Following the successful outcome of last year, our Global Station is providing a great opportunity again for graduate students in Medical Physics  to participate in the GI-CoRE Summer School at Hokkaido University. If you are interested in radiation therapy from a Medical Physics perspective, please join us!This summer school is open for all international graduate students, not only for Japanese students.

1. Period:  June 12 (Fri)-18 (Thu), 2015

2. Place:  Proton Beam Therapy Center, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan

3. Course Details and Program

• Main Focus:  Basics of Medical Physics, Particle Therapy and RTRT, Practical skills at Linac, PBT and Planning System
• Program:  GI-CoRE SummerSchool Program 2015_updated final 
• All lectures will be given in English

4. Lecturers:

• From Hokkaido University : Prof. Hiroki Shirato, Prof. Kikuo Umegaki, Prof. Masayori Ishikawa etc.
• From Stanford University : Prof. Lei Xing, Dr. Ruud Vinke etc.
• From NIRS: Prof. Hideyuki Mizuno

5. Course Fee: FREE

6. Number of students to be accepted: 10-15

7. Application Form

      Please download the application below and send us after filling in the necessary information.

•  Application From (Word): Application for GI-CoRE Summer School for Medical Physics
•  Submission to:   Registration Office for GI-CoRE Summer School for Medical Physics

                                                  Email: SummerschoolQMSE@oia.hokudai.ac.jp

•  Financial Support: In case a student from developing countries wants to apply for the scholarship, he/she will be requested to submit application form and CV to the registration office of the Summer School at SummershoolQMSE@oia.hokudai.ac.jp. Based on the application and CV, 2 students will be granted the scholarship (round-trip flight ticket to Sapporo and free accommodation in Sapporo).

8. Application Deadline

        17 April, 2015 (tentative)

9. Contact Us

        For further information, please contact us at SummerschoolQMSE@oia.hokudai.ac.jp