We do not offer a degree program for graduate students. However, there are teaching assistantship positions and fellowship opportunities available.
The Program in Japanese Studies is accepting applications for Teaching Assistants for Fall 2013. Grad students are usually hired at 33% or 50% time, working 13.2 or 20 hours per week and teaching two or three 50-minute tutorial sections per week under an instructor's supervision. Being employed as a Teaching Assistant for the Japanese language program qualifies a grad student with a substantial fee remission during each quarter of employment.
Applicants should have a native or quasi-native competence in the language, should speak the standard variety of Japanese, and should have knowledge of fundamental Japanese grammar and culture. Attendance at a two-day training session at the beginning of fall quarter is mandatory.
Submit your application online by clicking here.
The Program in Japanese Studies is pleased to announce a call for proposals for graduate students who are conducting research on Japan. Joseph Naiman Graduate Fellowships in Japanese Studies mini-grants are intended for summer and academic research for 2013-14. Applicants can apply for up to $10,000 to support research and study on Japan.
Applications will be accepted starting in March. An announcement with deadlines will be sent out to all graduate students in March each year.
Please submit:
4 sets of copies containing your CV/Resume, grant proposal, budget (no more than 5 pages), two letters of recommendation (from UCSD faculty only), and other sources of funding (pending or committed) by May 10, 2013. Please include any financial aid you are currently receiving or will receive in the following academic year (e.g., fellowships, grants, TA'ships, etc.).
Submit proposals to:
UCSD Japanese Studies Program
HSS Room 3024
9500 Gilman Drive #0104
La Jolla, CA 92093-0104