected graduation or

completion)

Submit the certificate of graduation (or completion) or

that of expected graduation (or completion) of the last

school you attended.

(6) Either of Official Score Certificate

(TOEIC), Official Score Report (TOEFL),

or Test Report Form (IELTS).

Submit the original copy of the certificate of score

evaluation from any of the TOEFL, TOEIC or IELTS

tests.

TOEFLTOEICIELTS

(Notes)

1. Each of the certificates must be submitted within three months of

issuance. 3

2. For the choice of research fields, please see page 11.

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3. You must make contact in advance of application with a supervisor in

charge of a research field you hope to enter in.


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(2) Application acceptance periods Home University Application acceptance

periods

Bogor Institute of Agriculture

Prior to Sept.8th(Sat)

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Gadjah Mada University

Prior to Sept. 8th (Sat)

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Udayana University

Prior to Sept. 8th (Sat)

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6. Notification of admission The results of the examination will be notified by postal mail. Inquiries byother means including telephone will not be accepted. The original score

certificate of TOEIC, TOEFL or IELTS will be returned with the notification.

TOEICTOEFLIELTS

7. Other information If you have any questions, you are asked to inquire at the following contact

address. As for inquiries about the education and research contents of the

major and the field you hope to enter in, confirm them in advance.

300-0393 3-21-1 Tel, +81-29-888-8519; E-mail, [email protected]


University. 3-21-1 Chuo, Ami-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki 300-0393, Japan


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Treatment of personal informationIn accordance with the Law Concerning Access to Personal Information

Held by Independent Administrative Institutions, etc. (Personal

Information Protection Law), we use the personal information offered by

applicants through documents such as application forms only for the purpose

of selecting applicants, and will neither use nor provide it for other purposes.