Guide to Application Procedure for Review of Doctorate by Program Completion
Graduate School of International Social Sciences
Yokohama National University
1. Documents to Submit(1) Degree Dissertation(2) Degree Dissertation Abstract (Form No. 1)(3) List of Academic Works (Form No. 2)(4) Dissertation Submission Form
2. Period for Submission
Monday, August 31, 2020 to Tuesday, September 1, 2020 (5 p.m.) <To be observed strictly>
3. Degree Dissertation
As a rule, use A4 format paper in portrait orientation arranged for binding on the left, with thetext in horizontal lines. Use a "flat file" or other such fastener and folder to hold pages together
without binding. The front of the folder should have the dissertation title and your name. Submitsix copies.
4. Dissertation Abstract
The degree dissertation abstract should be about 5-10 pages in A4 format, double-spaced. Use
Form No. 1 and submit six copies.
5. List of Publications(1) Form
Use Form No. 2 and submit six copies.
(2) About the Titles
If you have published or jointly published any articles or papers that have content other thanthat of your degree dissertation and that would be of particular value as references, submit a listof their titles, author (if multiple, all authors), how they were published, and when they werepublished.
＊ Please receive anti-plagiarism checkup by your supervisor before submitting the dissertation.

If you pass the degree dissertation review, then you are to submit, in addition, one boundcopy (including also one copy of the dissertation abstract). It should be bound in black clothand have the dissertation title, the month and year, and your name on the front cover andspine in gold lettering. For further details on the material to be submitted, see the next pageand following.
(Submission Deadline: Friday, March 5, 2021 (5 p.m.) <To be observed strictly>)

Regarding the Submission of Dissertation, Dissertation Abstract, and Other Materials byCandidates Who have Passed the Degree Dissertation Review

1. Regarding Materials to be Submitted by Candidates Who Have Passed the Degree Dissertation
Review
Material to Submit

Details

Bound dissertation

One copy

Dissertation abstract

One copy

Written Agreement toRegister Doctoral
Dissertation in theYokohama NationalUniversity Repository

Written Agreement
Regarding Dissertation
Abstract Publication onthe University Website

One copy

Submit to

Graduate School Affairs Office
Graduate School of International
Social Sciences

One copy
PDF file* The file name should be:
Doctoral-dissertation-full-text(YourName).pdf* Place the complete text in a single file. Do notbreak up the dissertation into multiple files(cover, contents, introduction, main body,etc.).

Graduate School Affairs Office
Graduate School of International
Social Sciences*Save the dissertation text file onto
Electronic file of doctoral
dissertation texta CD-R or other such recording
medium and submit it with yourname and student number
written on the medium. The
recording medium will be
returned to you after the file has
been copied.
Microsoft Word file
Electronic file of* Be sure to check the PDF file
(Form No. 1)
dissertation abstract
before submitting it to make* The file name should be:(With content identical tocertain that the content displays
Doctoral-dissertation-abstract(Yourprinted version)correctly and that there are noName).pdf
corrupted characters or garbled
text in it.
Note: Please follow the instructions separately provided for other materials to be submitted (Career Plans
Questionnaire, etc.).
2. Regarding the Bound Dissertation
The bound dissertation and dissertation abstract are supplied to the Library of International Social
Sciences for access by readers. In order to prevent wear and damage, borrowing and copying of thebound dissertation in the Library of International Social Sciences are not allowed.
3. Regarding Changes to the Method of Publication of the Degree Dissertation Abstract, Review
Results, and Full Text of the Dissertation(1) Publication by Means of the InternetA ministerial ordinance revising a portion of the Regulations on Academic Degrees (Ministry ofEducation, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ordinance No. 5 of 2013) was promulgated on
March 11, 2013, and put into effect on April 1, 2013. In conjunction with this revision, persons whoare conferred doctoral degrees from a graduate school of the Yokohama National University fromApril 1, 2013, are to publish their degree dissertation and review results abstract together with the fulltext of the doctoral dissertation by means of the internet (the Yokohama National UniversityRepository).
(2) Electronic File Formats
In order to assure long-term storage and accessibility, please take care regarding the following
matters:・Embed fonts in the file and do not include any calls to outside data (external fonts, etc.) in the file.
・Do not encrypt the file, apply a password, set any restrictions on printing, or configure any othersuch restrictions.
(3) Alternatives to Publication of Dissertation Online
When there is unavoidable reason that you should prefer not to publish the full text of the doctoral
dissertation, please submit the appended Letter of Confirmation with brief, supporting data (e.g. email
receiving prepublication paper and a hard copy of contribution rules, etc.) to the Graduate School
Affairs Office by Friday, March 5, 2021. If the reason is approved by the school faculty council orother such body as corresponding to one of those listed below, a summary of the content of thedoctoral dissertation (a dissertation abstract) may be published on the internet in place of the doctoral
dissertation.
<Reasons Against Publishing the Full Text of the Doctoral Dissertation>
・The doctoral dissertation contains three-dimensional representations or other such forms that it is
not possible to publish on the internet.
・The doctoral dissertation includes content that, because of copyright protection, protection of privateinformation, or other such reason, cannot be published by means of the internet for more than oneyear from the date the doctoral degree is conferred.
・Due to publication in a scholarly journal that forbids simultaneous or multiple publishing, or due toapplication for a patent, or in connection with other such activity, publication of the full text of thedoctoral dissertation by means of the internet would cause a clear disadvantage to the person granted
the doctoral degree for more than one year from the date the degree is conferred.
・And other circumstances that the faculty council accepts as truly unavoidable.
Note 1. Even in cases when permission not to publish the full text of the doctoral dissertation is given,
the electronic file of the full text of the doctoral dissertation and the dissertation abstract should besubmitted to the Graduate School Affairs Office by the specified due date.
Note 2. Even in cases when permission not to publish the full text of the doctoral dissertation is given,
if the unavoidable reason becomes no longer applicable, this circumstance should be reported to theGraduate School Affairs Office concerned. After the report is received, publication of the full text ofthe doctoral dissertation will commence.
Note 3. In cases when permission not to publish the full text of the doctoral dissertation is given, if theunavoidable reason continues to be applicable even after the time limit for non-publication has
passed, please submit another Letter of Confirmation.
4. Policy on Publication of Doctoral Dissertation Abstracts on the Graduate School of International
Social Sciences Website(1) Publication of Dissertation Abstract
Abstracts of the content of degree dissertations by persons who acquire doctoral degrees in theGraduate School of International Social Sciences are to be published on the website of this graduate
school pursuant to the intent of Article 8 (Publication of Dissertation Abstracts, Etc.)* of theRegulations on Academic Degrees (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Ordinance No. 9 of April 1, 1953).
The work involved in publication of dissertation abstracts will be carried out in the Library ofInternational Social Sciences. Abstracts are published at the following URLs:
Japanese language versions: http://www.gsiss.ynu.ac.jp/about/center/reference/library
English language versions: http://www.gsiss.ynu.ac.jp/english/about/center/reference/library* Article 8 (Publication of Dissertation Abstracts, Etc.)* of the Regulations on Academic Degrees(Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ordinance No. 9 of April 1, 1953):
When a university or the National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation
confers a doctoral degree, an abstract of the content of the dissertation for which the doctoral degreein question was granted and a summary of the results of the dissertation review are to be publishedwithin three months from the date the doctoral degree in question was granted. (Reference: Article
21, Yokohama National University Regulations on Academic Degrees)(2) Manner of Publication
The degree dissertation abstract is to be published in PDF file format (text searchable, printable,downloadable, not revisable, and closed to copying and pasting).
The Microsoft Word file that has been submitted will be used as the basis for creating a PDF version
that includes the above security configuration, and this work will be carried out entirely by the Libraryof International Social Sciences.

The Bound Doctoral Dissertation and the Print Format for the Front Cover and SpineSpine

Front CoverDoctoral Dissertation

March 2021

Display the month

The History of YNUand year (inThe dissertation title should beof degree

shown in English

acquisition inEnglish (it may berotated 90 degreesclockwise)

Graduate School of International Social Sciences
Yokohama National University

YOKOKOKU TARO

Display the name

YOKOKOKU TAROin roman letters

March 2021

Display the month andyear (in Western format) ofdegree acquisition inEnglish

Height of 30 cm is preferable

The History of YNU

Western format)