※Last Update: 11 September 2026

Application Guidelines for October 2027 is now available. Thank you for your patience.

Number of Applicants to be Admitted

• • Approximately 5 international students are admitted to the programme each year. (undetermined)

Eligibility for Application

• Applicants who have already obtained or will obtain a Master’s degree including an MBA by the enrollment day at Kyoto University.
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NOTICE: Applicants who have graduated or expect to graduate from non-Japanese universities are required to go through the screening process by the Admissions Assistance Office (AAO) as a Pre-Application procedure. Please check the details on Kyoto University’s website and also refer to the Application Guidelines above. *The AAO screening process commonly takes a few weeks before we receive the feedback from AAO. Please begin the AAO procedure at least two weeks before the deadline for the application submission via e-mail. 【Important notice: Change in the AAO Screening Process】 (Updated on 15th January 2021) Please note the following change in the AAO process started 2021 entrance examination. Applicants will be asked to name a prospective supervisor who you think would best suit your research theme in the process of AAO screening. He or she will check your application documents and inform you of whether you can move to the next step. Please don’t contact the named professor directly without his/her approval. The system has already updated.

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Overall Schedule for Application and Selection  (Date and Time : JST)

※October 2027 intake

September 2026	Application Announcement
	Check the latest Guidelines
March 1 (9am/Mon) ～March 11 (1pm/Thurs) 2027 “Strict Deadline”	Submission of Application Documents and Examination Fee Payment (via Online Application System)
April 19 (3pm/Mon) 2027	Announcement of Initial Screening Results
Middle to end of May 2027	Notification of Schedule of Interview and Zoom Test
	Interview via VoIP (e.g. Zoom)
June 11 (3pm/Fri) 2027	Announcement of Final Screening Results
June to August 2027	Enrolment Procedures
October 1 (10am/Fri) 2027	Entrance Ceremony and Guidance