Degree Program in Comprehensive Human Sciences

Doctoral Programs (Informatics)

14. Requirements for Eligibility

In the case of applicants falling in category (1)-(4) of the Requirements for Eligibility shown below, eligibility screening* is necessary. Please contact us.

  1. (1) Individuals recognized by the Japanese Minister of Education as having an ability equivalent or superior to a Master’s Degree or Professional Degree recipient in what concerns the admission to a graduate program, according to the Enforcement Regulation of the School Education Law, Article 156 Paragraph 5.
    1. ① Individuals who have graduated from a four-year university, and have been engaged in research at a university or research institute for more than two years.

      2. ② Individuals who have completed in course a 16-year program of school education in a country other than Japan or who, while residing in Japan, completed in course a 16-year program of school education abroad, through correspondence courses, and have been engaged in research at a university or research institute for more than two years.

  2. (2) Individuals who have been recognized by Doctoral Programs in Informatics in their individual qualification screening process as having an ability equivalent or superior to a Master’s Degree or Professional Degree recipient and who are 24 years old or will be 24 years old by the end of March 2021 (September 2021, Special Selection of Global Individuals in English).
    Qualified person: Individuals who have graduated from a junior college or an upper secondary school as latest academic background, individuals who have graduated from a vocational school or a similar school as latest academic background, individuals who have graduated from a university of a foreign country that implements less than 16 years of a school curriculum
【How to apply】

Please get the prescribed style from the following and send it to us by mail or e-mail with required certificates, your address, telephone number and e-mail address. Deadline is August 28, 2020 (October) or November 27, 2020 (February). Contact us before sending, please.
If you send your graduation certificate and academic transcript by e-mail, please convert it JPEG format or PDF file. After the eligibility screening, your application qualification is approved, please send the original these. We will tell you certification number.

(*) Eligibility screening means we will examine whether the applicant has more academic ability than who have completed the master’s course.

【Required Documents of Eligibility Screening】
  1. (a) Applicant Information
  2. (b) Curriculum Vitae
  3. (c) Resume
  4. (d) Graduation Certificate
  5. (e) Academic Transcript
  6. (f) List of Research Results

If you have any questions, please contact us.