Exchange Program with Tohoku University in Japan

The Department of Economics at the University at Albany has started an exchange program with the Faculty of Economics at Tohoku University in Sendai City, Japan, involving both faculty and students. The department invites and encourages Albany undergraduates to apply for Tohoku University’s International Program in Liberal Arts (IPLA), with study starting in October, 2013. Applicants for admission may also apply for a scholarship provided by the Japanese Government through the Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO). Tohoku University, founded in 1907, is the third Imperial University (following Tokyo University and Kyoto University), is the leading university north of Tokyo, and enrolls more than 18,000 students, including 1400 international students. Information on Tohoku University is available from the Handbook for International Students. Information on Tohoku University, the International Program in Liberal Arts, and the Japan Student Services Organization Scholarship are also posted outside the Department of Economics Office at BA 110.

Students should apply to the program online. The application deadline is March 10, 2013. Students must apply both online and by paper. Please provide the Department of Economics, University at Albany, with a copy of your completed application form and all supplemental materials so that we can nominate you for admission. Contacts at the University at Albany are Prof. Michael Sattinger ([email protected]) and Prof. Kwan Koo Yun ([email protected]).

Students applying for the International Program in Liberal Arts are eligible to apply for the Japan Student Services Organization Scholarship. Information on application procedures is available here.