Qualification Screening Details● Doctoral Program
Please confirm the eligibility of applicants by referring to "1. Eligibility for General Admissions" below. However,some programs have requirements depending on the selection method, so please check the application guideline
carefully.
Those who fall under "B. Applicants who need to be screened for eligibility" may apply for the Screening ofEligibility (Note 1) prior to application, and may apply if their eligibility is approved as a result of the screening.
(Note 1) Screening of Eligibility means that the graduate school of the university will examine whether or not theapplicant has academic ability equivalent or superior to a master's degree or a professional degree before theapplication.
Please note that graduation from a six-year undergraduate course related to medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, orveterinary medicine alone does not mean that this is equivalent to a master's degree and eligibility for application
and admission to a doctoral course is granted. If applicable, please contact the " III Contact Information for Graduate
School Eligibility Screening " section of this website.

1. Eligibility for General Admissions
Applicants to the Graduate School may apply to the Graduate School if they meet any of the following criteria.

A. Those who do not need to be screened for eligibility(1) Individuals who have obtained a master’s degree or a professional degree in Japan or who are expected to obtainit by the end of March 2025.
(2) Individuals who have been granted a degree equivalent to a master's degree or a professional degree in a foreigncountry or who are expected to grant the degree by the end of March 2025.
(3) Individuals who have been granted a degree equivalent to a master's degree or a professional degree by taking,in Japan, a correspondence course provided by a foreign school or who are expected to be granted it by the endof March 2025.
(4) Individuals who has completed a course of a foreign school designated as equivalent to a foreign graduate school
in Japan (a foreign university branch in Japan designated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Scienceand Technology (equivalent to a graduate school)) and has been granted a degree equivalent to a master's degree
or a professional degree or who are expected to be granted it by the end of March 2025.
(5) Individuals who has completed a course of the United Nations University and has been granted a degree
equivalent to a master's degree or who are expected to be granted it by the end of March 2025.

B. Applicants who need to be screened for eligibility
If you wish to apply under any of the following conditions, please contact the "III Contact for Graduate School
Admission Qualification Screening" section of this website prior to application.
(6-1) Individuals who have graduated from a university and have been engaged in research at a university, research
institute, etc. for two years or more, and who are recognized as having academic ability equivalent or superior toa master's degree or a professional degree based on the results of their research.

(6-2) Individuals who have completed 16 years of school education in a foreign country or 16 years ofcorrespondence courses provided by a foreign school in Japan, and who have been engaged in research at auniversity or research institute for 2 years or more, and who are recognized as having academic ability equivalentor superior to a master's or professional degree based on the results of said research.
(7) Individuals who have reached 24 years of age or will reach 24 years of age by March 2025, after being admitted
to the university's graduate school with academic ability equivalent or superior to a master's degree or aprofessional degree through an individual admission eligibility screening conducted by the graduate school of theuniversity.