Graduate School of Information Science, University ofHyogo
2025 PhD Admission Guidelines
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Admission capacity and required qualifications

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Admission capacity
14 (Department of Data and Computational Science, Graduate Schoolof Information Science)２

Target Applicants
We are looking for students who are motivated to acquire the necessary skills andknowledge, positively face challenges, and work proactively to contribute to the creationof new social value by make full use of the knowledge and skills of data science andcomputational science to address issues in a wide range of academic fields, including thenatural and social sciences. We accept students who have the abilities required to conductadvanced research in the field of information science, and who have clear objectives anda strong awareness and desire to conduct specialized scientific research.

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Academic ability requirements
The enrollment policy for the assessment of the abilities and resources required forthis program are as follows.
(1) Possess the enough ability to conduct advanced research in the field of information
science.
(2) Have a clear purpose, strong self-awareness and motivation to conduct specializedresearch.

４Standard admission policy
Those who have obtained (or are expected to obtain) a master's degree or professional
degree, those who have obtained (or are expected to obtain) a master's degree or a degree
equivalent to a professional degree in a foreign country, and those who are enrolled in
the Graduate School as working professionals. This is applicable for students from a wide
range of fields, including those who have been involved in work related to the research
topic. Selection will be based on a comprehensive evaluation of the applicant's information
science-related qualifications, specialized knowledge, experience, and ability to promoteresearch through oral examinations, interviews, and screening of application documents
such as research plans. In addition, we will determine whether it is possible to provide
research guidance and courses in Japanese or English for foreigh applicants .

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Eligibility
Applicants must meet any of the following requirements.
1. Those who have a Master's degree or a professional degree (a professional degreeprescribed in Article 5-2 of the Degree Regulations (1953, Education Ministry
Ordinance No. 9) based on Article 104, Paragraph 1 of the School Education Law.

-1-Hereinafter referred to as “professional degree”) (including those who are expected
to obtain a professional degree by March 31, 2025).
2.

Those who have been awarded a Master's degree or a degree equivalent to aprofessional degree in a country outside of Japan (including those who expect toreceive such a degree by March 31, 2025).

3. Those who have received a Master's degree or a degree equivalent to a professional
degree (including those who expect to receive such a degree by March 31, 2025) bycompleting correspondence courses offered by foreign schools in Japan.
4. Those who have completed a course of study at an educational institution in Japanthat has been designated by the MEXT as having a foreign graduate school curriculum,and have been awarded a Master's degree or a degree equivalent to a professional
degree (including those who expect to receive such a degree by March 31, 2025).
5. Those who have completed a course of study at the United Nations University and havebeen awarded a degree equivalent to a Master's degree (including those who expect toreceive such a degree by March 31, 2025).
6. Those who have taken an educational course at a school in a country outside of Japan,
an educational institution designated under item 4, or the United Nations University,and have passed an examination and screening equivalent to those prescribed in Article
16-2 of the Standards for the Establishment of Graduate Schools and have beenrecognized as having academic ability equivalent or superior to a person who holds aMaster's degree (including those who expect to receive such a degree by March 31,2025).
7. Those designated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, andTechnology (MEXT notification No. 118 of 1989) (including those who are expected tofall under the designation by March 31, 2025).
8. Those who are recognized by the Graduate School of Information Science as having
academic ability equivalent or superior to a Master's degree or a professional degree,
and who have reached 24 years of age at the time of admission, based on an individual
screening of applicant qualifications.
Note: If you have any questions about the eligibility requirements, or if you
wish to apply under condition 8, please contact the General Affairs andAcademic Affairs Division, Kobe Information Science Campus of theUniversity of Hyogo, by Monday, July 1, 2024.

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Application period and procedures

Application period
Applications are accepted from August 5, 2024, to August 16, 2024.
・If the application is submitted in person, please submit from 10:00 to 16:00(except 12:00 to 13:00).
・Applications are not accepted on Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays.
・Applications submitted by post must be postmarked by Friday August 16, 2024.

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How to apply（1）Applicants should send the application documents in an envelope with “Application for
the PhD Program of the Graduate School of Information Sciences” written in red on theenvelope, either in person or by registered mail and by express delivery service.
（2）Applicants must contact a prospective supervisor in advance to discuss the details of
their PhD research and education plan.
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Address for submissions
Kobe Campus for Information Science, University of Hyogo,
General and Academic Affairs Management Division (Fifth Floor),
Computational Science Center Building,
7-1-28 Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe city,
Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
TEL +81-78-303-1905 Email:p-office@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp
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Application documents
Document

Details

Application form

Please use the designated form provided by the Graduate School ofInformation Science and attach a photograph (without hat, upper
body front view, 4 (H) x 3 (W) cm) taken within 3 months before
application in the space provided.

Examination slip

Please use the designated form provided by the Graduate School ofInformation Science and attach the same photo as on the applicationform.

ResumePlease use the designated form provided by the Graduate School ofInformation Science and enter your educational background startingfrom high school graduation. Applicants who have received aMaster's degree or a degree equivalent to a professional degreefrom a country outside of Japan (including those who expect toreceive such a degree by March 31, 2025), or those who havereceived a Master's degree or a degree equivalent to a professional
degree from correspondence courses offered by a foreign school inJapan (including those who expect to receive such a degree by March31, 2025), must enter their educational background starting fromelementary school. Enter both the year of admission and completion.

Master's course
completion (orexpected)
certificate

Please submit a proof of having completed (or expectedcompletion) a Master's course in a Japanese graduate school orequivalent. If the document is written in a language other thanEnglish, please attach a Japanese translation by the applicant.
However, we may request a certified official translation.
For prospective graduates, only transcripts issued on or after
April 1, 2024 are accepted.

Master’s Degree
conferment
certificate

To be submitted only by those who have been awarded a Master's
degree by the National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality
Enhancement of Higher Education.

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Academic transcriptof undergraduate
and master’s
degree OR academictranscript fromNationalInstitution forAcademic Degreesand Quality
Enhancement ofHigher Education
Research Plan

Please submit a transcript issued by the head of the institution
where you completed your degrees.
Applicants who have transferred during the study must also submit
academic transcripts from their previous university or otherinstitution.
Applicants who have been awarded a Bachelor's or Master's degreeby the National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality
Enhancement of Higher Education should submit an academictranscript of their degree.
If the document is written in a language other than English,
please attach a Japanese translation by the applicant. However, wemay request a certified official translation.
For prospective graduates, only transcripts issued on or afterApril 1, 2024 are accepted.
Please use the form provided and type within 1,000 words.

Summary of Master’s
Please submit a summary of your Master's thesis (or equivalentthesis
research outline) within 500 words.
30,000 JPY
Please send money order in the amount of 30,000JPY issued by
Japan Post Bank on and after April, 2024. Keep the money order as
issued and do not write anything on it.
Applicants who are already enrolled in a Master's course of theGraduate
School of University of Hyogo and who wish to pursue PhD
Entrance Examination
program are exempt from the entrance examination fee (includingFee
those who will continue to enroll in a PhD course of the Graduate（Non refundable）
School of University of Hyogo after completing a Master's coursein the middle of the fiscal year 2024).
If you are applying from overseas, etc., and unable to prepare amoney order, please consult with the person in charge mentioned atsection 3.
Returning envelop(for examinationvoucher)

Please write the applicant's name, post code and address on asize 3 envelop and affix a 514 Yen stamp.
If you are taking the exam from overseas, it is not necessary.

Certificate ofResidence and acopy of passport(for foreign
nationals only)

Please submit a certificate of residence showing your residence
status and period of stay in Japan. Photocopies are not accepted.
If you are applying from overseas, etc., and unable to submit
your certificate of residence, please submit a copy of theidentity information page of your passport.

Note 1: If the applicant's name on the submitted documents and the application form/
examination voucher differ, please submit proof of name change.
Note 2: Please use Japanese or English when filling the application form, examination slip,
resume, and research plan. These forms are available from the following link:
https://www.u-hyogo.ac.jp/gsis/index.html-4-５

Faculty contact details
Campus

Kobe Campus forCommerce (SHOKACampus)(Kobe city,
Nishi ward,Gakuen
Nishimachi 82-1)

Kobe Campus for
Information
Science (JOHOCampus)(Kobe city,
Chuo ward,Minatojima
Minamimachi 71-28)

Title

Name

Email address

Professor

Akihito NISHIDEnishide@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor

Tetsuya FUJIE

fujie@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor

Shuichi MIYAZAKI

shuichi@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor

Nobuaki OHNO

ohno@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor

Hiroaki KAWASHIMA

kawashima@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor

Munehiko SASAJIMA

sasajima@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor

Suguru TAMAKI

tamak@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor

Yuya HIGASHIKAWA

higashikawa@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor

Yoshinori HIJIKATA

hijikata@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Associate Prof.

Hajime KAWAMUKAI

kawamukai@ai.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Associate Prof.

Hiroaki OHSHIMA

ohshima@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Associate Prof.

Takayuki YUMOTO

yumoto@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Associate Prof.

Junichi TERUYAMA

junichi.teruyama@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor* Toshiaki TANAKA

toshi@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor

Yoshi FUJIWARA

yoshi@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor

Yuko MIZUNOMATSUMOTO

yuko@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor

Tomomichi NAKAMURA

tomo@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor

Hitoshi WASHIZU

washizu@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor

Tadamasa TAKEMURA

takemura@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor

Tomoe ENTANI

entani@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor

Shin KIMURA

skimura@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor

Ryo HARAGUCHIharaguch@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor

Hiroyasu INOUE

inoue@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor

Essam RASHED

rashed@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor

Shugo YASUDA

yasuda@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor

Takanori ISOBE

takanori.isobe@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor

Yasuhiro GO

go@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor

Ryusuke NUMATA

numata@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Professor

Shin-ichiro SHIMA

s_shima@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Associate Prof.

Jun KURIHARA

kurihara@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Associate Prof.

Tomohiro MORIKAWA

morikawa@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Associate Prof.

Hayato SHIBA

shiba@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp（Note 1）Professor marked * are scheduled to retire in March 2026.
（Note 2）Campus location differs depending on the research laboratory.
※ Please refer to the following URL for research field of eachfaculty member.
https://u-hyogo.info/en/research/faculty/-5-

※ Researchers from RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS) may also provide
research guidance as cross-appointed faculty members of the Graduate School.
＜2024 R-CCS faculty＞
Associate Prof. TAN Cheng （R-CCS Researcher）

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Selection method, examination schedule, examination subjects, etc.

Selection method

Selection of applicants will be based on document review (application documents),
interview, and oral examination.
２Examination schedule
Date

Exam subjects

TimeSaturday, August 31,
2024

Interview & Oralexamination

From 10:00※Interview/ exam time will be notified
separately to each student.

Sunday, September 1,
2024

Alternative day （Note 1）

Note１：If the number of applicants is large, some applicants may have to take the exam
on the alternative day.
３ Examination subjects(1) Document review
A research plan of applicants will be reviewed so that they are within the scope ofinformation science. This process also verifies the status of applicants’
undergraduate and Master's or pre-doctoral data science and computational science
related courses.
(2)

Interview and oral examination
The qualifications and abilities of applicants will be comprehensively evaluated sothat they are related to information science and are based on the research plan andother documents.
In the oral examination, applicants will be asked to give a presentation on prospective
research within a certain time frame. After the presentation, applicants will be asked
questions on their expertise and experience in information science.
In addition, for non-Japanese applicants, their Japanese and English proficiency will beassessed so that it does not interfere with their daily research guidance and coursework.

４Examination venue
University of Hyogo, Kobe Campus for Information Science (see map below).
For more information, please check the bulletin board on campus on the day of theexamination.

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５ Precautions(1) Please be sure to bring your examination slip with you and leave it on your desk during
the examination. If you forget the examination slip, please report to the admission
office and request to be reissued.
(2) Please be sure to be on time for photo identification of examinees and other proceduralinstructions.
(3) If you are late for the scheduled interview time, you will not be allowed to take theexamination.
(4) The use of communication devices (such as smart phones and tablets with phone
connections) is strictly prohibited. If you have such devices, please turn them offprior to examination.
(5) Please secure your accommodation by yourself if overnight stay is required.
(6) Parking for bicycles, motorcycles and cars are not available. Please use publictransportation.
(7) Smoking is strictly prohibited inside the examination venue.

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Result announcement

Announcement schedule
Results will be announced on September 6, 2024 (10:00)

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Announcement method
The ID number of successful applicants will be posted on the University of Hyogo
Graduate School of Information Science website. Applicants will also be notified bypostal mail of pass/fail results at a later date. Please be advised that theannouncement time on the homepage may be subject to delays. Inquiries by phone are notaccepted.

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Admission procedure, admission fees, etc.

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Procedure period
From Monday February 3, 2025 to Thursday February 13, 2025
・In-person deliveries are accepted from 10:00 to 16:00 (except 12:00 to13:00)
・Submissions on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays are not accepted.
・Submissions by post must be postmarked by Thursday February 13, 2025.

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Procedure
Successful applicants will receive the necessary documents for the admission procedurein late January, 2025. Please complete the enrollment procedures within the deadline
with all necessary documents.

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（As of April 1, 2024）Category

At the timeof admission

MayOctoberTotalAdmission A (Note 1)
fees
B (Note 2)

282,000 JPY－－

282,000 JPY

423,000 JPY－－

423,000 JPY－

267,900 JPY

267,900 JPY

535,800 JPY

TuitionNote 1：Category “A” applies if the applicant or their spouse (or relatives of thefirst degree of kinship) has a resident address in Hyogo prefecture for at least
one year before the admission date. Category “A” also applies for candidates whoare currently enrolled in the graduate school of the University of Hyogo andinternational students. Category “B” applies for other applicants.
Note 2：Admission fees and tuition are subject to change. If tuition fees are revised
during enrollment, the new fees will be applied from the time of the revision(referred as slide system).
Note 3：Applicants who continue to enroll from the Master's course at the University ofHyogo are exempt from admission fees (including those who have completed theMaster's course at the graduate school of the University of Hyogo and continue toenroll in the PhD course in the middle of the fiscal year 2024).
４ Knowledge expectations prior to admission
It is desirable to have basic knowledge and skills in one or more of the following
fields: data science, computational science, health and medical science, and information
security science.

ⅥOthers

１ Notes(1) Applicants with disabilities may request special support during examination andstudies. Please contact us (details are below) in such cases.
(2) Once the application procedure has been completed, no changes can be made to thedocuments and the entrance examination fee is non-refundable.
(3) In case of traffic disruptions or weather warnings, the examination date is subject tochange according to the following circumstances:● When the Port Liner line is out of service as of 8:00 a.m.
● If any of the followings apply between Osaka and Himeji as of 7:00 a.m.
a. When all JR lines, Hankyu railway, and Hanshin railway are out of service
b. When both JR lines and Sanyo railway are out of servicec. When all JR lines, Kobe rapid transit railway, and Kobe Municipal subway areout of service● If a weather warning is issued by the Kobe local metrological observatory (such as“Storm warning”, “Snowstorm warning”, “Heavy snowfall warning”, “Heavy rain
special warning”, “Storm special warning”, “Snow storm special warning”,
or ” Heavy snowfall special warning”) and is in effect at 7:00 a.m. for Kobe
City.

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If any of the above applies, or if there is a traffic disruption other than the above,please check the website (detailed below) after 8:00 a.m. on the day of the examination
for further instructions.
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Policy of handling personal information(1) Personal information submitted through the application will only be used for thepurpose of entrance examination and will not be used for any other purpose.
Information of successful applicants will be used for admission procedures.
(2) Personal information used for admission selection will be used to compile and analyze
the results of the entrance examination and for the research and study of theadmission selection methods. However, they will not be used for any other purpose.

３Contact information
General and Academic Affairs Division, Management Department, Kobe Campus for Information
Science, University of Hyogo
Fifth Floor, Computational Science Center Building, Minatojima-Minamimachi 7-1-28, Kobe
650-0047, Hyogo, Japan
TEL：(078)303-1905 FAX：(078)303-2700
Email:p-office@gsis.u-hyogo.ac.jp
https://www.u-hyogo.ac.jp/gsis/index.html

Map of examination venue
University of Hyogo,
Kobe Campus for Information ScienceComputational Science Center bldg.,
Minatojima-minamimachi 7-1-28,
Chuo ward, Kobe city, Hyogo prefecture
Post code: 650-0047
TEL (078)303-1905

Access:Use Port Liner line from Sannomiya Station
Take trains bound for Kobe Airport (about 14 minutes)
Get off at Computational Science Center Station (Keisan Kagaku Center Station) and about
3 minutes walk.

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