What is ABE Initiative?
ABE Initiative (AfricanBusinessEducation Initiative for Youth)
This program offers opportunities for young and eligible African men and
women to study at Master's courses in Japanese universities as international
students and to experience internships at Japanese enterprises in order
to develop effective skills and knowledge in various fields for contributing
the development of industries in Africa.
Please go visit the following link for further details:
http://www.education-japan.org/africa/index.html#contents01
ABE Initiative at the Graduate School of Sustainability Science
Graduate School of Sustainability Science (Department of Dryland Science)
has established the "Special Program for Foreign Students in Arid
Land Agricultural Sciences/ Master of Agriculture" for ABE Initiative.
Please visit the link provided below to get further information about the
program and requirements before proceeding with the application.
Univeristy Course Search Detail:
http://education-japan.org/africa/search/university_detail.php?abe_university_id=333&sr=fosICORANDkeyWordICORtottoriAND
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Overview of the Program:
The Special Program (SP) is a two-year master’s course designed for international
students specializing in the Arid Land Agricultural Sciences (will be a
part of Department of Dryland Science at Graduate School of Sustainability
Science from 2016), and it is managed by the Graduate School of Agriculture,
Tottori University. It is conducted also to serve as the pre-doctoral course
of the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences of Tottori University
(UGSAS) that focuses on the doctoral course. The Program is designed to
offer academically advanced education in bio-resources, environmental foundation
and management for agriculture in the arid land areas of the world. The
students are expected to learn basic and applied sciences related to these
areas so that they will be able to identify appropriate measures in dealing
with desertification and food supply issues. A master course student has
to earn more than 30 hour credits and write Master’s thesis to obtain his/her
degree in Master of Science. The classes and the advice in the SP are given
in English by the faculty members belonging to three categories of the
Graduate School: (a) Field Production Science, (b) Life and Bio-resource
Science, and (c) Global Arid Land Science. The faculty members who are
currently conducting research in collaboration with African partners include:
Prof. Fujimaki (Egypt), Prof. Tsujimoto (Sudan, Morocco and Nigeria), Profs.
Eltayeb, Yasuda and Taniguchi (Sudan), Prof. Nishihara (Tanzania and Uganda),
Profs. Fujimaki and Inosako (Egypt), Prof. Tsunekawa, Ayehu and Baysa (Ethiopia),
Prof. S. Yamamoto (Uganda), and Prof. T. Oweis (Morocco and Egypt).
References:
(1) Graduate School of Agriculture
http://muses.muses.tottori-u.ac.jp/english/index.html
(2) Tottori University
http://www.tottori-u.ac.jp/english
(3) Arid Land Research Center
http://www.alrc.tottori-u.ac.jp/english/e_index.html