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In our research, the 5 international students had been accepted from 2011 to 2013, and they got their Ph.D. degrees after three years.
When accepting students, the special selection was performed under the “Asian Human Resource Fund” program established by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The enrollees received financial supports with the scholarships to dedicate efforts to their study.

Student Intake

We had accepted the five international students in our five fields of the research.

　In 2011 - 1 student in the Traffic Engineering and Infrastructure Planning Field.
　In 2012 - 2 students in the Steel & Hybrid Engineering Field and Soil Mechanics Field.
　In 2013 - 2 students in the Concrete Field.

Education Plan

Leading Student-Oriented Researches

Leading Student-Oriented Researches, we encouraged students to draw up their research plans and take the initiatives in conducting experiments after enough consultations.
In order to perceive the phenomena in the experiments and understand the essences, students are responsible for the whole process of the researches.

Adopting Students as Teaching Assistants

We hoped the students to acquire a wide range of expertise besides the study results on their researches and also to learn the challenges in teaching and the instructional skills. For that purpose students were adopted as ‘Teaching Assistants’. We considered to raise their awareness as future researchers and teachers, and expected them to utilize their experiences achieved in this program after going back to their home countries.

Supports for Enrollees by ‘Asian Human Resources Fund’

The following financial assistances were provided to those who passed the ‘Asian Human Resources Fund’ special selection and completed the enrollment procedures.

  1. Entrance Examination Fees and Admission Fee - Exempted
  2. Tuition Fees
    - Exempted for the designated duration of a doctoral program (three consecutive years)
  3. Stipend
    - Students will be provided with a monthly stipend of 170,000 yen. The period of the stipend is three consecutive years from commencement to the final month of a doctoral program.
  4. Basic Research Fund
    - Yearly basic research fund of 300,000 yen will be paid to the student’s supervisor for three consecutive years.
  5. Travel Expenses
    - Students will be provided with one-way ticket* from the nearest international airport to the place where they live to Narita International Airport. When students return to their country after receiving a doctorate, a return-ticket* from Narita International Airport to the nearest international airport to the place where they came from will be provided. (* Both tickets are economy-class, up to 130,000 yen.)
    *Other detailed terms are stipulated. Please refer to the ‘Application Guidance’ below.
  6. Housing Assistances
    - Rental housing is secured for students in need of accommodation arrangement, and a specific amount of housing allowance in accordance with areal circumstances is also provided.
    *Other detailed terms are stipulated. Please refer to the ‘Application Guidance’ below.
  7. Student Mutual Benefit and Personal Liability Insurance for Students
    - The premium of the insurances will be partially subsidized each year.
  8. National Health Insurance
    - The premium of the National Health Insurance will be partially subsidized each year (up to 10,000 yen/year).
*For detailed information, please check the following ‘Application Guidelines’.

Application Guidelines

You can refer to the ‘Application Guidelines’ from the link below.
In addition, when applying, the candidate should contact the faculty member of his special field and offer the consultation on the application procedure. The contact can be found on the “Faculty Staffs” page.


2013 Tokyo Metropolitan University, Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences –Doctorial Program-
“Asian Human Resources Fund” International Student Special Selection Application Guidelines

＊We closed the list for this research program. Thank you for your interest.


About Students

 Year Name Nationality Major Field of Study 
 2011 Viengnam Douangphachanh Laos Infrastructure Planning and Management
 2012 Nguyen Xuan Tung Vietnam  Bridge Engineering, Maintenance Engineering 
Chien-wen Huang Taiwan  Geotechnical Engineering 
2013 Bo Wang China  Concrete Structure 
Liang Wang  China  Concrete Material


The Study Tours of Civil Engineering Facilities for International Students

We had run a additional project from 2013, “The Study Tours of Civil Engineering Facilities for International Students under the Asian Human Resources Fund Program”.
This “Study Tour” aimed to broaden our students’ view and draw on their experiences by visiting various important facilities and infrastructures in Japan.
Furthermore, sometimes we invited students from other projects in the tours. We believed that helped our international students to establish meaningful connections between them, both for their study and life in Japan.
  Tour Name Location Date
1 The Technical Tour of KACHIDOKI Bridge Chuo-ku, Tokyo Dec.17, 2013
2 The Field Trip to HYOGO prefecture
–Tracing the Great Hanshin Earthquake		 Hyogo Pref.  Feb.25-26, 2014
3 The Visit to KAJIMA Technical Research Institute Chofu-shi, Tokyo May 20, 2014
4 The Facility Tours of Port and Airport Research Institute Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa June 26, 2014
5 The One Day Trip to TSUKUBA Science City Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki July 2, 2014
6 The Field Trip to the Tunnel Construction Site of TOKYO METRO Teshima-ku, Tokyo November 17, 2014 
7 The Field Trip to the Tokyo Waterfront  Construction Sites Koto-ku & Chuo-ku, Tokyo December 18, 2014 
8 The Field Trip to Nagoya
- Visitig NEXCO Central Facilities		 Nagoya, Aichi Pref. & Kagamihara, Gifu Prif. March 25-26, 2015 
9 The Field Trip to Iwate
- Touring the post-quake reconstruction		 Fudai-mura village,
Iwate Pref.		 September 9-10, 2015 


From Postdoctoral Students

In September, 2014, the first overseas student in our program had completed his doctoral course.
We've got a comment on his 3 years study under this project.