Research opportunities at Tottori University for non-Japanese applicants for MS Program

Tottori University accepts a few non-Japanese students for their research work in the study fields within the framework of the MS Program: environmental soil science, water use engineering, plant breeding, plant physiology, agronomy, plant production, conservation informatics, climatology and meteorology.

Should you pursue your research work at the university, you need to take an entrance examination to be registered as a research student. The research student will be supervised by our academic staff. The entrance examination will be by assessment of your submitted documents. The entrance examination, admission and tuition fees are as follows:

Entrance examination fee: 9,800 JPY
Admission fee: 84,600 JPY
Tuition fee: 29,700 JPY (per month)

N.B.: The fees are revised annually. The fees will be waived for students from the universities/institutions listed below, with which Tottori University concludes the Academic Agreement and Memorandum of Student Exchange.

(Korea)
Chungnam　National　University
Korea　Marine　University
Pukyong　National　University
Kangwon　National　University
Chuncheon　National　University　of　Education
Kangnung　National　University
(China)
Hebei Medical University
Cold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering Research, CAS
Xi'an　University　of　Science　and　Technology
Inner　Mongolia　Normal　University
Qingdao　University
Beijing　Forestry　University
Northeastern　Agricultural　University
Guangxi　Medical　University
Hebei University
Inner Mongolia University
Shanghai Ocean University
(Indonesia)
Sebelas　Maret　University
Diponegoro University
(Mongolia)
The Institute Of Commerce and Business
(Thailand)
Kasetsart University
Khon Kaen University
(Socialist Republic of Viet Nam)
Institute of Tropical Biology, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology
Nong Lam University
(Canada)
University　of　Waterloo
(Mexico)
Autonormous　University　of　Baja　California　Sur
The Northwestern Center of Biological Research
(Tunisia)
National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia

Detailed information such as application procedures and selection criteria for the research student will be announced to successful applicants for the MS Program. If you want to conduct research work for the MS Program at Tottori University or if you have any questions, please refer to Prof. Tsunekawa before you will submit your application for MS Program.

  Prof. Atsushi TSUNEKAWA
Director, Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University
1390 Hamasaka Tottori, 680-0001 JAPAN
E-mail: tsunekawa @ alrc.tottori-u.ac.jp