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Ref: DKA/JICA {LO)I'7/2017

Date: February 16,2017

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Subject: Infrastructure Management Program of Graduate School of Urban Innovation, YOKOHAMA
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Dear Colleagues,

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7, Secretary, Road Transport and Highway Division, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka
8, Secretary, Ministry of Railways, Railway Bhaban, Bangladesh Secretariat.Dhaka
9, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka
10, Secretary, Ministry of Enviromnent and Forest, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka
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Infrastructure Managemen;t' Program

Graduate School of Urban inA0vaiion

Applicants must: " ,,'

. Be ingood~ ',\\,:-

the Graduate::P'

. H old a B~etief~f'~Q'egree '9r it~'~qtli\ialent wiUl"SLJIP'erio

than three (3)yearsbeforethe $,chol,an,hIpApIJIiCi:itiQln;DeaCWilE

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 . Not' have received any scholarship funding to earn a Graduate degree or its equivalent from
any other sources funded by the Government of Japan;

. Be employed in a paid and fulltime position at the time of the Scholarship Application
Deadline unless the applicant is from a country identified in the World Bank's "Harmonized List
of Fragile Situations";

. Have, by tOhetime of the Scholarship Application Deadline, at least thfe~ {3} years of recent
fulltime paid professional experience acquired in development-related work after a Bachelor's
Degree or its equivalent in the applicant's home counlry or in another developing country: If the
applicant is from a country in "Harmonized List of ~:-ragHe Situations" at the time ofthe
Scholarship Application Deadline, the recent professional experience does not have to be
fulltime or paid; and t

. Be under the age of forty-five (45) at the time of the Scholarsnip Application Deadline.

*PrioriW'Goh'sidercition
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Will,'bEl,.g,iveA to applic9:,nt,$who:
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,(a) Are 3'5 years or you'~ger;

(b) Can receive an dffidall~iWe ofabser\ci~during th~.;P;iMod

(c) Are pianning}t?r~t~r~'t?':th~i~~tf}~~I~~.~;!positi .

country a:fter;s/hG!::CQrnpIEites-th~;pPOgf~m;
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The Master's Degree Program in Infrastructure Management at Yokohama National University
(YNU) was established with a special fund from the Government of Japan, administered by the
World Bank, for the purpose oftrEtining government officials from developing countries who have
engineering backgrounds. The program focuses on such areas as economics, manaqement,
specialized enqineerinq and law related to the development and management of infrastructure.
tn a chanqinq global situation, if the government officials who are engaged in planning and
implementinq their nations' infrastructure development poliCies are to make decisions consistent
with the welfare of the people of their countries, it is vital that those officials have advanced
knowledge of and experience in management, technological fields and macro-economics.

The YNU program, which is specifically designed to meet the needs of students from developinq
countries undera SCholarship program funded by the World Bank, offers lectures and laboratory
work in the fields of engineering, economics, management and law. Students are also provided
with the opportunity to learn practical Japanese, mathematics, computer techniques and other
basic subjects. After the initial six months of schooling, students engage in internship programs
related to their area of study.

During the, remginder ?fthe t\f\l0.,year period, indi~i~'4~1! instructip,@'''and .tufotialsare given to
students to help,th:emcoM$()licl~tetheiru~d7rstandih~ of;th~ir coUrs~$;an'dprepare,athesis, which
is a requirement for the complEation ofthe{M:aster's program, ' ".,",

competitive,
etc.) are rare in Jap$nahdffyoucan Tln,""LTt"''""YI H''''\.rTc,nn

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 Application Procedure
The deadline of applications for the 2017-2019 program is 10th.March.2017.

When applying, applicants must submit the following documents to the Infrastructure
Management Program Office, Graduate School of Urban Innovation:

*Signed checklist with completed return address labe!s, showing applicant's current
mailing address;

*Completed application form;

*Official transcripts showing the applicant's academic performance in his or her

undergraduate program;

*Gertification dfGraduafion orand Copie.s"of Diploma wfi'!~m?$hoUld.beirho('llding.tl;jetrUe

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*Names 'and c,@nt~fiAformati()hncif the. re~Or;nrl'l~rloer:s; i,~

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MailingAadt~~s:
.,nfrasthlcture .Mariagement' Program
 Graduate School of Urban Innovation
Yokohama National University
79-5 Tokiwadai
Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501
Japan

-Please do not send applications by fax or e-rnall.

-Reccmrnenders must use the forms provided by us for the 2017-2019 program.

Note: Completed applications and supplementary materials cannot be returned.

Sel,ection Process
Among all applicants
nominees will be "',,,".lr.l,""" c::rlipp,ni:>ri
scholarships
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Courses Offered in the Program
Pn::pal-atorv Training Courses:

S:)ecializBd Cu;riculum Frarnevvork and COUI~ses:

i Infrastructure Planning and Managernent Courses

f'-, thisportion otthe program, students will examine each area of infrastructure construction;
concentrating on all aspects of the de.velopmentprocess from the survey and planni.ng .staqes
through the management and operations stages. Particular focus will be placed on theories and
tec:h'!iques appropriate to the economic, political and social sttuations 'in each
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country .

2. lnstitutlona! Aspects of Infrastructure Management Courses

ln this part of the Master's course, students will be exposed to the relationship between.
:nstitutiorial, or rsoft' infrastructure, and the effective construction, and r\1aifitenar;cE~ot"hard" .
infrastructure. Theimpo~ar1ce oflllct!'kets, tinan?~,.governmeqt.~pd law.\Yill.t:i,e'~:(rQsseiq,ana .
methods ofstructure.:and,rerorrn witlbeexamined. . ,i",'; . i;' .' ....

3. Globalization.ang Communioation Systems

Thisportion ofthS.Ptbgrar'f)elal!ifiestnete!atiotl!shfb,t,stlAffii1entnE~';de\lE~lc'brnlenlo,fi
networks and sQGiaJ;~nq,ecdn'OrTii(Dd$v;elopl11
po.lic;Y'~?'cre~te~ninf9rrJ'l'eltipnnet:WOlfkiM.fija:;ttl4iGtul
deVelijping ..
issuesofrapidgIQqafjzation:and:lhespread

Examples Of.$e~ir1~(r~:
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Cooperationjrl'jlB.~$'l:b ~diJ~ation .'.
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Cooperatioh,im~r\'VirOhm~mtal;'lss~.esJClimate,.Qhang6
. Cooperationil'MRrlvate'SectQt Deve.lopment

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Practicu mil nternshi ps

Examples of Practicum/lnternships:
Disaster Risk Management
Road Administration
Civil Engineering (Infrastructure Development)
Region.al Development
Roads Management
Waste Disposal Management
Railways ".
Adaptlon toClimate Change
lilformationTechnology ,
T ran$poriatipl};'.piaOAtn:9
.Health sYSfemJr0~hage.ment
Water suppli~ysterii
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 2017 April Scholarship Application Deadline

2017 May-june Announcement of successful candidates

2017 October 1 YNU program begins

Preparatory courses; specialized courses,

seminars
and field trips

2018 August and September Summer break

2018 October 1, Specialized courses, seminars,

practicu miinternsh ip
and thesis writing

August and September Summer break

2019 September 30 IMPp[ogram ends

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