ASEAN University Network Southeast Asia Engineering Education Development Network AUN/SEED-Net Implementation Guidelines for Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program For the Japanese Fiscal Year 2012 AUN/SEED-Net Project As of November 15, 2011 AUN/SEED-Net Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program 2012 1. Introduction The AUN/SEED-Net Project with support from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has been established to help development of “high quality” human resources in engineering fields in each ASEAN country which will lead to the self-reliance and sustainable industrial development for the Region. In order to reach this goal, AUN/SEED-Net provides scholarships for highly qualified applicants from Member Institutions to pursue doctoral degrees with international standard in the following nine fields at respective Host Institutions as follows: Chemical Engineering at De La Salle University (DLSU) Civil Engineering at Chulalongkorn University (CU) Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Chulalongkorn University (CU) Environmental Engineering at University of Philippines-Diliman (UP) Geological Engineering at Gadjah Mada University (UGM) Information and Communication Technology at King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology, Ladkrabang (KMITL) Manufacturing Engineering at University of Malaya (UM) Materials Engineering at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB). In order for AUN/SEED-Net students to produce doctoral dissertations with international standard, a part of their thesis research is expected to be published in an international refereed journal, with the completion of the doctoral degree study within three years. The AUN/SEED-Net Project thus employs a joint thesis research supervision scheme under the “Sandwich Program” as follows. First, well-qualified advisors of the Host Institutions, who convey research activities and have good research publication record in international refereed journal(s), are assigned to students along with co-advisors of high calibre from Japanese Supporting Universities headed by Field Coordinating University (as shown in Attachment 1). Second, students are assigned a research topic chosen from a collection of interrelated and progressively conducted thesis research topics, termed as research themes (or research umbrellas) of Collaborative Research Program. Students would receive thesis research supervision support at a Japanese Supporting University under the supervision of a Japanese co-advisor under Short-Term Study in Japan Program. During the three years of scholarships, students are eligible to make Short-Term Study in Japan once or twice for a total duration of eight (8) months maximum on condition that one of the two times must be less than one month. The number of study and duration of each time will be specified upon commencement of their doctoral study based on the consultation between their advisors and Japanese co-advisors. Besides, according to AUN/SEED-Net Students’ Mobility scheme which is promoted to enable students to benefit educationally and culturally from the experience of learning at other Member Institution(s), Ph.D. Sandwich students may be supported to take a course or conduct research at other Member Institution(s) for a short period. Students are advised to consult with their advisors and Host Institution on the necessity, possibility and procedures of their mobility. AUN/SEED-Net Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program 2012; p.2/18 2. Objectives (1) To increase the number of high quality doctoral degree holders in engineering at Member Institutions which would be necessary to contribute to a sustainable industrial development of ASEAN countries. (2) To strengthen doctoral degree programs at Host Institutions so that the production of high quality doctoral degree holders in engineering needed for the region is materialized within the region in collaboration with Member Institutions and Japanese Supporting Universities. (3) To strengthen human networking among teaching staff of Member Institutions and Japanese Supporting Universities. (4) To have a part of the doctoral dissertation of AUN/SEED-Net’s sandwich students published in international refereed journals. 3. Eligibility of Applicants (a) Applicants must hold a master’s degree in a relevant engineering field, or to be awarded the master’s degree before starting the doctoral degree program. (b) Applicants should be ranked within top 10% of the class, or have the grade point average of 3.0 or higher from the grade point system of 4.0 in their undergraduate study. (c) Applicants must be young faculty staff of Member Institutions, or graduating students/ graduates of Master’s Degree Program of the AUN/SEED-Net Project, or graduating students/graduates of Member Institutions, who are strongly motivated to pursue a professional career as faculty staff at Member Institutions. (d) Applicants should be under the age of 35 at the time of application and capable of carrying out independent research. (e) Applicants who have already received another equivalent major award, scholarship or a salary to undertake a proposed course are not eligible for scholarships. 4. Selection of Host Institution(s) (a) Each Host Institutions is assigned to host one or two Engineering fields. Applicants must choose to apply to the Host Institution(s) that offer(s) their proposed field of study. (Please see list of Host Institutions and their host fields in Attachment 1, and visit our website at http://www.seed-net.org/application_form.html for application forms.) (b) Each Host Institution has drawn up research umbrellas or themes under Collaborative Research Program. It is advised that all applicants should be well aware of research areas that each Host Institution can offer to AUN/SEED-Net students before selecting Host Institution(s), by carefully studying Collaborative Research umbrellas and choose their tentative thesis research topics accordingly. (For details on Collaborative Research umbrellas of each field, please visit our website at http://www.seed-net.org/research_umbrella.php.) (c) In addition, possible research areas of study will also be expanded to cover five interdisciplinary areas, namely Biotechnology, Disaster Mitigation, Global Environment, Natural Resources/Materials, and New/Renewable Energy. In case an applicant proposes a research topic under these research areas, one is still expected to choose one of the Host Institutions, depending on the focus of the research topic (e.g., if the topic is Mechanical Engineering related renewable energy, applicants should choose ITB, if the topic is AUN/SEED-Net Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program 2012; p.3/18 Manufacturing Engineering related Disaster Mitigation, applicants should choose UM. If the topic is Electrical and Electronic Engineering related biotechnology, then the applicants should choose CU) Applicants are encouraged to apply to only one Host Institution. However, if applicants wish to apply to 2 Host Institutions, priority should be taken seriously. AUN/SEED-Net will proceed only one Host institution at one time. (d) Applicants cannot apply to any institution within their own country. (e) Applicants should be aware that some Host Institutions strictly require their applicants to obtain a TOEFL and/or GRE score as an admission requirement. (Please contact each Host Institution for more details.) 5. Target Number of Scholarships Twenty-seven (27) scholarships for the Japanese Fiscal Year 2012 will be supported (approximately three (3) scholarships anticipated for each host field at Host Institutions in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand 6. Coverage of Scholarships The scholarships cover tuition fees, living expenses, health insurance, visa fee and airport tax, and a round-trip air ticket, in accordance with the AUN/SEED-Net Project regulations, both at the Host country and during the study in Japan. There may be partial support(s) from concerned Host and Sending Institution. 7. Commencement and Duration of Scholarships The commencement of scholarship should be within the Japanese Fiscal Year 2012; that is, awarded students should commence their study within April 2012 – March 2013. The duration of the scholarship is strictly three years, counting from the day of arrival at a Host Institution. Students who need more than three years to acquire a degree will be expected to self-finance during period of extension. Note: The AUN/SEED-Net Project, in consultation with the Host Institution, will terminate the award of any student who fails to maintain satisfactory progress at the Host Institution. 8. Application and Screening Procedure It is advisable for applicants to study and follow the application procedure below. (Please see Attachment 2 for a flow chart of the procedure.) (1) Applicants submit one set of AUN/SEED-Net’s Application Form (for scholarship) and two sets of Host Institution’s Application Form (for university admission), along with other required documents to the contact person at Member Institutions (as Sending Institutions) to which the applicants belong. The list of names of contact persons at Member Institutions (or Sending Institutions) is given in Attachment 3. (2) The contact person of each Sending Institution sends a collection of Application Forms to AUN/SEED-Net, with an endorsement letter from the Dean or designated person endorsing AUN/SEED-Net Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program 2012; p.4/18 the applications. Please note that sending application directly to AUN/SEED-Net without an endorsement letter will not be accepted. (Sending Institutions may submit the collection of application forms more than once within the deadline.) (In case of applicants studying overseas, Application Forms as well as other required documents can be submitted directly to the AUN/SEED-Net, provided that the applicants request the contact person of their respective Sending Institution to submit an endorsement letter to AUN/SEED-Net.) (3) AUN/SEED-Net will check all required documents and request missing documents from applicants through Sending Institution, if necessary. (4) AUN/SEED-Net conducts preliminary screening of applicants’ eligibility. Then, the collection of eligible Applications for the admission is forwarded to respective Host Institutions for admission screening. (Please note that only the application of the 1st-priority Host Institution will be forwarded. The application of the 2nd-priority Host Institution will be forwarded only if/when the application of the 1st priority is rejected, and if the time and quota still allow to do so.) (5) Host Institutions screen applicants for admission and identify potential advisor(s) and a Japanese co-advisor (Professors or Assoc. Professor), as well as a theme of Collaborative Research, for each admitted student in close consultation with Japanese Supporting University, then informs the result to AUN/SEED-Net, together with written consent from Japanese co-advisors. (6) AUN/SEED-Net informs the result to respective Sending Institutions. Note: At the time of admission and scholarship screening, Host Institutions and AUN/SEED-Net may contact Sending Institutions and/or applicants for missing documents or further information. (7) Sending Institutions inform their successful applicants to confirm their acceptance of scholarships via Reply Form and submit missing documents, if any, to AUN/SEED-Net. Contractual matters between Host Institutions and AUN/SEED-Net begins. 9. Submission Deadline of the Application Form Applications for the Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program should be submitted, in printed forms, to the AUN/SEED-Net Project by January 31, 2012. 10. Scholarship Allocation The scholarships, in principle, should be distributed across fields and across Sending Institutions. Application to be submitted to: AUN/SEED-Net Project (Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program) Faculty of Engineering Building 2, Room 109-110 Chulalongkorn University Bangkok 10330, THAILAND AUN/SEED-Net Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program 2012; p.5/18 (ASEAN University Network / Southeast Asia Engineering Education Development Network) APPLICATION FORM for AUN/SEED-Net Scholarship Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program 2012 Application form can be downloaded from http://www.seed-net.org/ and can be photocopied as needed. Please print or type all entries. The original and all required documents should be submitted by post, through a Member Institution where the applicant belongs, at the below address: Photo (Taken within the past 6 months) AUN/SEED-Net Project (Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program) Tel: (66 2) 2186419, 2186420, Faculty of Engineering Bld 2, Rm 109-110 2186421 Chulalongkorn University Fax: (66 2) 2186418 Bangkok 10330, THAILAND E-mail: grad@aun-seed.net Program Guidelines Applicants should carefully study the Implementation Guidelines of the Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program 2012. It is advisable to provide detailed information and description for each item below, and attach supporting documents when necessary. 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2 Personal Information (I) Family Name Given Name(s) Full Name (as appeared in passport) Nationality Date of Birth Date Age Gender (Please mark √) Male Current Status/Position Department/Faculty University/Organization Month Year (at the time of application) Female Personal Information (II) 2.1 2.2 Marital Status Office Address 2.3 Tel / Fax / Mobile E-mail Address Home Address Single Married Tel / Fax When communication with applicants is needed, AUN/SEED-Net will contact mainly to your Sending Institution and/or to your e-mail address. Please make sure you keep regular contact with your institution and/or access to your given e-mail address. In case you do not have an e-mail address, please specify your preferred contact address below. 2.4 Preferred Contact E-mail Office Home Address (please mark √ Other at your preference) (Please give full details) AUN/SEED-Net Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program 2012; p.6/18 3 Academic Qualifications (I) A certified official certificate and transcript (with grade points) issued by the university and a certified letter of class rank signed by Dean or Registrar must be submitted with this application form. For graduating students, an official transcript with academic record up to the time of application must be submitted as an alternative. 3.1 Bachelors’ Degree or Diploma 3.2 Program/Faculty 3.3 University 3.4 Date of Completion (or expected to) Month Year 3.5 Grade Point Average of all semesters taken (Honours, if any) 3.6 Class Rank Placed at the rank of (Please submit a Out of the total number of students of certified letter) In the Department/Program of 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 5 Academic Qualifications (II) Master’s Degree Program/Faculty University Date of Completion (or expected to) Month Grade Point Average of all semesters taken (Honours, if any) Thesis Topic (Please submit thesis abstract) Year Relevant Qualifications Any honours, distinction, or certificate obtained in your academic career that is not indicated in the official statement should be mentioned in a separate statement. Relevant document should be attached to support your information stated below. 5.1 English Language TOEFL Date taken GRE Date taken Others (Please specify) 5.2 Other Awards, Honours, Certificates (Please give details) 6 Employment Record Please summarize any employment experience, including name of employer, your position, job responsibility and period of work 7 Research Experience Outline briefly Master’s thesis and other research which you have done independently or collaboratively with others. You may attach document or use extra page if needed. AUN/SEED-Net Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program 2012; p.7/18 8 Publications List any publications in journals or conference proceedings in which you have published your research work. Required information for publications is ‘Name of the authors/co-authors’, Title of the paper, Name of the journal or conference, Volume number and year of the publication, and Page Number’. Please also state if the publication is your Master’s thesis research. You may attach a copy of your publication or use extra page if needed. 9 9.1 Proposed Graduate Program Proposed Study Place of (1) First Priority Applicants are encouraged to apply to only one Host Institution. However, if you wish to apply to two universities, please make sure you attach the applications of both universities. University Department Field of Study Preferred advisor (if any) Semester Month Year University (2) Second Priority 9.2 Propose Research Area or Topic Department Field of Study Preferred advisor (if any) Semester Month Year AUN/SEED-Net Graduate Program covers 9 fundamental fields, from which you can choose at the time of application to study at the Host Institution responsible for the respective field. However, in terms of research, apart from research topics under fundamental fields, student can also choose to do research across fields. Please check (√) if you are interested in any of the following research areas listed below; Fundamental Fields Interdisciplinary research areas: Biotechnology Disaster Mitigation Global Environment Natural Resources/Materials New/Renewable Energy (For further details regarding each interdisciplinary research area, please feel free to visit http://www.seed-net.org/research_umbrella.php) AUN/SEED-Net Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program 2012; p.8/18 10 Proposed Research Work Outline the research in which you wish to conduct in your study. Please use separate sheet if necessary. 11 Statement of Purpose Outline your own purposes for undertaking the Ph.D. study, e.g. influences on your career path, professional interest, future plan, etc. Please use separate sheet if necessary. 12 Medical Record Please acquire a medical certificate from a licensed doctor and submit it with this application. The certificate must cover your health condition showing that you have sufficient ability to complete a graduate study abroad. 13 Document Checklist : Compulsory Please check (√) that your application is complete and that you have enclosed all documents listed below. These documents are compulsory and please note that AUN/SEED-Net reserves its right NOT to consider any application with incomplete documents. A. Application of AUN/SEED-Net (for scholarship) 13.1 This application, completed with photo & signature 13.2 Official Bachelor’s Degree certificate (original or certified copy) 13.3 Official Bachelor’s transcript with grade points (original or certified copy) 13.4 13.5 Certified letter of Class Rank of the Bachelor’s study from the Dean or Registrar Office of your graduated institution (Form in Attachment 4) Official Master’s Degree certificate (original or certified copy) 13.6 Official Master’s transcript with grade points (original or certified copy) 13.7 Master’s thesis abstract 13.8 Statement of Purpose 13.9 Medical check-up certificate by a licensed doctor 13.10 Letter of recommendation from the Dean or Head of the Department to which you belong or from which you graduated (Form in Attachment 5) 13.11 13.12 Letter of recommendation from your Master’s thesis advisor (Form provided in Attachment 5) Letter of endorsement from the Rector or Dean of Member Institution to which you belong (with current status or position in case you are a faculty staff) B. Application of Host Institution(s) (for university admission) 13.13 Two sets of completed application(s) of the Host Institution(s) with photo & signature, and all documents required by the Host Institution(s) for which you want to apply (Please note that each host may have different requirements.) AUN/SEED-Net Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program 2012; p.9/18 14 Document Checklist : Optional Please check (√) if you have enclosed the documents listed below. These documents are not compulsory but may help support your qualifications. 14.1 Notifying letter of admission from Host Institution(s) for which you want to apply (only in case you have earlier applied to a Host Institution and already been admitted) 14.2 Certificate of English proficiency, e.g. TOEFL official score 14.3 Copy of publication(s) 14.4 Others (please specify): 15 Declaration I declare that all information supplied in this application as well as the attached documents are true and correct to the best of my knowledge. I acknowledge that the provision of incorrect information or supporting documents may result in termination of scholarship, and that I will have to be responsible for all expenses incurred from my misinformation. If awarded the scholarship, I agree: (a) to abide by the rules and regulations of the Host Institution, Japanese University, AUN/SEED-Net Project, and JICA; (b) to follow course regulations and instructions and abide by such conditions as may be stipulated by both the host institution, Japanese university, and the AUN/SEED-Net in respect of this course of study; (c) to refrain from engaging in political activities, or any form of employment for profit; (d) to submit any progress reports or evaluation questionnaire which may be prescribed; (e) to return to my home country at the end of my course of study. I also fully understand that, the scholarship, if awarded, may be subsequently withdrawn for failure of making adequate progress, or for other sufficient cause including health condition as determined by AUN/SEED-Net. Signature: 16 Date: Declaration for Graduating students or younger graduates only I wish to become a teaching staff or researcher at the Member Institution after my Doctoral study under the AUN/SEED-Net Project. Signature: Date: AUN/SEED-Net Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program 2012; p.10/18 ATTACHMENT 1 List of Host Fields, Host Institutions and Japanese Supporting Universities 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Host Field Chemical Engineering (ChE) Host Institution De La Salle University (DLSU) Host Country The Philippines Environmental Engineering (EnvE) Manufacturing Engineering (ManuE) Materials Engineering (MatE) Civil Engineering (CE) University of the Philippines-Diliman (UP) University of Malaya (UM) The Philippines Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Chulalongkorn University (CU) Malaysia Thailand Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE) Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering (ME/AE) Geological Engineering (GeoE) Chulalongkorn University (CU) Thailand King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology, Ladkrabang (KMITL) Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB(INA)) Gadjah Mada University (UGM) Thailand Malaysia Indenesia Indenesia For the applicants’ convenience, the web-sites of the Host Institutions can be accessed from the AUN/SEED-Net’s web-site (www.seed-net.org), where application forms of most universities can be downloaded. Applicants who are interested in any of the interdisciplinary areas i.e., Biotechnology, Disaster Mitigation, Global Environment, Natural Resources/Materials, and New/Renewable Energy can apply to any of the above Host Institution, depending on research focus. The following is the list of 11 Japanese Supporting Universities 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Hokkaido University Keio University Kyoto University Kyushu University National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Tokai University Tokyo Institute of Technology Toyohashi University of Technology University of Tokyo Shibaura Institute of Technology Waseda University AUN/SEED-Net Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program 2012; p.11/18 ATTACHMENT 2 Application and Screening Procedure AUN/SEED-Net Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program 2012 Host Institution (HI) HI application (4) HI conducts admission screening and sends admission result with advisors' names and consent from JPN coadvisors to SEED-Net in priority order (3) SEED-Net screens applications and forwards only eligible applications to respective HIs HI admission result AUN/SEED-Net (SEED-Net) HI application SEED-Net application Endorsement from SI (2) Contact person at SI checks application documents and forwards them (in bulk) to SEED-Net with endorsement from SI (5) SEED-Net announces the scholarship result to respective SIs SEED-Net scholarship result Sending Institution (SI) HI application SEED-Net application (1) Each applicant submits SEED-Net application and 2 sets of HI application(s) to Contact Person at SI (6) SI informs the result to each successful applicant and endorses the Reply Form SEED-Net scholarship result Applicant AUN/SEED-Net Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program 2012; p.12/18 ATTACHMENT 3 List of Contact Persons at Member Institutions for AUN/SEED-Net Graduate Degree Study Program 2012 No. 1 2 MI. ITC NUOL As Contact Person Position Dr. Thavarith Chunhieng Deputy-Director General Email Address fc@itc.edu.kh thavarit@itc.edu.kh (cc. to Dr. Romny OM ) Director General (cc: romny@itc.edu.kh) Prof. Dr. Soysouvanh Dean, Faculty Engineering Sending Sending Boualinh Assoc. Prof. Khamphoui Southisombath Ms. Phimphachanh 3 4 5 UY YTU HUST Dr. Vice Dean, Faculty of Engineering Pipong Coordinator uycontact.mm@gmail.com uylibrary@gmail.com Tel: (95-01) 514908 Fax: (95-01) 510721 Rector (c.c.: Dr. Aye Aye Thant) Associate Professor, Physics Department uycontact.mm@gmail.com (cc. to Ms. Mi Mi Cho) JICA Myanmar Office Prof. Dr. Mya Mya Oo Rector (cc: MiMiCho.MY@jica.go.jp , jicamy12@yangon.net.mm Tel: (95-1) 255473-6 Fax: (95-1) 255477 ytu.rector@gmail.com Tel: (95-01) 651717, 650762, 660720 Fax: (95-01) 642564 (cc. to Mr. Khin Maung Zaw) Department of Foreign Relations Yangon Technological University (cc. to Ms. Mi Mi Cho) JICA Myanmar Office Ms. Doan Thi Thu Trang International Cooperation Department (cc:jicamy12@yangon.net.mm Tel: (95-1) 255473-6 Fax: (95-1) 255477 doantrang@mail.hut.edu.vn Tel: (84-4)868 3197 Fax: (84-4)869 6720 External Office (cc: HXLAN@mail.hut.edu.vn) nvphuc@hcmut.edu.vn Tel: (84-8)38652442 Sending Mr.Nguyen Van Phuc 7 HCMUT BUU Sending Sending kphoui@etllao.com ppipongp@yahoo.com (cc. Mr. Hoang Xuan Lan) 6 boualins@fe-nuol.edu.la Prof. Dr. Tin Tun Sending Sending of Relations (cc. Prof. Dr. Phan Dinh Tuan –Vice Rector) Dr. Anat Deepatana Dean, Faculty Engineering of (cc: ukmzaw@gmail.com ) Tel: (95-1) 642557 Fax: (95-1) 642564 (cc: pdtuan@hcmut.edu.vn phantuan23bhht@gmail.com) anat@eng.buu.ac.th Tel: (66-81) 983 6300 Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program 2009; p. 13/18 8 9 KMITL CU Sending & Hosting Sending & Hosting Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anantawat Kunakorn Dean, International College, KMITL kkananta@kmitl.ac.th (cc: Assoc. Prof. Dr.Chinaruk Thianpong) Assistant to Dean ktchinar@kmitl.ac.th (cc. Ms.Arunee Suvarnatarn ) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Boonsom Lerdhirunwong International Relations Office Dean, Faculty of Engineering (cc: ksarunee@kmitl.ac.th) Tel: (66-2) 326 4729 boonsom.L@chula.ac.th (cc: Ms.Kanasom) International School of Engineering Office Graduate Office of Engineering ise@eng.chula.ac.th Dean, College Engineering Dean, Collage Engineering of (cc: aura.matias@up.edu.ph ) of pag-asa-gaspillo@dlsu.edu.ph Ms. Elizabeth L. Salazar 10 11 UP DLSU Sending & Hosting Sending & Hosting Sending 12 (cc:Dr.Aura C. Matias) Prof. Dr. Gaspillo Pag-asa D. (cc. to Prof. Dr. Leonila C. Abella) Director of the Engineering Graduate Studies Assoc. Prof. Dwiwahju Sasongko Dean, Faculty of Industrial Technology Dr. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Andi Isra Mahyuddin ITB Hosting Dr. Ir. Dirgantara Sending 13 Ms. Aci Prima Sari Prof. Dr. Karnawati UGM Hosting Tatacipta Dwikorita Dean, Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering International Cooperation Office, Faculty of Engineering Geological Engineering Department 14 15 Ms. Norpisah Mat Isa USM Hosting Prof. Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Mohd Noor Sending Dr. Shatirah Mohamed Akib UM Hosting Mr. Aznijar Bin Ahmad Yazid (cc: leonila.abella@dlsu.edu.ph) sasongko@fti.itb.ac.id; sasongko@che.itb.ac.id aim@ms.itb.ac.id tdirgantara@ae.itb.ac.id uphi_ft@yahoo.com dwiko2007@yahoo.co.id sugengssurjono@gmail.com Dr. Sugeng Sapto Surjono (cc: Ms. Fransisca N.Herdrastomo Sending elsalazar@up.edu.ph (cc: fnehendrastomo@gmail.com ) Academic and International Affair Dean, School of Materials & Mineral Resources Engineering Department Engineering of norpisah@notes.usm.my afauzi@eng.usm.my Civil Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture shatirah@um.edu.my aznijar@um.edu.my AUN/SEED-Net Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program 2012; p.14/18 ATTACHMENT 4 Certified letter on academic standing To Whom It May Concern: This is to certify that ………………………………………….. is / was placed at the rank of …………… out of the class of …………… students in the department / program of …………………………………………., Faculty of …………………………………….…….. at …………………………………………….. Signature ........................................................... Name in print .................................................... Position ............................................................. Institution .......................................................... Date ................................................................... AUN/SEED-Net Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program 2012; p.15/18 ATTACHMENT 5 LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION Two Letters of Recommendation are required. Each form must be completed, put into a separate envelop, sealed, and signed right on the seal by the referee him/herself, otherwise the recommendation will be invalid. This part is to be completed by applicant. Full Name: __________________________________________________________________________ Proposed Program of Study 1. Place of Study ______________________________________________________________ Program applying ______________________________________________________________ 2. Place of Study ______________________________________________________________ Program applying ______________________________________________________________ TO THE PERSON EVALUATING THE APPLICANT: The person whose name appears above is applying for the Graduate Degree Program of the AUN/SEED-Net. In processing applications, the AUN/SEED-Net places great emphasis on comments given by the applicant’s referees. The AUN/SEED-Net requires your submission of the completed Letter of Recommendation Form as part of our appraisal of the above-named applicant. We realize that considerable time and effort are needed to respond to this request. Your assistance is therefore greatly appreciated. This part is to be completed by the person completing this Letter of Recommendation Form. Full Name: ________________________________________________________________________ Position / Title: _____________________________________________________________________ Organization: ______________________________________________________________________ Contact Address: ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Tel:_____________________________________ Fax:_____________________________________ Mobile: _________________________________ E-mail:___________________________________ 1. What is your candid opinion of the applicant’s potential to complete the program applied for considering his/her: (a) intellectual capacity, promise of productive scholarship, and ability to carry out independent research; (b) creativity and originality; (c) relative standing among contemporary graduates; (d) ability to pursue higher education for which the medium of instruction is English AUN/SEED-Net Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program 2012; p.16/18 __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Please cite outstanding qualities concerning his/her: (a) personality (maturity and ability to work with others); (b) communication skills __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Based on the above, how would you recommend the application for the Graduate Degree Program of the AUN/SEED-Net? (Please mark √) Strongly Recommend Recommend without reservation Recommend with some reservation Do not recommend Additional Comments: ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Signature_____________________________________ Date_________________________________________ AUN/SEED-Net Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program 2012; p.17/18 APPLICATION CHECKLIST Please remember to include the following documents in your application: (Mark X in front of the documents submitted) For AUN/SEED-Net One set of completed AUN/SEED-Net application form with recent photo and signature(s) Required supporting documents (in English) Official Bachelor’s Degree certificate Official Bachelor’s transcript with grade points Certified letter of Class Rank of the Bachelor’s study Official Master’s Degree certificate Official Master’s transcript with grade points Abstract of Master’s thesis Statement of Purpose Medical check-up certificate Letter of Recommendation from Master’s advisor Letter of Recommendation from Dean or Head of department Letter of endorsement from Rector or Dean Additional supporting documents (in English) Notifying letter of admission from Host Institution(s) Certificate of English proficiency Other(s), please specify ………………………………………. ………………………………………. ………………………………………. For Host Institution 1 (please fill in the name):______________________ Two sets of completed application form of the Host Institution with recent photo & signature(s) Supporting documents (Please specify) ………………………………………. ………………………………………. ………………………………………. ………………………………………. ………………………………………. ………………………………………. For Host Institution 2 (please fill in the name):______________________ Two sets of completed application form of the Host Institution with recent photo & signature(s) Supporting documents (Please specify) ………………………………………. ………………………………………. ………………………………………. ………………………………………. ………………………………………. ………………………………………. AUN/SEED-Net Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program 2012; p.18/18