京都大学 大学院経済学研究科・経済学部

Application Procedures for Doctoral Programme

※Last Update: 13th February, 2024

Number of Applicants to be Admitted

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

Eligibility for Application

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  • Applicants who have already obtained or will obtain a Master’s degree including MBA by the enrollment day at Kyoto University.
  • Application Guidelines
  • FAQ

 

 

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.

Overall Schedule for Application and Selection

by the end of February Application Announcement
  ↓ Check the latest Guidelines
1st April to 8th-May Submission of Application Documents on the Online Application System
End of May Notification of Schedule of Interview and Zoom Test
Submission of Hard Copy of Application Documents via Postal Mail
Middle of May to End of May  Interview via VoIP (e.g. Zoom)
Mid-June Announcement of Screening Results
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August Enrolment Procedures
October Entrance to Programme

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