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A few universities may have small scholarships for some international students. In general though, you will have to apply to scholarship funds for Burmese students such as OSI and Prospect Burma.

For the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), students can directly apply to AIT admissions office at admissions@ait.ac.th .  AIT will assist the students in finding scholarships through ADB, DAAD, King & Queen scholarships and others.  The number of scholarships available, however, is very limited.

 The Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD)
Master of Arts in Southeast Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University
KAAD-AIT Scholarship Program

 

The Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD)

RCSD invites qualified candidates to apply for scholarships for the following programs: M.A. in Sustainable Development and Ph.D. in Social Science.  Prospective students should be from countries in the Mekong Region namely Thailand, Lao, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and China, and be available to begin in the academic year 2003. The scholarship covers tuition fee, day-to-day expenses, air ticket, field expense etc. 

The Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD) was established in 1998 at the faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Thailand in response to the need for an integration of social science and natural science knowledge in gaining a better understanding of sustainable development in the upper mainland Southeast Asia. It strives to become a regional center for sustainable development linking graduate training and research to development policy and practice by drawing upon the two-decade long of research and teaching experience at Chiang Mai University in resource management, highland agricultural system, social science and health, environmental impact assessment and ethnic and gender relations. RCSD is supported mainly by the Ford Foundation endowment grant. It is also supported by Keio University, Japan under an online research database project called the Research on Net (RON) project in order to collect data relating to sustainable development. This will support the graduate programs, research and non-degree training programs as well as provide source of information for countries in this region.

Admission of the International Graduate Programs

Master of Arts in Sustainable Development

Chiang Mai University invites applications from qualified candidates for the International Graduate Program.

Program :  Master of Arts in Sustainable Development.

Faculty : Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University

Plan and Type of the Degree program : Plan A Type A(2) - course works and thesis

Requirements for Degree :

A total of

36    credits

 

Course work

24    credits

 

Thesis

12    credits

                                                                                 
Period of Study : two academic years : The First semester is from June - September and the second semester is from November - February

Total number of students to be admitted : 12

Program details: 
        The basic philosophy of the M.A. program is to integrate theory and social science disciplines namely geography, sociology, anthropology, political science, economics and law, with natural science.  The program aims to enhance students' ability in analyzing the complexities of development processes and problems, specifically in the Mekong sub-region, which result from changes i.e. cultural and political movements, state policy implementation, legal systems, economic and trade relations, patterns of production and resource use, health related problems, etc.  In the study of development process, four main approaches in social science dimension are emphasized; namely, holistic approach, process of spatial interaction, local knowledge, and ethnicity and gender perspectives.  This program encourages students to search for alternative policies and promotion of sustainable development based on ecological sustainability and security of local livelihood through participation of local people.  Research topics focus on resource management, local knowledge and sustainable development, health and cross-border migration, etc.

The M.A. in Sustainable Development aims to produce graduates with the following qualifications:

-          Understanding the holistic concepts and methods both in social science and scientific disciplines, which enable graduates to study the development process from many perspectives and in the contest of social and ecological changes;

-          Better understanding of the complexity of development processes and to have the ability to analyze both problems and impacts of development in the past and present;

-          Potential in offering alternatives for sustainable development direction based on field-research;

-          The ability to synthesize and apply their academic knowledge with local knowledge to practical issues in their respective areas of interest.

Qualifications
Applicants with Bachelor's Degree in all disciplines or its equivalent, accredited by the Ministry of University Affairs, are eligible to apply for the program.  The applicants should pass TOEFL with a minimum score of 500, valid during the period of application or other standard English tests, agreed by the Graduate Program Administrative Committee.

 Application procedure
 Application form for M.A. in Sustainable Development can be obtained over the web by downloading a file at http://www.grad.cmu.ac.th or http://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th or filling out request to rcsd@soc.cmu.ac.th Applicants are required to submit:

 
-          Two completed application forms with two recent I.D. type photographs (2x2 inches)
-          Two copies of official transcript of undergraduate study in English.
-          Three letters of recommendation (one of which should be from the applicant's  academic advisor)
-          A certificate of TOEFL or other approved certificates of English proficiency.
-          A research outline
-          Application fee (US$ 20) - bank order or bank draft made payable to the Dean of The Graduate School

 Applications should be directly sent to:

Dean, The Graduate School, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand OR Director, Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD), Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200 Thailand.

 Admission
The applicants will be accepted through application form and upon an interview. Successful candidates must fill out the acceptance of admission form and return it to the Graduate School along with a health examination certificate (in English) from a qualified physician by announced deadline.

 Scholarships
 Applicants are urged to seek financial support from private as well as governmental sources from their own countries.  Scholarships from the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD) also offer to students who demonstrate excellent academic performance.

Fees
The fees are approximately Bt. 115,000 (US$ 2,875) per year for Thai resident and Bt.155,000. (US $3,875) per year for non-resident.  These fees include tuition and other university service fees.  Fees may be periodically revised.  Approved changes will become effective on the stipulated date. (US$ 1 is 42-43 Baht)

Generally, the costs of the two-year program, including tuition fees, field research, thesis, accommodation, meals and transportation are approximately US$16,000.  Students are recommended to have at least Bt. 10,000 (US$ 250) per month for their daily expenses.

 

Doctor of Philosophy (Social Science)

Type of the Degree program :
            Type 1 (2) -  Thesis only for students with Master Degree
            Type 2 (1) -  Thesis and course work for students with Bachelor’s Degree
            Type 2 (2) -  Thesis and course work for students with Master’s Degree

 Residency required :  Three academic years  for those who graduate with Master’s Degree  and  4 years for those who graduate with Bachelor’s Degree. Normally, the first semester begins early in June.

Total number of students to be admitted : 5

Program rationale
RCSD offers Ph.D. program in Social Science. The basic philosophy of the program is to enable students to construct an integrated knowledge of various disciplines of social science, namely anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, sociology and law which can be obtained from analytical comparative studies and field-based experiences. In synthesizing the knowledge, both holistic and natural science perspectives will be encouraged, with a focus on the diversity and complexities of social dynamics as well as development problems in context. The ambitious aim of the program is to enhance the potential of social science as a part of the social learning process by producing a new body of knowledge that can keep pace with rapid socioeconomic growth and offer development alternatives that enable us to positively adapt to future changes.

This program encourages the search and development of methodologies based on the dynamic interchange of diverse paradigms and philosophies, including those of various ethnic groups, which are adaptable to the changing conditions of social environment. In the study of specific problems, a methodology of a specific social science discipline can be adopted, taking into account the holistic dimensions of social science. In addition to the construction of knowledge, the program also strengthens the ability of students in their search for alternative development strategies based on ecological sustainability, equity and security of local livelihood.   

Objectives
The Ph.D. (Social Science) program aims to produce graduates with the following qualifications:

 

 Holistically understanding concepts and methodologies both in social and natural science dimensions that can be adaptable to keep pace with social changes;

Capable of synthesizing and establishing new concepts that help explain and analyze problems and conditions of various social movements;

 Having potential in conducting social science field research at both local and regional level as well as understanding social complexities and social differentiation in order to produce new body of knowledge and offer development alternatives based on equity and ecological sustainability. 

Demonstrating leadership in initiating ideas of social changes and transmitting them to society and new generation.

Qualifications
Applicants with Master's Degree in all disciplines or Bachelor’s Degree with Honor are eligible to apply for the program.  The applicants should pass TOEFL with a minimum score of 500 or IELTS of 5.5, valid during the period of application or other standard English tests, agreed by the Graduate Program Administrative Committee. The selection process will be conducted through application forms and upon an interview

Application procedure
Application form for Ph.D. (Social Science) can be obtained over the web by downloading a file at http://www.grad.cmu.ac.th or
http://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th or filling out request to rcsd@soc.cmu.ac.th. Applicants are required to submit:

Two completed application forms with two recent I.D. type photographs (2x2 inches)

Two copies of official transcript of undergraduate study in English.

Three letters of recommendation (two of which should be in academic field)

A certificate of TOEFL or other approved certificates of English proficiency.

A research outline

A Statement of Purpose

Application fee (US$ 20) - bank order or bank draft made payable to the Dean of The Graduate School 

Applicants can submit the applications all year round to:

 Dean, The Graduate School, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand OR Director, Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD), Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200 Thailand.

Admission and Notification
The applicants will be accepted through application form and on interview. The application form should be submitted to RCSD. Notification of admission will be sent to candidates.

Scholarships
Applicants are urged to seek financial support from private as well as governmental sources from their own countries.  Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD), Faculty of Social Sciences also grants scholarships for students who demonstrate excellent academic performance and conduct research within the area of program’s focus. Priority will be given those for Thailand and neighboring countries in Mekong region.   

Fees
The fees are approximately Bt. 115,000 (US$ 2,875) per year for Thai resident and Bt.155,000. (US $3,875) per year for non-resident.  These fees include tuition and other university service fees. (US$ 1 is 42-43 Baht)

Generally, the costs of the three-year program, including tuition fees, field research, thesis, accommodation, meals and transportation are approximately US$24,000.  Students are recommended to have at least Bt. 7,500-10,000 (US$ 180-250) per month for their daily expenses.

Further information can be obtained from:
The Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development
Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand
Tel: 665-53-943595, Fax : 66-53-943596  E-mail : rcsd@soc.cmu.ac.th
Webpage : http://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th

To download the application form, please go to: http://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/

 

 

Fellowship Program

The Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development, Faculty of Social Science, Chiang Mai University, is pleased to announce the formation of a collaborative fellowship for visiting scholars, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and hosted by the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD).

The fellowship aims to promote the production and sharing of cross-regional knowledge.  Fellowship scholars will have the opportunity to research and write about issues relating to sustainable development, cultural diversity and cross-border issues in the Mekong region.  Fellowships are of six months to one year duration, so as to provide a degree of flexibility to accord with other responsibilities that might be held by fellowship scholars.

Fellowship scholars will be selected on the basis of their respective contributions in the field of cultural diversity and transborder studies.  Moreover, fellows would be required to write a monograph relating to their research and ideas during their fellowship.  The writing and publication of a monograph is a major component of the fellowship, and therefore competency in the English language is required. 

A member of the RCSD faculty will work in partnership with the fellowship scholar in developing and writing the fellow’s monograph.  RCSD’s English tutor will be responsible for providing practical support for the production of the monograph, such as editing and proofreading.  The published monograph will contribute to RCSD’s monograph series, which is distributed through private and university book shops within and outside Thailand, available at RCSD, and sold at conferences and seminars throughout the region attended by RCSD faculty.

Number of Grants

1 –2 grants per year starting 2003-2004

Period of Grant

From 6 months up to 1 year

Eligibility

 

Citizen of countries in the Mekong region except Thailand. These include Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar and China.

Master's or doctoral degree or equivalent professional training and experience.

Proficiency in English

Having conducted research in the Mekong region in the field mentioned above.

 

Benefit

Monthly stipend & residence allowance

Travelling expenses : Chiang Mai and Origin destination

 Health Insurance

 Book and supplies

                                      

Output of the fellowship

At least one monograph of the fellow will be published at the end of the fellowship period.

 

Application

Application form should be submitted by March.  The fellowship begins in May.  For application form please contact rcsd@soc.cmu.ac.th.

To download application, please go to: http://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/

 

 

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The Master of Arts in Southeast Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University

Chulalongkorn University has offered the Master of Arts in Southeast Asian Studies with 3 semesters program (taught in English), which included Southeast Asian Civilization, Globalization and Local Identity courses for full time students. Nevertheless, traveling programs to Southeast Asia counties is included along the semesters. For teaching staffs, the University has been invited them from around the region such as the Southeast Asian, Europe, and the United State of America and from Chulalongkorn University itself. The program requires people who graduated in bachelor degree (any field) and have a good command of English.

For more information or interested, please contact:

Southeast Asian Studies Center, Faculty of Art Building 4,

Chulalongkorn University

Telephone: (662) 218-4892, (662) 218-4886, (662) 218-4862
Email: wmsea@chula.ac.th , sunait.c@chula.ac.th

Website: http://www.seachula.com

 

Objective of the Studies

The objectives of the studies are to understand Southeast Asia from the Southeast Asian standpoint, and to build up an alternative body of knowledge of the region in line with the rapid and drastic changes which are taking place. The Faculty of Arts in cooperation with the Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University, is perfectly placed to offer a Master’s degree program in Southeast Asian Studies for the rich resources of academic and research staff who are experts on the region. All have thoroughly prepared both institutions to pioneer and establish one of the most unique Southeast Asian Studies program in the region.

Why Southeast Asian Studies?

Southeast Asia has long been noted as the crossroad of civilization, trade, communication and power due to its strategic location. Significance of Southeast Asia at the present has not been diminished. It has been the well known tourist destination, region of rich biodiversity, economic growth hub and dynamic political development. Yet, it is still an evolving area. Southeast Asia avails itself to scrutiny, scholastic challenges and positive reactions to new millennium changes. Through ASEAN, it seeks to enhance regional endeavor to formulate East Asian Community with close cooperation with China, Japan, South Korea, plus India. Dynamic growth of East Asia captures world wide attentions where stakes for mutual benefit are opened to grab. Ethnic and religious tensions defy scholars as well as policy makers in their attempt to reach solution.

Why here?

Southeast Asian Studies Program at Chulalongkorn University , Bangkok, Thailand

Our Strong point

Southeast Asian Studies thus warrant an academic pursuit with few universities in the region catering for international community. The MA in Southeast Asian Studies Program at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, builds on its central equidistance of the region, openness to change and liberal environment that stimulate tradition of proper knowledge enquiry. Accumulation of knowledge in Southeast Asian Studies by western scholars serves as a firm base to generate further studies and knowledge. The program offers the best opportunity to interact naturally on a daily basis with Southeast Asian and things Southeast Asian, despite the fact that attention will be given more to peninsular Southeast Asia, the insular Southeast will not be disregarded.

Learning across boundaries with issued based method and traveling classroom

The Southeast Asian Studies Program is multidisciplinary studies where courses from the disciplines of history, arts, and culture, economics and political science are offered.

Contemporary issues that cut across disciplines are thus easy to handle and are offered as subject of studies within the Program. The program has as its integral part of TravellingClassroom in Southeast Asian country and short field trip in Thailand in which all students must participate. Experts in the field will lead the excursion while students are to actively participate. Destination of the trip will vary from year to year limited only to the mainland of Southeast Asia. Besides, research exercises will require students to go to the countryside in Thailand. As such, students are very well exposed to current situation.

A very international mixture (50 % Thai and 50% foreigners from Norway, Sweden, Canada, Japan, America, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Singapore, Vietnam,…)

Student body is approximately Thai and foreigners of half and half. The foreigners are American, Canadian, Norwegian, Swede, Japan, Irish, Belgian, Laotian, Cambodian, Vietnamese, Singaporean as well as Indian, Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan.

The program offers a number of fellowship and residents of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam funded by Rockefeller foundation through the Weaving Mekong into Southeast Asia fellowship. The center of Khmer Studies in Phnom Penh provides some scholarships for Cambodians. The Department of Economic and Technical Cooperation of the Royal Government of Thailand offers some scholarships to Indian, Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi. The program has been actively networking with academic institutions in Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam in order that mutual cooperation could be enhance. The program also works on student exchange with the International Institute of Asian Studies (IIAS) at the Leiden University in the Netherlands.

The program is cooperation of the Faculty of Arts and Institute of Asian Studies of Chulalongkorn University. Faculty members and researchers of both institutions with reputation of regional and international stature contribute to the teaching courses offered. In this sense, Southeast Asian Studies by Southeast Asian point of view will expounded. Scholars are also invited to give lectures. Special talks by world-renowned authority on appropriate topics are frequently organized. The program is very well backed up by library facilitates of the university. Students are further facilitated by the Thai Studies Program at the Faculty or Arts which has long been in operation. Students in the Program are given the option to choose some courses from range of courses in Thai Studies Program.

The courses are issued base method, conducted in English on day-time basis. Three Semester or one and a half year, student can graduate plus short field trip in Thailand and travelling classroom in Southeast Asian Country.

Please see further details in Program Structure.

(http://southeastasian.grad.chula.ac.th )

Structure of the Fellowship Study Program

Recipients are required to successfully complete the following:

1. A one-hundred-hour Intensive English Language Proficiency Training Program for graduate study at Chulalongkorn University.

2. Curriculum A of the International Master Degree Program in Southeast Asian Studies at Chulaongkorn University. The curriculum is made up of the following:

1.1 A minimum of 24 credit hours of course work (8 courses), including at least 12 credit hours of required courses (4 courses), and at least 12 credit hours of elective courses (4 courses).*

1.2 One study tour (“Travelling Classroom”) in the Southeast Asian region.

1.3 A thesis equivalent to 12 credit hours, together with an oral examination on that thesis.

The following courses are required for graduation :

Southeast Asian Civilization

Course Description: Southeast Asian civilization as a product of the creative cultural life of several different races and peoples in Southeast Asia; the formation of various centers of early civilization in Southeast Asia resulting from geographical conditions, inter-regional and intra-regional contacts, cultural integration, and the rise of urban communities; the conditions that maintained the existence of each civilization center; the evolution of Southeast Asian civilization.

Modern Southeast Asia: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Democratization

Course Description: The unique character of modern Southeast Asia; creative processes by which Southeast Asians have been adapting their cultures to the world in change; factors influencing the emergence and development of Southeast Asia, including climate and ecology, science and technology, and intra-regional and international contacts; the arrival of Western colonialism and its impact on Southeast Asian economic, political and social, systems; the rise of nationalism; the democratization process in Southeast Asia.

ASEAN in a Regional and Global Context

Course Description: The emergence of ASEAN in Southeast Asia; ASEAN and its connections to Southeast Asian and world politics during and after the Cold War period; ASEAN and the problems of disunity and national interests among the individual members; external influences and internal resistance linked to the current status and future of ASEAN in world politics.

Research Methods in Southeast Asia

Course Description: Forms, methods, and direction of Southeast Asian studies structured and developed by colonial scholars; concept and ideology underlying noted works produced under the context of nationalism during the anti-colonial era; form, substance, and new direction of academic works on Southeast Asia created by American scholars during the cold war period; significant academic products of indigenous scholars after the cold war period and the methodology which emphasises internal dimension.(Please see attached document for elective course descriptions)
*Each course (3 credits) consists of 3 contact hours per week in class, 16 weeks per semester.

3. An additional six hours a week of English language proficiency training running parallel to the classes in the MA program during the first and the second semesters.

“Weaving the Mekong into Southeast Asia” Fellowship Program

Southeast Asian Studies Center
Faculty of Arts Building 4
Chulalongkorn University,
Bangkok 10330, Thailand


Tel: (662) 2184862, (662) 2184892

Fax: (662) 218-4889, (662) 252-4837

E-mail us : wmsea@chula.ac.th
http://www.seachula.com

 

 

 

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KAAD-AID Scholarship Program

 

The KAAD (Katholischer Akademischer Ausländer-Dienst or the Catholic Academic Support Service for Foreign Students, Germany) provides scholarships for young professionals in need of such support from countries around the world. AIT will provide scholarships jointly with KAAD to support master or doctoral degree studies for qualified applicants from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam.

Scholarship Amount
For details of scholarship amount, contact AIT Admissions and Scholarship Office.

Nationalities Eligible for the Scholarship
Applicants from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam Qualification and Other Requirements

Application Procedure

Contact:
Admissions and Scholarships Office, Asian Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, THAILAND
Tel.: (66-2) 524-5032-33
Fax: (66-2) 524-6326,
E-mail:
admissions@ait.ac.th

 

 

 

 

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