Young Leaders' Program (YLP) for Nationals of The Philippines

Overview

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN for filipinos under the 2012 Young Leaders' Program (YLP).

The Young Leaders' Program (YLP) was introduced by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Science, and Technology (MEXT) in 2001. It seeks to create comprehensive human network and establish friendly relationships among the leaders in Asia while improving the quality of policy planning in the participating countries.

With the aim of fostering future national leaders in Asia and other regions, YLP encourages promising young Filipinos to take part in its 1-year academic scholarship program in Japan . A master's degree will be conferred by the participating university upon the successful completion of the program.

YLP offers four (4) courses: Business Administration, Law, Local Governance, and School of Government . Classes for all courses are held primarily in English.

Interested applicants must have a Bachelor's degree with excellent academic performance, and must be highly proficient in English. Depending on the course, applicants must be 35 or 40 years old and below, with at least 3 – 5 years work experience.

The screening of applicants is based on the recommendation of the ‘recommending authorities' for each course.

COURSE	HOST UNIVERSITY IN JAPAN	RECOMMENDING AUTHORITY
School of Government Course	National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies	Civil Service Commission
School of Local Governance Course	National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies	UP-National College of Public Administration and Governance
Business Administration Course	Hitotsubashi University	Junior Chamber International Philippines / Management Association of the Philippines
Law Course	Kyushu University	UP College of Law

The selected grantees will begin their 1-year academic program either on September or October in their respective host universities.

Please submit your application forms to the 2012 Young Leaders' Program Recommending Authorities.

Deadline for submission of application is on OCTOBER 10, 2011 (Monday).

Contact Detail

Embassy of Japan in the Philippines
2627 Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City, 1300
Tel no. 63-2-551-5710
www.ph.emb-japan.go.jp

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