Message From JDS Program Committee
The Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) allows Japanese universities including ICU to accept promising government officers, practitioners and researchers from Asian countries into their graduate programs to complete a Master's degree. Knowledge and skills acquired at graduate school are meant to bolster human capital for sending countries and deepen ties with Japan. Through enhancing human capital and closer relations with Japan, the program is meant to contribute to the development of sending countries and to building strong bilateral relations.
ICU's faculty members come from around the world and have a variety of different disciplinary and professional experiences that they strive to impart to graduate students in and out of the classroom. Through dynamic classroom teaching, specially designed courses to enhance academic English for non-native English language speakers, one-to-one thesis supervision and an assortment of field trips and exchanges, JDS students at ICU gain an invaluable international network, professional skills and deep knowledge in their selected area of specialization that they can take home to contribute to their home country's development.
JDS graduate students are actively encouraged to attend conferences, to join policy discussions, to attend leadership opportunities, and experience Japanese culture. In the past, JDS graduate students have attended the International Studies Association's (ISA) annual and regional countries, participated in policy related events held at the Canadian and American Embassies in Tokyo, and they have been active participants in policy oriented events sponsored by the Pacific Forum, the Yokosuka Council for Asia Pacific Studies (YCAPS), among others.
ICU's academic environment, professional faculty, and student-oriented graduate education provide an ideal setting for JDS students to develop themselves through quality education, friendship and specialized training that will enhance their careers going forward.
NAGY, Stephen R.