International Doctoral Program (IDP) in Energy Science
Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University

The international Doctoral Program in Energy Science is offered to provide foreign students and researchers, who have a Master's degree (or equivalent), an opportunity to further their studies toward a Doctoral degree at Kyoto University. In this Doctoral Program, Japanese proficiency is not required since students can obtain the necessary credits by choosing ones among a variety of subjects presented in English and their research works are also supervised in English. An evaluation of eligibility for admission will be made on the basis of the documents submitted to our School Affairs Office.
Eight students will be admitted each year with a scholarship from the Japanese Government.

Scholarship

• Allowance: 155,000 to 158,000yen per month for at most 36 months (subject to change depending upon the annual budget of each year)
• Travel to and from Japan: Economy-class round trip airfare
• School fees: Exemption from the entrance and tuition fees

Eligibility

• Nationality: Any of the countries with which Japan has official diplomatic relations
• Age:under 35 years of age as of April 1, 2011
• Academic qualifications: Master's degree or equivalent (by the end of September, 2011)
• Language ability: Good command of English (Japanese is not required)