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The Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki can trace its origin
to the Miyazaki College of Agriculture and Forestry (Departments of Agronomy,
Forestry and Animal Science) which was founded in 1924. In 1949, the Miyazaki
College of Agriculture and Forestry, 2 normal schools and a technical college
were combined to form University of Miyazaki, and the Miyazaki College
of Agriculture and Forestry set up the Faculty of Agriculture with Departments
of Agronomy, Forestry, Animal Science, Veterinary Science and Agricultural
Chemistry. The Faculty of Agriculture, by successively expanding into several
specialized scientific fields, eventually had 8 departments: Agronomy,
Forestry, Animal Science, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Chemistry, Fisheries,
Agricultural Engineering and  Grassland Science. In 2000, reorganizing the Departments, the Faculty has
Departments of Plant and Animal Sciences, Biological Production and Environmental
Science, Regional Agricultural Systems, Biochemistry and Applied Biosciences,
and Veterinary Science. Graduate School of Agriculture for Master's course
(two-year course) was established in 1967, and now consists of 3 graduate
courses: Agriculture and Forest Sciences, Biological Resource Sciences
and Animal, Grassland and Fishery Sciences. From April 1988 a Doctoral
course in Agricultural Science (three°year course) started as a joint program
with Kagoshima, Saga and Ryukyu Universities. From April 1990 another Doctoral
course in Veterinary Science (four-year course) also commenced as a joint
program with Yamaguchi, Kagoshima and Tottori Universities.Environment |
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| University of Miyazaki is located in the southern part of Miyazaki City. The climate in this area is rather moderate compared with other cities in Japan. Winters in Miyazaki City are clear and mild, with the temperatures seldom below freezing. It snows only a couple of days each winter. The average winter temperatures range from 5 to 10. Summers are sunny, hot and wet. Some days in summer the temperature exceeds 35. Academic Calendar |
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| Academic Year First Semester : April 1 to September 30, Second Semester : October 1 to March 31 Holidays and Vacation Saturdays, Sundays and National Holidays, Summer Vacation : August 1 to September 30, Winter Vacation : December 25 to January 6, Spring Vacation : March 21 to April 2 Admission (Application Procedure) |
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Applicants should receive an admission card for taking the entrance examination.
In the case of application documents being sent by mail from the applicant,
the admission card for taking the entrance examination will be sent back
to the applicant as soon as the necessary steps have been taken. Requests
for further information should be directed to the following offices. For undergraduate course : Admissions Division, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuen-Kibanadai-nishi, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan For graduate course : Educational Affairs Section, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuen-Kibanadai-nishi, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan Scholarship |
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Scholarships for foreign students or research residents are mainly provided
by the Ministry of Education, Culture,Sports, Science and Technology (Monbukagakusho)
or the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS). Applicants should contact the Japanese Embassy in their countries. In addition, the Faculty may directly@recommend candidates to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Applicants should consult staffs of the Faculty in the latter case. Applicants are required either to have a valid degree comparable to the Bachelor's degree, to have completed a sixteen-year course of school education, or to be recognized by the Graduate School as having an ability equivalent or superior to that of a university graduate. Applicants must be under 35 years of age. The scholarship provides an allowance of 184,000 yen for graduate student and 142,000 yen for undergraduate student, and round- trip air fare from the student's country. All of admission fee and tuition concerned study can be free for applicants who got the scholarship. Housing |
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| Two International Houses (dormitories) on campus, one, for single students and the other for couples and families are available for foreign students in one year. Some students live in private apartment houses in Miyazaki City or Kiyotake Town. Rent is, therefore, somewhat more expensive than in a dormitory. However, living expenses in Miyazaki are still lower than in the larger cities in Japan. Some municipal public housings close to the university are available for use by foreign students after the check and selection by Miyazaki municipal office. |
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