have you applied for the university recc scholarship? If yes, did the university contact you for this interview?I get the opportunity to have an interview for my PhD application with the faculty members to whom I am applying. They are in Utokyo. Apart from the questions taken from my research proposal/essay, what else must I expect? I know it may not have direct relevance with the title of this thread, but I think the way professors/lecturers ask the applicants during MEXT scholarship interview is not far different from they will do in my case.
I see! All the best for the interview!@indojindesu, thank you for the reply. The application for scholarship through the univ recommendation is in the same procedure as the application to the graduate school itself. This interview is a part of the application into the grad school, not the scholarship. I believe in my case, if I am accepted in this grad school they will automatically forward my application documents to some scholarship providers, including MEXT, under a written support from my prospective supervisor. So, for the scholarship procedure I won't be required to do another interview. And yes of course, the univ contacted me in advance to arrange for the time of the interview.
Thanks so much for your reply,I have already finished my interviews. I have received 3 emails from my desired supervisor in the format of a committee comprises 3 professors including my desired supervisor and 2 of his colleagues. Like you only my supervisor sent the emails to me and only him asked interview's questions. it's worth mentioning that I have received the emails round by round!
I guess the results will be announced on Feb 5th. But don't worry I just like a gunny of stress!!!! actually I mean all of the candidates have stress.
You can apply again as many times as you want, if you get rejected. Either uni or embassy recommendation, doesn't matter. As long as you don't have two active applications in the same year (i.e., a uni-rec and an embassy-rec for the same academic year).Hi! I'm new here.
I'm looking for all the possibilities, and I was wondering...
If I apply through university recommendation and get rejected, can I apply for embassy recommendation the next year?
Or MEXT won't accept me again?
Is anyone else applying via university recommendation at Kyoto University? I'm curious if all graduate schools are having problems with the application procedure this year. Apparently the deadline by MEXT is coming up (I think 18 February) and up to now my Graduate School only did a screening amongst the professors, to see who would like to recommend a student.
OK thanks for your reply. For reference and other readers: I'm applying at the graduate school for informatics. And I also know of another person applying at the GSGES, where she also just got some information about the application procedure today.The graduate school I applied for has already given out results of screening. It probably is different depending on the school.
Thank you!You can apply again as many times as you want, if you get rejected. Either uni or embassy recommendation, doesn't matter. As long as you don't have two active applications in the same year (i.e., a uni-rec and an embassy-rec for the same academic year).
Thanks so much for your reply,
May I have some questions more?
Did you contact your desired prof before applying officially to GSIR? And The 1st interview email was also from your desired prof?
Let me introduce my case. My first round interview question was sent by the graduate school (they asked basic information about my education field, my study plan, my undergraduate thesis, why I chose Japan...) and in the 1st email, they said that if my answers to the 1st round question is relevant, 3 professors will contact me SEPARATELY for my 2nd and 3rd interview round. However, I've received the 2nd and 3rd interview round from one prof (he said in his emails that he is interviewing me on behalf of the other 2 profs) and it seems that I will not receive interview emails from the other 2 profs. I am very worried now that if I've been out of the selection and they did not inform me that thing.
Have you been through kind of things like me? I got some info from the previous applications (and now, they are course's students) that last year, 3 profs contacted applicants separately and they received 6 emails in total for 3 interview rounds.
Hope to hear something positive from you.
Is anyone else applying via university recommendation at Kyoto University? I'm curious if all graduate schools are having problems with the application procedure this year. Apparently the deadline by MEXT is coming up (I think 18 February) and up to now my Graduate School only did a screening amongst the professors, to see who would like to recommend a student.
My potential supervisor at Kyoto (Graduate School of Science) just contacted me last week to ask if I'd like to give uni recommendation a try - I previously told him I would try at the embassy instead. The deadline was today, 21st Jan.
I didn't go for it because no way I could have got the documents, particularly the health form, on time - anyway he told me they can only put forward one candidate for the whole GSS so the embassy has better odds. But just to let others know.
@BennyDelon
I believe that if your application has been handed to MEXT by the university and then rejected, you cannot apply at the embassy the same year. However MEXT themselves are unlikely to reject you compared to the university itself.
Hope someone else can confirm this.
That's a good question...I was going to do the opposite path, originally (apply first to embassy-rec, then apply for uni-rec if rejected), so I'm not sure about these deadlines.Thank you!
So, to make sure... my plan is:
-Apply for university recommendation in November 2016, to enter the university in October 2017.
-If I get rejected, apply for embassy recommendation during 2017 to enter as a research student in April 2018.
The thing is...
The embassy application will start on April 2017.
If I get accepted by the university but then MEXT denies me the scholarship, I won't be able to continue that path. The problem is that as far as I know, MEXT final answer would be sent about July 2017, so I will be forced to start the embassy application in April anyway, just in case.
Would that be two active applications in the same year?
Sorry for the long post, I know it's a very specific question.
From most of my friends and coordinator of IGP (A).. I have heared this... so dont be worry... Have you applied other universities too ?@fadi932
Thank you for your reply.
I applied in Environmental Science and Technology Department.
i hope your results will be positive.
By the way, how did you that there is no any case be rejected before?
No,Just TiTechFrom most of my friends and coordinator of IGP (A).. I have heared this... so dont be worry... Have you applied other universities too ?
No i did not get any email from my prof yet... Actually I am on the waiting list in Utokyo maybe thats Y TITECH did not give me my results.... Do you any previous status of Waiting list candidate at Utokyo ?@fadi932
Did you got an email from your Prof. yet ?
Yes, I have told both the universities that I have applied in more than one uni,,,