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Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI[Global Environmental Studies Program]
Doctoral Program 2025
Special Admissions for Applicants Residing Abroad(Privately Financed International Students, First-Round) Page 5 – 6Error

8.

Application Documents

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8.

Application Documents

Please read “Application checklist” on our website.

Please read “Application checklist” on our website.

1)

1)

Application Form (Attached)

Application Form (Attached)

Please attach a photograph (sized 4.5 cm×3.5 cm taken within the past six

Please attach a photograph (sized 4.5 cm×3.5 cm taken within the past six

months, upper body, full-faced with no hat) on the Application Form. Yourmonths, upper body, full-faced with no hat) on the Application Form. Yoursignature is required on the Application Form.

signature is required on the Application Form.

2)

2)

Examination fee: 30,000 yen

Examination fee: 30,000 yen

For payment details, please refer to “Instructions on how to make a payment”

For payment details, please refer to “Instructions on how to make a payment”

on our website.

on our website.

3)

3)

Official Transcripts

4)

Applicants applying for the three-year doctoral program must submit

Official Transcripts
Applicants applying for the three-year doctoral program must submit

the Official Transcripts of each academic year from both undergraduate

the Official Transcripts of each academic year from both undergraduate

and graduate schools.

and graduate schools.

Applicants applying for the five-year doctoral program must submit theApplicants applying for the five-year doctoral program must submit theOfficial Transcripts of each academic year from their undergraduate

Official Transcripts of each academic year from their undergraduate

school.

school.

Certificate of Graduation or Expected Graduation (originals or certified4)

Certificate of Graduation or Expected Graduation (originals or certifiedcopies)copies)

Applicants applying for the three-year doctoral program must submit

Certificates of Graduation for both undergraduate and graduate

Certificates of Graduation for both undergraduate and graduate

schools.

schools.

Applicants applying for the five-year doctoral program must submit aCertificate of Graduation for undergraduate school.
5)

Applicants applying for the five-year doctoral program must submit a
Certificate of Graduation for undergraduate school.

Applicants who have not yet graduated from a university must submit

Applicants who have not yet graduated from a university must submit

an attested document certifying that the applicant will graduate before

an attested document certifying that the applicant will graduate before

entering the doctoral program.

entering the doctoral program.

Certified copy of degree diploma5)

Certified copy of degree diploma

Applicants who have already graduated from a university must submit

Applicants who have already graduated from a university must submit

certified copies of degree diplomas, as follows:

certified copies of degree diplomas, as follows:Applicants applying for the three-year doctoral program must submit

certified copies a of their bachelor’s and master’s degree diplomas.
Applicants applying for the five-year doctoral program must submit a

Recommendation letter from a person who knows the applicant’s

Applicants applying for the three-year doctoral program must submit
certified copies a of their bachelor’s and master’s degree diplomas.

certified copy of their bachelor’s degree diploma.
6)

Applicants applying for the three-year doctoral program must submit

Applicants applying for the five-year doctoral program must submit acertified copy of their bachelor’s degree diploma.

6)

Recommendation letter from a person who knows the applicant’s

research/academic activities well (e.g., the applicant’s academic supervisor

research/academic activities well (e.g., the applicant’s academic supervisor

at the university in which the applicant is currently enrolled or the university

at the university in which the applicant is currently enrolled or the universitythat the applicant previously attended).

that the applicant previously attended).

addressed to the President of

SOKENDAI. (Original, free format)

addressed to the President of

SOKENDAI. (Original, free format)

7)Your past research work and activities (if applicable)

7)Your past research work and activities (if applicable)

8)

Summary of your graduation thesis

8)

Summary of your graduation thesis

If the applicant has no theses or publications, please submit a summary

of his/her current research project.
9)summary of his/her current research project.

Field of Study and Research Plan (Attached)10) Photocopy of the applicant’s passport pages showing the applicant’s name,date of birth, nationality, gender, photograph, and passport number.

If the applicant has no theses or publications, please submit aThe summary of your graduation thesis or current research project
should be written in approximately 2000 words in English.

9)

Field of Study and Research Plan (Attached)The item, “3 Study program in Japan,” on the form should be written inNotes:

approximately 1000 words in English and can include diagrams and/orThe application documents must be prepared in Japanese or English. If thedocuments are prepared in languages other than Japanese or English, antables as supplementary information.
10) Photocopy of the applicant’s passport pages showing the applicant’s name,official English translation must be included.
The application documents mentioned above must be prepared using word
processing software. Print all the required documents on A4 size paper (ifpossible).

date of birth, nationality, gender, photograph, and passport number.
Notes:
documents are prepared in languages other than Japanese or English, anYour admission may be rescinded at any time, even after enrollment, if theapplication documents are found to be invalid or contain false information.

The application documents must be prepared in Japanese or English. If theofficial English translation must be included.

The application documents mentioned above must be prepared using word
processing software. Print all the required documents on A4 size paper (ifpossible).

Your admission may be rescinded at any time, even after enrollment, if theapplication documents are found to be invalid or contain false information.