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Kanazawa University
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Kakuma
920-1192 Kanazawa
Japan
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Kanazawa University website: https://www.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/en/
Research group: applied mathematics, in particular applied analysis and numerical analysis 
Members: http://polaris.s.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/csc/en/appmath_top.html  

Duration: 3 years
Start-date: October 1, 2025 (plusminus 2 weeks)

Research topic: free to choose; see "Application Instructions" below
Teaching: optional, TA work. If you do it, you will get paid.

Stipend: 145,000 yen per month (enough to live from). 
Tuition fee: none. 
Round-trip airfare: provided.


Application Requirements:
- have, or expected to have by the end of September 2025, a Master's degree in a field related to applied mathematics
- be born after April 1, 1990 and before October 1, 2000 
- for other requirements, see the attached pdf


Application Instructions

Visit: https://www.nst.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/eng/admissions/GHR.html
Read the instructions in the two DC (= Doctoral Course) pdfs

Notes:

  1. The call for 2025 is not available yet. It is expected to become available in mid November, and expected to be very similar to the currently available, passed call from 2024. In particular, the application deadline may change a little from the date mentioned above!
  2. The call states that applicants from ASEAN countries are preferred, but in our group we equally welcome candidates from Europe and America
  3. Applicants should ask a full or associate professor from our research group (link in "Job Description") to be their prospective supervisor. For this, contact me or any of my colleagues by email; mention "MEXT" in the title.
  4. Applicants should write their own research plan. This plan is not binding for the research that will be carried out.

Contact:

  • For inquiries on the research in our group and the research plan:
    Patrick van Meurs
    Email: pjpvmeurs(at)staff.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
    Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/pjpvmeurs/home
    ...or any other professor in our research group
  • For inquiries on the requirements and application process:
    Admission Affairs Section of our department
    Email: s-nyusi(at)adm.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

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