Application Guideline, etc.

Doctoral Program (Five-year Course)

Our doctoral program is a five-year course, covering both master’s and doctoral levels. For those who have completed a master’s program at another university or graduate school and wish to pursue a doctoral degree at our graduate school, we offer a transfer system into the third year of the five-year doctoral program.

• *Printed application guidelines and forms will not be distributed. Please use the downloadable versions available above.

Key Points

FAQ

Does the form for the oral examination have to be handwritten?

No, you can type directly on the English digital application and print it (regarding the Japanese version, you can print remarks that fit inside the document’s prepared frame and paste them onto the document).

Is it OK to print a document with graphs or charts in color for the oral examination?

No, printing in color is not acceptable. Even if documents are submitted in color, black and white copies will be used during the oral examination.

I contacted the laboratory I want to be assigned to before the summer entrance examination for a five year PhD program. Do I need to contact them again before the winter entrance examination?

The number of students accepted to your laboratory of choice may have changed after the summer entrance examination. Please contact them again to reconfirm your acceptance. If you wish to be assigned to a different laboratory, you must confirm your new selection as well.

With the COVID-19 epidemic, I can hardly work on my graduation research. Will this be disadvantageous at the time of the examination?

You don’t have to worry about the progress of your current research. At the FBS examination, we evaluate the elements of an applicant’s persistence, imagination, sense of judgment, and logical thinking required to be shown as a research candidate. It is important to be ready to explain the importance, principle, and value of your current experiment(s) and future project(s) at FBS. You will be asked how you are going to pursue your research project.

For those seeking scholarships from the Japanese government or foreign governments

• Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship
• Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan (LPDP)
• 国家建設高水平大学公派研究生項目

Related materials

• Form for disclosure of entrance examination results (Accepted only during the specified period)

Research Student and Credited Auditor

We admit research students who are interested in conducting research on specific topics and themes and credited auditors. Please note that research students can only be accepted in our graduate school's 'Core Research Laboratories.' The list of laboratories can be found here.

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