An Opportunity for Advanced Management Studies

During my regular weekly fastfood breakfast, I was able to browse through the latest news with the free Inquirer copy that came with my meal. I chanced upon this advertisement by Fujitsu advertising its scholarship program for Advanced Management Studies.

The qualified candidates will be sent to Hawaii for a 3-month course on advanced Management studies, focusing on the following:

• knowledge based management and innovation


• strategy management


• corporate finance and capital markets


• art of negotiation


• collaborative teams


• marketing management


• leadership and ethics


• business law


• economic and financial environment of global business


• globalizing hawaii


• one week field study in Japan

Qualifications for the scholarship are the following:

1. A bachelor's degree or a degree equivalent to a four-year standard baccalaureate degree in any discipline from a regionally or nationally accredited institution.


2. Cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.


3. A minimum TOEFL score of 577/233/90 (paper/computer/Internet), TOEIC score of 750, or IELTS overall band test result of 6.5 or higher from tests taken between March 2008 and March 2010. Applicants who received a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree with at least two years of full-time coursework within the last five years from a regionally accredited institution in the United States, Australia, United Kingdom, or New Zealand; or from a university in Canada, Africa or Singapore, where English is the language of instruction are exempt from taking the TOEFL, TOEIC, or IELTS.


4. A minimum of three years of relevant full-time work experience (five years preferred) at the time of application.


5. To qualify for the Fujitsu Scholarship, applicants must be a resident of the state of Hawaii, U.S.A., or a citizen of one of the following countries: Australia, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, or Vietnam.

For those who are reconsidering their career, or have been recently retrenched and are looking for new options, this may be a great chance for you to increase your skills.

For more information about the scholarship program, log on to http://www.fujitsu.com/scholarship.