Qualifications
- Master’s course applicants are required to have completed a bachelor’s degree or 16 years of education in a country other than Japan.
- Doctoral course applicants are required to have completed a master’s degree course or equivalent degree in a country other than Japan.
As the qualifications vary among graduate schools, please refer to /examination-graduate/ for more details.
Admission Procedures
＊ Please note that the dates may differ depending on the year.
＊ Master’s course students enroll only in April regardless of the timing of the application.
Graduate School of Language & Literature
| Fall admission | Spring admission | |
|---|---|---|
| Qualification screening of applicants | Not conducted | Early November |
| Application period | Late August | Early January |
| Date of entrance examination | Late September | Early February |
| Announcement of examination result | Mid-October | Mid-February |
| Enrollment Procedures | Late October | Mid-March |
Graduate School of Administrative Studies
| Fall admission | Spring admission | |
|---|---|---|
| Qualification screening of applicants | Early July | Early November |
| Application period | Late August | Early January |
| Date of entrance examination | Late September | Early February |
| Announcement of examination result | Mid-October | Mid-February |
| Enrollment Procedures | Late October | Mid-March |
Graduate School of Environmental & Symbiotic Sciences
| Fall admission | Spring admission | |
|---|---|---|
| Qualification screening of applicants | Not conducted | Mid-November |
| Application period | Mid-July | Early January |
| Date of entrance examination | Late August | Early February |
| Announcement of examination result | Mid-October | Mid-February |
| Enrollment Procedures | Late October | Mid-March |
For more details, please refer to /examination-graduate/.
To apply for the International Postgraduate Scholarship for Research on Mercury, the procedures are different from the above.
Please refer to /english/graduate/mercury/.
