To become a postgraduate student (for Master Program, Doctoral I Program, Doctoral II Program, Professional Degree Program, Doctoral Program and M.D. Program), you must take and pass an entrance examination conducted by each graduate school. Requirements and application procedures vary by graduate school. For more details, please go the individual graduate school webpages.

List of Graduate Schools

Entrance Exams Conducted in Japan

Program	Graduate School	Entrance Period	Application Period
Master’s Degree	Humanities	April	September
	Education	April	Late September
			Mid-January
	Economics	April	Late September to early October
			Early January
Doctoral I	Sciences and Technology for Innovation (Agriculture)	April	Early July
			Early January
		October	Early July
	Sciences and Technology for Innovation (Science)	April	Mid-October
			Early January
	Sciences and Technology for Innovation (Engineering)	April	Mid-July
			Late November
		October	Early July
	Medicine (Nursing and Laboratory Science Majors)	April	Late July to early August
Doctoral II	Medicine (Nursing and Laboratory Science Majors)	April	Late July to early August
	East Asian Studies	April	Early January
		October	Early June
Doctoral	Medicine	April	Mid-July
			Mid-December
		October	Mid-July
	United Veterinary Science	April	Early August
			Mid-January
		October	Early August

Entrance Applications Available Abroad

Program	Graduate School	Entrance Period	Application Period
Master's Degree	Innovation and Technology Management	October	Early February
Doctoral I	Sciences and Technology for Innovation (Engineering)	April	Late November
Doctoral I	Sciences and Technology for Innovation (Engineering)	October	Late June
Doctoral II	Sciences and Technology for Innovation (Science/ Engineering)	April	Late November
		October	Late May
	East Asian Studies	April	Early October
	East Asian Studies	October	Early April
Doctoral	United Veterinary Science	April	Early August
		April	Mid-January
		October	Early August

Postgraduate Admissions

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