sporkthedork
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- 10 Jan 2010
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I don't think it matters whether you're pursuing a Master's or PhD program, they want you to create a research plan and outline as part of your application (well at least that's what I get from the United States form). Usually Master's program does have some sort of limitations on how far your research can go outside of your advisor's field of interest, but remember that Japan might do things differently. I've noticed that some of the professors that I'm considering as potential advisors have had students whose Master's thesis and PhD dissertation really didn't have anything in common with the advisor's main research goals--they just seemed to be in the same general academic field. Do you have a professor you have in mind that you would like to work with? Look at their school/department website and see what his/her students are doing their research on.
I used this one as an example: (you have to delete the spaces)
http: //larsmartinson.com/ research-proposal/
He was an art student that received the MEXT scholarship so it might not work for you as well, but it was a good guideline for me and I'm a science person. Also if you're doing a Master's program you might want to make your timeline in monthly/semester increments and then use yearly increments in the PhD program, cause really the PhD is mostly just pure research (well at least that's what I think it is).
I don't think it matters whether you're pursuing a Master's or PhD program, they want you to create a research plan and outline as part of your application (well at least that's what I get from the United States form). Usually Master's program does have some sort of limitations on how far your research can go outside of your advisor's field of interest, but remember that Japan might do things differently. I've noticed that some of the professors that I'm considering as potential advisors have had students whose Master's thesis and PhD dissertation really didn't have anything in common with the advisor's main research goals--they just seemed to be in the same general academic field. Do you have a professor you have in mind that you would like to work with? Look at their school/department website and see what his/her students are doing their research on.
I used this one as an example: (you have to delete the spaces)
http: //larsmartinson.com/ research-proposal/
He was an art student that received the MEXT scholarship so it might not work for you as well, but it was a good guideline for me and I'm a science person. Also if you're doing a Master's program you might want to make your timeline in monthly/semester increments and then use yearly increments in the PhD program, cause really the PhD is mostly just pure research (well at least that's what I think it is).