A new international graduate program “International Graduate Course for Data-driven and Hypothesis-driven Science” will be launched in October 2023.

Dec. 27, 2022
The Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University will establish a new international graduate program “International Graduate Course for Data-driven and Hypothesis-driven Science (IGC-DHS)” in 2023. The IGC-DHS aims to develop the next generation of global scientists with both data-driven and hypothesis-driven multifaceted perspectives in the natural sciences.
We will seek out well-motivated and excellent international students to join the IGC-DHS. The focus of study should be one of the following; Mathematics, Cosmosciences, Condensed Matter Physics, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Earth & Planetary Dynamics, Seismology & Volcanology, Biodiversity, and Science Communication. We will offer 4 Japanese Governmental (MEXT) Scholarships each year for the next 3 years to well-qualified international students*.
The first call for the scholarship application (enrollment in October 2023) will be OPEN soon. We are waiting for your challenge!
More details will be announced on this web page soon, so please wait for further updates.
*This call for scholarship applications is open to all qualified international students, but preference will be given to applicants from Southwest and Southeast Asia.