Agrobioscience

The focus of this Department is on organisms related to food and agriculture, and materials linked to the environment and related areas. We develop human resources who have superior knowledge and skills based mainly on chemistry and biology to contribute to the development of areas including agriculture; bioindustries related to food, chemistry and medicine; and the creation and protection of the agricultural environment. Through guided research, we train individuals in a higher level of specialist knowledge, skills, scientific thinking and expression. The Department has two divisions: the Division of Applied Chemistry in Bioscience and the Division of Agroenvironmental Biology.

About the Master’s Program

1. Students can gain a broad grounding in agriculture and interdisciplinary knowledge through core cross-disciplinary learning in food, the environment, and healthy organisms.
2. Each course within the Master’s Program is designed to prepare students for the more specialist classes in the Doctoral Program.
3. Students can learn to organize their research results, present in front of a group and express their ideas through the class on public presentations.
4. Students can gain an interdisciplinary perspective through taking a joint class with the five natural sciences graduate schools in Kobe University, Advanced Science and Technology I.
5. Students can gain the comprehensive knowledge needed for advanced specialist careers by making use of the program course authorization system in collaboration with four natural science graduate schools in Kobe University.
6. Students can gain a grounding in leadership and an international perspective by taking courses in sustainable food production and environmental protection in the Asiatic region.

The following scholarships are available to privately financed students (excluding Foreign Government Scholarship Students). Selection for awards is based on academic record, character, and other factors. Information is posted on the notice board of the Center for International Education and each faculty. Please visit Kobe University website to obtain information onscholarships.

Japanese Government Scholarship ("Monbukagakusho" Scholarship)

Applications for Japanese Government Scholarships can be made through Japanese embassies and consulates abroad or on the basis of a recommendation by a Japanese university.

Privately-financed students in Japan can also apply in the following way:
※The government may not call for applications depending on the year.

Notification
Notices posted in all faculties
Application time
Around October to November
Qualifications
Self-financed students with excellent academic records. (excluding students granted other scholarships, including by foreign governments.)

• Undergraduate students

Students under 26 years old (Medical majors: under 28), who are proceeding to their last academic year.
 

• Graduate students

Students under 35 years old, currently on a master's or doctor's course, or those proceeding to these courses in April of the following academic year.
 

Scholarship Amount (AY 2015)

* Subject to change. AY: academic year

Extension of Japanese Government Scholarship

If a current recipient of Japanese Government Scholarship is willing to go on to higher education, his/her status may be extended under specific conditions and through proper extension procedures.
Notification: Notices posted in all faculties
Application time: October (note: April for those who wish to go on to a more advanced degree that October.)
Qualifications: Japanese Government Scholarship students with excellent academic records who hope to study in a higher level program.
Please note that application conditions vary depending on which program applicants want to go on (research student → master’s/doctoral student, master’s→doctoral student, undergraduate →master’s student, medical undergraduate→doctoral student).