2. Application Qualifications
Applicants must meet one of the following qualification requirements:(1) University graduates of a 6-year medical, dental, pharmaceutical course or a veterinary medicine course. (Students graduating onor before March 31, 2022 are eligible for admission in April 2022.)(2) Holders of a bachelor’s degree (in a medical course only) conferred by the National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality
Enhancement of Higher Education under Section 7, Article 104 of the School Education Act.
(3) Those who have completed 18 years of formal education abroad. The last course must have been in medical, dental,pharmaceutical, or veterinary medicine. (Students graduating on or before September 30, 2021 are eligible for admission inOctober 2021, Students graduating in March 2022 are eligible for admission in April 2022.)(4) Those who have completed 18 years of formal education through a foreign correspondence course conducted in Japan. The lastcourse must have been in medical, dental, pharmaceutical, or veterinary medicine. (Students graduating on or before March 31,2022 are eligible for admission in April 2022.)(5) Those who have completed the academic curriculum of a foreign university located in Japan and authorized by their homecountries as educational institutions (whose graduates are regarded as having completed 18 years of formal education in theirhome countries) and designated as such by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology. (Studentsgraduating on or before March 31, 2022 are eligible for admission in April 2022.) The last course must have been in medical,dental, pharmaceutical, or veterinary medicine.
(6) Having completed a course of 5 years or more (the last course must be medicine, dentistry, pharmaceutical or veterinary sciences)at an overseas university or other foreign educational institution (only those whose overall state of educational and research
activities are recognized by the relevant foreign government or individual(s) credited with such agency of the foreign government,or those designated separately by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports as equal to the aforementioned) (including thosecases where all credits have been acquired in Japan through a correspondence course offered by the overseas educational
institution or all required courses have been completed at an educational institution recognized by the school and education
system of such a foreign country and designated as such in the preceding paragraph) and earned a degree equal to a bachelor’sdegree.
(7) Those designated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology. Applicants who meet one of thefollowing qualifications:[1] Individuals who studied medical or dental science in the medical or dental department of a university established under theformer School Education Act (Imperial Decree 388 of 1918) and graduated there from.
[2] Graduates of the National Defense Medical College established under the Defense Agency Establishment Act (Act No.164 of1954).
[3] Those who have completed a master’s course and applicants who are eligible for a master’s degree. (Students graduating on or
before March 31, 2022 are eligible for admission in April 2022.)[4] Applicants who have been enrolled for more than 2 years in a doctor’s course that does not divide into 2 parts (first 2 yearsand second 3 years), acquired more than 30 credits, received necessary research instruction (including those who meet therequirement of the Academic Degree Rule [Section 1, Article 6, Education Ministry Ordinance No.9 of 1953] before it waspartly revised by Education Ministry Ordinance No.29 of 1974), and are regarded as having a level of academic ability in thegraduate course or major subject equivalent to that of a University graduates of a 6-year medical, dental, pharmaceuticalcourse or a veterinary medicine course.
[5] University graduates in departments other than medical, dental, pharmaceutical, or veterinary medicine (years requiredfor graduation must have been 6 years) or students who have completed 16 years of formal education abroad, been engaged
in research work for more than 2 years at a university or research institution, and are regarded, thanks to their research
performance, as having a level of academic ability in the graduate course or major subject equivalent to that of a university
graduates of a 6-year medical, dental, pharmaceutical course or a veterinary medicine course.
(8) Students who had been enrolled in a 6-year medical, dental, pharmaceutical course, or a veterinary science course for more than
4 years or students who have completed 16 years of formal education that must have included a medical, dental, pharmaceutical,
or veterinary science course abroad (including students graduating on or before September 30, 2021 for admission in October
2021 and students graduating on or before March 31, 2022 for admission in April 2022) and are regarded by the Graduate Schoolas having acquired the necessary credits with excellent grades.
(9) Those who are 24 years of age or older on or before September 30, 2021 for admission in October 2021 and or before March31, 2022 for admission in April 2022 and who have taken the Graduate School’s preliminary qualification examination and areregarded as having a level of academic ability equal to or higher than that of a university graduate of a 6-year medical, dental,
pharmaceutical course, or a veterinary science course.

* Applicants who fall into the categories of (7)-[4][5], (8) or (9) must take a preliminary qualification examination.

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