CFA- Deadline Extension - MA Program in Educational and Cultural Policy for Central Asian Countries, Tsukuba University

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CFA- Deadline Extension - MA Program, Educational & Cultural Policy, Tsukuba U.

Posted by: Selection Committee MPAS/SPJSCA <mpas-spjsca@chiiki.tsukuba.ac.jp>

Call For Applications

The Master's Program in Educational and Cultural Policy for Central
Asian Countries
* One Year Program

DEADLINE is extended to January 10, 2009

Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of
Tsukuba is pleased to announce an open competition for its MA Program
in Educational and Cultural Policy for Central Asian Countries.

This program aims to strengthen the capacity in educational and
cultural policy formulation in this CA region by training the staff
members capable to contribute both to the formulation and
implementation of effective educational and cultural policies and to
the task of analyzing implications of such policies within the
universities and institutions in CA. This program targets primarily
junior staff members of Education and Cultural Ministries, Agencies
and Funds related to the field of policy formulation in the areas of
education and culture and graduate students of the CA universities
involved in policy studies in the areas mentioned above. Those
selected for this program will have an opportunity to enroll into one
year MA program in the University of Tsukuba and enhance their
knowledge in educational and cultural policy fields.

This program is open for graduating undergraduates, graduate students,
faculty members and interested professionals in five countries of
Central Asia - namely, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan,
Turkmenistan and Tajikistan.

Taking into account that the majority of the faculty members and
students in CA possess limited knowledge of Japanese language, the
educational curriculum in the Master Program for International Area
Studies, University of Tsukuba offers a unique opportunity to obtain
the first-hand information and knowledge through English language
based educational curriculum in addition to a number of Japanese
language courses available to enrolling students. Therefore, previous
knowledge of Japanese language is not required for enrolling into this
program. The primary target countries for this program are Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. Each year, four
students from five regional countries will have an opportunity to
enroll into educational and professional development programs on a
Japanese Government scholarship-based scheme with additional 6
students on a self- or alternatively financed schemes. In addition to
the eligibility requirement outlined in the detailed package of this
program, the age requirement for those applying for the scholarship is
for applicants to be born after April 2, 1974.

Note that those candidates applying for the 2 year MA Program in
International Area Studies, Special Program in Japanese Studies for
Central Asian countries (MPIS/SPJCA) in the University of Tsukuba are
ineligible to apply for this program. If candidates are eligible to
apply for both programs, they will have to choose only one per time.

For details of this program, please refer to the
http://www.chiiki.tsukuba.ac.jp or to

http://www.chiiki.tsukuba.ac.jp/english-program/index02.html

Selection Committee MPAS/SPJSCA <mpas-spjsca@chiiki.tsukuba.ac.jp>

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