{"id":7129,"date":"2023-07-04T17:42:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T08:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/?post_type=news_events&#038;p=7129"},"modified":"2023-07-21T09:10:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T00:10:34","slug":"earth_life_science_course_orientation_april-2024","status":"publish","type":"news_events","link":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/en\/news_events\/events\/2023\/earth_life_science_course_orientation_april-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Orientation Webinar for the Earth-Life Science Course as part of the International Graduate Program, Tokyo Institute of Technology (commencing from April 2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/aroundELSI7972022TokyoNE-1024x559.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"355\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Earth-Life Science Course, an integrated master\u2019s and doctoral educational degree programme on origins of life and astrobiology, is an International Graduate Program recently launched at the Tokyo Institute of Technology through the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI).<br \/>\nThe five-year Earth-Life Science Course is open for domestic and international students who wish to tackle fundamental questions in natural science, such as the origin and evolution of living planets.<br \/>\nELSI will provide financial support (as research assistantship salary) for all accepted students (both domestic and international).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Two orientation sessions describing the program and application for prospective international students will be held via Zoom on :<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, 27 July. 2023 at 09:00 \u2013 10:00 (JST) and at 20:00 \u2013 21:00 (JST).<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nThis orientation will include a Q&amp;A session with ELSI PIs and A-PIs, where prospective students can ask detailed questions about the program and application progress, as well as a breakout session, where prospective students can communicate directly with ELSI PIs and\/or A-PIs. You can attend either orientation session.<\/p>\n<p>The target audience of this webinar is undergraduate students or bachelor&#8217;s degree holders aiming to start the integrated course from April 2024 or later.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the orientation webinar, all participants are expected to watch the presentation video on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7IP0ot4UDOk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ELSI YouTube channel<\/a> that introduces the Earth-Life Science Course at large, as well as each research lab at ELSI; it also provides information about the entrance exams and application procedure. If you cannot access YouTube, please <a href=\"https:\/\/members.elsi.jp\/~genda\/Pre-Orientation\/2024-April.mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To attend, please register via this Google form in advance (<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/DG8NwdJtQtpbzsux7\">click here<\/a>) . The registration deadline will be 24 hours before the start of each webinar.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, please contact us via &lt;edu-info [at] elsi.jp&gt; (replace [at] to @). You can also find other relevant information here:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u25cf Information on the Earth-Life Science Graduate Course:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/graduate.elsi.jp\/\">https:\/\/graduate.elsi.jp\/<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u25cf Information on the Earth-Life Science Graduate Course on the Tokyo Tech website:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.titech.ac.jp\/english\/0\/prospective-students\/graduate-majors\/els\">https:\/\/www.titech.ac.jp\/english\/0\/prospective-students\/graduate-majors\/els<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u25cf Information on the application procedure (IGP-C, Tokyo Tech):<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.titech.ac.jp\/english\/admissions\/prospective-students\/graduate-programs\/igp-c\">https:\/\/www.titech.ac.jp\/english\/admissions\/prospective-students\/graduate-programs\/igp-c<\/a><br \/>\n(The information will be updated in August.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6021,"template":"","news_events_cat":[6],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_events\/7129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news_events"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_events_cat?post=7129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}