Graduate Students
Admission for Graduate Students
Qualifications
・Master's course applicants: The completion of 16 years of education in a country other than Japan.
・Doctoral course applicants: The completion of a master's degree course in a country other than Japan.
・PhD course in the Faculty of Medicine: The completion of 18 years of education in a country other than Japan.
As the qualifications vary among graduate schools, please refer to each application handbook.
・Doctoral course applicants: The completion of a master's degree course in a country other than Japan.
・PhD course in the Faculty of Medicine: The completion of 18 years of education in a country other than Japan.
As the qualifications vary among graduate schools, please refer to each application handbook.
Admissions procedures
Application forms will be available at the Admission Section, Kumamoto University. Applicants should submit the application forms to the Admissions Division by the appointed day.
Kumamoto University grants admission to applicants based on the results of an entrance examination, as well as an examination of each applicant's application documents. Regarding the contents of the examinations, please refer to each respective application form.
Successful applicants will be notified by mail within a month of their examination.
Kumamoto University grants admission to applicants based on the results of an entrance examination, as well as an examination of each applicant's application documents. Regarding the contents of the examinations, please refer to each respective application form.
Successful applicants will be notified by mail within a month of their examination.
Schedule for entrance examinations
Master's Program | Doctoral Program | |
Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences | September/ February | February |
Graduate School of Education | September | ─ |
Graduate School of Science and Technology | August/ January | August |
Graduate School of Medical Sciences | August/ January | August/ February |
Graduate School of Health Sciences | August | September |
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences | August / December | August / December / March |
School of Law | September / October | |
*Please note that the schedule shown above may differ slightly depending on the year. |