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United Nations/Japan Long-Term Fellowship Program Post-Graduate Study For Developing Countries 2024 for Master

  •  Master
  •  05-Jan-2024
  •   Japan
  • $$  Varies

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and the Government of Japan in cooperation with the Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) have established a United Nations/Japan Long-term Fellowship Programme on Nano-Satellite Technologies for nationals of developing countries or non-space-faring nations. 

Every year this “Post-graduate study on Nano-Satellite Technologies (PNST)” Fellowship Program will accept up to three students in the Masters course (2 years duration) and up to three students in the Doctorate course (3 years duration). Successful participants will be awarded a master or doctorate degree after successful thesis defence. The successful candidates will enroll in the Space Engineering International Course (SEIC) after passing an official entrance examination by the Graduate School of Kyushu Institute of Technology.

The Program will provide extensive research opportunities in nano-satellite systems through the use of the nano-satellite development and testing facilities available at Kyutech.

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Kyushu Institute of Technology Information

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United Nations/Japan Long-Term Fellowship Program Post-Graduate Study For Developing Countries 2024 for Master Founded in 1907, Kyushu Institute of Technology is a non-profit public higher education institution located in the urban setting of the medium-sized city of Kitakyushu (population range of 500,000-1,000,000 inhabitants), Fukuoka. This institution has also branch campuses in the following location(s): Lizuka. Officially accredited and/or recognized by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan, Kyushu Institute of Technology is a coeducational higher education institution. Kyushu Institute of Technology offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as bachelor degrees in several areas of study. See the uniRank degree levels and areas of study matrix below for further details. This 112 years old higher-education institution has a selective admission policy based on entrance examinations. The admission rate range is 20-30% making this Japanese higher education organization a very selective institution. International students are welcome to apply for enrollment.

Eligibility Criteria

Candidates should:

  • Be nationals of developing countries or non-space-faring nations (countries without an established substantial capability to develop space technology/launch space objects);
  • Be duly nominated by their institutions;
  • Be born on or after 2 April 1989;
  • Have the academic and professional background required by the specific fellowship programme. Candidates seeking a Master degree are expected to have completed studies ending with a Bachelor Degree or equivalent (4 year university degree) in engineering-related subjects. Candidates seeking a Doctorate degree are expected to have completed studies ending with a Master Degree or equivalent (5 years university degree) in engineering-related subjects. Degrees in different technological fields can be considered by the Doctor Commission;and
  • Be able to make professional use of the experience gained in the fellowship programme.
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Offered Benefits

The selected candidates will each receive a grant under Japanese government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) scholarship (Research Students) of about 144,000 yen per month for the duration of their fellowship study (2 or 3 years) to cover housing, food, local transportation, and other expenses (actual scholarship amount is subject to change). Each candidate will be provided, according to his/her itinerary and route as designated by MEXT, an economy class air ticket between an international airport in the country of his/her nationality and Narita International Airport or Fukuoka International Airport. Fees for matriculation, tuition and entrance examinations will be paid by Kyutech.

Application Process

  • The fully completed application form and other required documents except the referee report forms shall be submitted in electronic format (.doc or .pdf or.xls) at the Web address that is in the confirmation e-mail you will receive after registering above, by no later than 5 January 2024 (Friday, 23:59 JST). If not fully completed at the time of the deadline, the application will be deemed to be not qualifying.
  • Note: For file a name, do not use any non-English characters. Moreover, each character must be a one-byte type of character. As well, do not use spaces in your file names as the file server will not handle such data correctly. Use "_" (under bar) or "-" (hyphen) instead, e.g. "01_Tom_Smith_2023.12.24".
  • The Referee report forms should be sent by uploading to the designated URL by the referees themselves by no later than 5 January 2024 (Friday, 23:59 JST).

WEBINAR

Monday 11 December 2023 1 PM CET Register from  here.

  • Introduction to the Access to Space for All initiative and PNST by UNOOSA
  • Introduction to PNST and SEIC (Space Engineering International Course) by Kyutech
  • Lightning Talks from Current and Past Fellows
  • Q and A

For any further questions regarding the PNST, please contact  .

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