Graduate School of Law, Tohoku University 2025
Application Requirements for the Doctoral Programme (April)（Cross-National Doctoral Course）
The Graduate School of Law at Tohoku University has collaborated with Ecole Normale
Supérieure de Lyon (ENS-Lyon), the University of Sheffield’s School of East Asian Studies,
the Department of Political Science at Tsinghua University, the School of Law at Tsinghua
University, the Institute of Law at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), theDepartment of Political Science and International Studies at Yonsei University, the Collegeof Law at National Taiwan University, the Department of Political Science at National
Taiwan University, the Faculty of Philosophy at Heidelberg University, the Department ofPolitical Science at National Chengchi University, the Faculty of Social and Political
Sciences at Universitas Padjadjaran, Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales(Inalco), and Graduate Institute of East Asian studies, College of International Affairs,
National Chengchi University (hereafter “Home Institutions”) and decided to offer a CrossNational Doctoral Course in fields related to law and political science (including humanities
and social sciences).

1. Number of Students to be accepted
We will admit up to 10 qualified applicants each year in total from the HomeInstitutions.

2. Eligibility
Applicants must satisfy all of the following requirements.
(1) Those who are registered, or are expected to be registered, as PhD students at
one of the Home Institutions by April 2025.
(2) Those who have passed the preliminary requirements set forth by the Home
Institutions at which he or she is registered or plans to be registered at the Home
Institution and are agreed upon as candidates for making an application to theGraduate School of Law, Tohoku University.
* Pertaining to (2), please make inquiries regarding the preliminary requirements
to the person in charge at each Home Institution

3. Application Period24th June (Mon), 2024 – 2nd August (Fri), 2024
All required documents must be received by the School of Law Office by 2ndAugust (Fri), 2024 deadline.
Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
Applications sent by post will be accepted during the above application period.
Applications hand-delivered directly to the School of Law Office will be accepted
during its business hours (from 9:00 to 12:45 and from 13:45 to 16:45, except
Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays).

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4. Application Procedure
Applicants should prepare and submit to the Student Affairs Section of School ofLaw the following documents.
Documents to be submitted① Application for Admission and CVDetails
Use the forms specified by the School of Law. The forms can be
downloaded from the following website:

http://www.law.tohoku.ac.jp/eng/admissionsgraduate/entrance_examination/application-requirements/

If you have written a master thesis, its submission is required. Incase there is no master thesis, other equivalent piece of written
Master thesis [(in case there is work shall be accepted. If the Master thesis or other equivalentnomasterthesis,
other piece of written work to be submitted is written in a language②equivalent piece of written other than English or Japanese, the full paper in the originalwork)] (4 copies)
language must be accompanied by an abstract written in either
English or Japanese (approximately 4,000 words in English or
10,000 characters in Japanese, on A4 paper).
List of past research andIn any format, on A4 paper. The list must be written in English or③ publications
Japanese.
(4 copies)
The Research proposal must be written in English or Japanese.
Use the forms specified by the School of Law. The forms can be④ Research proposal (4 copies)
downloaded from the following website:

http://www.law.tohoku.ac.jp/eng/admissionsgraduate/entrance_examination/application-requirements/
Student Registration Certificate(or certificate of expected⑤registration) from the HomeInstitutions
Recommendation letter from thestudent's
supervisor
or⑥
prospective supervisor at one of
the Home Institutions
Certificate of Master degree (or⑦ certificate of expected Masterdegree)

The certificate must be written in English or Japanese. Use theform specified by the School of Law. An official seal of the Home
Institution is required on the form.

The letter must be written in English or Japanese. Supervisor's orprospective supervisor's signature is required.
The certificate must be written in English or Japanese. Use theform specified by the School of Law. An official seal of the Home
Institution is required on the form.

* Applicants who need assistance or other consideration in taking the entrance
examination or completing the course of study should contact the School of Law Office ofStudent Affairs Section. Applicants will not be discriminated against based on suchinquiries made to the School of Law.
Inquiries should be made by 12th July (Fri), 2024.

5. Selection Process
Selection will be determined by the following process.
First Selection: Screening
Final Selection: Interview* Each successful applicant of the (1) Screening will be informed of the time andplace of the (2) Interview.
* Tohoku University Graduate School of Law cannot accept any inquiries regarding
the selection results including documentary screenings.

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Notification of First Selection Results: Around 11:00 a.m., 18th October(Fri), 2024.
Notification of Final Selection Results: Around 11:00 a.m., 22ndNovember (Fri), 2024.
All applicants will be notified of the selection results by e-mail. The results will also
be posted on the website of the School of Law (http://www.law.tohoku.ac.jp/eng/).

7. Status and Research Activities as Registered Students of Tohoku University’sGraduate School of Law(1) Graduate students accepted to the Cross-National Doctoral Course will
become registered doctoral programme students of the Graduate School of Law atTohoku University and their Home Institution. While registered at Tohoku
University’s Graduate School of Law, students are required to spend a minimum of
one year at the institution and to conduct research during that time.
(2) Graduate students on the Cross-National Doctoral Course will submit theirdissertations to the Graduate School of Law at Tohoku and their Home Institution.
By successfully defending their dissertations, students will receive a double
doctoral degree from the two institutions. The awarding of a doctoral degree fromTohoku University’s Graduate School of Law will be in accordance with theGraduate School of Law’s regulations.
(3) Graduate students on the Cross-National Doctoral Course will conduct
research under the joint supervision of supervisors from Tohoku University’sGraduate School of Law and their overseas home institution from the time ofenrollment at Tohoku University until they receive their doctoral degrees.
8. Expenses and Financial Support for Research(1) Students applying to and enrolling in the Cross-National Doctoral Course will
be exempt from the admission, matriculation, and tuition fees of Tohoku University.
(2) Travel fees to Japan, living expenses including utilities and rent, insurance, andother expenses will be the student’s responsibility.
(3) Those who are in the Cross-National Doctoral Course will be employed as
Research Assistants or Fellows for one academic year from April 2025. By assistingat research workshops and with tasks such as translation, Research Assistants orFellows may receive a monthly salary of around 130,000 yen (subject to taxation).
In addition, they may be eligible for an annual research grant of up to 100,000 yen(subject to change) to facilitate their research activities.
Notwithstanding the above provision, however, if they are receiving agovernment-sponsored scholarship or other types of scholarship, their salary as a
Research Assistant or Fellow above mentioned and the annual research grant may
not be paid or may be reduced in consideration of the details of the said
scholarship.

9. Additional Information(1) Applications sent by post should be sent by registered mail with “School of Law
Application (Cross-National Doctoral Course)” written in red, to:School of Law, Tohoku University27-1 Kawauchi, Aoba-ku,
Sendai, Miyagi 980-8576
Japan-3-(2) Those with inquiries regarding the application process or with requests forapplication materials by post should enclose a stamped and self-addressedenvelope.
(3) Withdrawal and changes cannot be made to documents once submitted.
(4) Submitted documents will not be returned.
(5)Privacy Policy on the Treatment of Personal Information①All personal information gathered by Tohoku University shall be treated with due
care in compliance with therelevant university regulations, such as the Act on theProtection of Personal Information (2003, Act No. 57),and the National University
Corporation Tohoku University Policy on the Protection of Personal
Information,and security measures will be taken to protect it.
②Personal information, such as examination scores, used to screen applicants will
be used exclusively foreducational purposes, such as selecting applicants,
enrollment procedures, pre-enrollment instruction, follow-up surveys, postenrollment student support (scholarships, tuition waivers and health managementetc.) and academic advising, or in connection with tuition collection etc., or
surveys/research (surveys/analysis relatedto entrance examination improvements
and reasons for applying; including analysis using the enrollees'personal
information after enrollment).
(6)Educational Data Usage
Data, including personal information, that Tohoku University collects through its
education/learning activities and stores on its information systems (hereafter,Educational Data) is analyzed with the latest analytical and A.I. technology and isconsidered vital to our implementation of evidence-based education.
Consequently, the university strives to use Educational Data effectively andappropriately in compliance with our "Statement on Educational Data Usage,""Policy on Educational Data Usage," and "Tohoku University's 8 Principles of
Educational Data Acquisition."
After being admitted to the university, students' personal information, such asentrance exam scores etc., is merged with the university's Educational Data.
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School of Law, Tohoku University27-1 Kawauchi, Aoba-ku,Sendai, Miyagi 980-8576
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