Graduate School of
Integrated Arts and Sciences

Graduate Shool of Agriculture(Master's Course)

AAP Course

Special Course from Asia, Africa and the Pacific Rim (AAP)

This special postgraduate course, called the "AAP Course" is intended to provide opportunities to enable nationals of the countries in Asia, Africa and the Pacific Rim to pursue a course of postgraduate study at the Faculty of Agriculture, Kochi University. The intent of this special course is for graduates to continue their specialized and high-level study. A Master's Degree in Agriculture is to be awarded to the candidates who have completed all the requirements and whose dissertations have been approved. The AAP Course is made up of 13 research fields as shown below.

▶Admission Policy▶Curriculum Policy ▶Diploma Policy

Agriculture	Subtropical Agriculture
	Subtropical Horticulture
	Biomechanical Systems
	Forest Resources Science
	Forest Products Science
	Aquatic Bioscience
	Aquatic Chemistry
	Maritime Environmental Engineering
	Agro-Environmental Chemistry
	Applied Biochemistry
	Environmental Microbiology
	Genetic Resources Science
	Rural Studies/ Agricultural Economics

The course consists of thesis research and course-work. All the instructions are in English. Students can also attend lectures in other courses in Japanese language.
The course is a two-year Master's Course.
Students will be awarded a Master's Degree in Agricultural Science from Kochi University after completion of the course.
After graduation of the Master's Course, students have a chance to go on to the AAP Ph.D. Course of the United Graduate School, Ehime University. Students who are admitted to the AAP Master's Course as privately funded students are not approved to apply MONBUKAGAKUSHO (the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) Scholarship.

▶Application Guidebook (PDF)

▶Application Form

▶Field of Study and Study Program

▶Certificate of Health(PDF)

▶Letter of Recommendation

▶Record of Contact with the Prospective Academic Advisor

▶Syllabus(PDF)