{"id":690,"date":"2025-09-29T07:11:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/?p=690"},"modified":"2025-09-29T07:11:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:11:24","slug":"masters-and-phds-in-civil-and-environmental-engineering-at-saitama-university-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/?p=690","title":{"rendered":"Master&#8217;s and PhDs in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Saitama University (Japan)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Saitama-University.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Saitama-University.jpg 594w, https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Saitama-University-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Guideline2026.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Guideline2026.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-4c0c82fe-0564-425b-95af-184d32e7aa01\" href=\"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Guideline2026.pdf\">Guideline2026<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Guideline2026.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4c0c82fe-0564-425b-95af-184d32e7aa01\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As a part of the International Graduate Program at Saitama University, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DCEE) offers<br>highly qualified students an opportunity to pursue graduate studies and conduct research in the field of Civil and Environmental Engineering<br>leading to a Master of Engineering Degree or a Doctor of Engineering\/Philosophy Degree. The program starts in either April or September each<br>year and requires a standard two-year residency for the completion of a master\u2019s degree and three years for a doctoral degree. Class instructions,<br>research supervision, and guidance are all conducted in English, as well as dissertations, reports, examinations, and presentations by students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>QUALIFICATIONS<br>An applicant must fulfill the following qualifications:<br>\uf06c have a master\u2019s degree with a superior academic record or equivalent research experience for applying to the doctoral degree program;<br>a bachelor\u2019s degree with superior academic record or equivalent professional experience for applying to the master\u2019s degree program.<br>\uf06c have an indicative minimum score of English language proficiency test showing equivalent to B2 or above on the Common European<br>Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), i.e., 80 or above for TOEFL iBT, 5.5 or above for IELTS, etc. (further details should<br>be referred from Section 4B of this document).<br>\uf06c be in good mental and physical health.<br>Additional qualifications are described below separately by the category of applicant:<br>(A) An Applicant who is Applying for Admission under Scholarship<br>DCEE is currently administering three scholarship programs: the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship1<br>, ADB-JSP2, and JJ\/WBGSP3.<br>Details of these scholarships and requirements are provided in the following sections.<br>1 The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the Government of Japan<br>2 Asian Development Bank-Japan Scholarship Program<br>3 Joint Japan\/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program<br>(A-1) An applicant for the doctoral degree program with the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship must:<br>\uf06c be a national of a country where the Japanese Government (MEXT)Scholarship is offered.<br>\uf06c be under 35 years of age as of April 1, 2026 (i.e., born on or after April 2, 1991).<br>If awarded the scholarship, the applicant must be able to come to Saitama University at the end of September, 2026.<br>An applicant who was an awardee of the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship during the last three years is not eligible for this scholarship<br>program.<br>(A-2) An applicant for the master\u2019s degree program with the ADB-JSP Scholarship must:<br>\uf06c be a national of an ADB borrowing member country and Japanese ODA scholarship-eligible country which is listed on the ADB-JSP<br>website page: https:\/\/www.adb.org\/work-with-us\/careers\/japan-scholarship-program;<br>\uf06c not hold dual citizenship of any developed country;<br>\uf06c have acquired at least 2 years of full-time professional working experience acquired after a university degree at the time of application;<br>\uf06c not be above 35 years old at the time of application;<br>\uf06c agree to return and work in his\/her home country for at least two (2) years after completion of studies under the Program in order to<br>contribute to its development;<br>\uf06c not be an Executive Director, Alternative Directors, management, staff and consultants of ADB, or the close relatives of the<br>aforementioned by blood or adoption with the term \u201cclose relative\u201d defined as: spouse, mother, stepmother, father, stepfather, sister,<br>stepsister, brother, stepbrother, son, daughter, aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew;<br>\uf06c not be a staff of ADB-JSP Designated institutions;<br>\uf06c not be living or working in a country other than his\/her home country;<br>\uf06c not be already enrolled in graduate degree programs.<br>(A-3) An applicant for the master\u2019s degree program with the JJ\/WBGSP Scholarship must:<br>\uf06c be a national of a World Bank (WB) member developing country listed on the WB scholarship website page:<br>https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/programs\/scholarships\/brief\/countries-eligible-for-jjwbgsp-scholarship<br>\uf06c not hold dual citizenship of any developed country;<br>2<br>\uf06c hold a bachelor\u2019s (or equivalent) degree earned at least 3 years prior to the application deadline date;<br>\uf06c have 3 years or more of recent development-related work experience after earning a bachelor\u2019s (or equivalent) degree;<br>\uf06c be employed in development-related work in a paid full-time position at the time of submitting the scholarship application. Have at least<br>3 years of paid development-related employment since earning a Bachelor\u2019s degree (or equivalent university degree) and acquired within<br>the past 6 years from the date of the Application Deadline.<br>\uf06c not be an Executive Director, his\/her alternate, and\/ or staff of any type of appointment of the WB Group or a close relative of the<br>aforementioned by blood or adoption with the term \u201cclose relative\u201d defined as: mother, father, sister, half-sister, brother, half-brother,<br>son, daughter, aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew.<br>\uf06c individuals who have already been offered a previous JJ\/WBGSP scholarship but declined it, or have received a previous JJ\/WBGSP<br>scholarship but did not graduate are not eligible to apply again.<br>Note: All eligibility criteria are to be strictly adhered to. No exceptions are made by the WB. Eligibility criteria WILL NOT change<br>during an open call for applications. However, the information provided in this document is subject to change between the close of one<br>application process and the opening of the next<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a part of the International Graduate Program at Saitama University, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[204],"class_list":["post-690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scholarship","tag-civil-and-environmental"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":693,"href":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690\/revisions\/693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}