Application Procedures for Doctoral Programme
※Last Update: 4th October 2024
Number of Applicants to be Admitted
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- Approximately 5 international students are admitted to the programme each year.
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.
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
October 2024 | Application Announcement |
↓ | Check the latest Guidelines |
3 to 14 March 2025 | Submission of Application Documents on the Online Application System |
Middle to end of May 2025 | Notification of Schedule of Interview and Zoom Test |
Interview via VoIP (e.g. Zoom) | |
13 June 2025 | Announcement of Screening Results |
↓ | ↓ |
August 2025 | Enrolment Procedures |
1 (10am/JST) October 2025 | Entrance to Programme |