Changes to the Entrance Examination Administrated after the 2025 AcademicYear2024-06-12
Below, we have outlined three changes that will apply to the Graduate School of Medicine
entrance examinations conducted from the 2025 academic year onwards. Please be sure tocheck the Application Guidebook for the academic year you plan to apply for more information.
1. Name of the Entrance Examination
The name of the examination will change from being distinguished by the admission year tobeing distinguished by the year the examination is conducted.
Before change: Entrance Examination for the Graduate School of Medicine, AY XX
After change: Entrance Examination for the Graduate School of Medicine, Conducted AY XX
2. Entrance Examination Schedule
For the entrance examinations to be conducted from the 2025 academic year, the first
application period; Period I, for the entrance examination will start approximately three months
earlier.
There will be no significant changes to the schedule of the second application period; Period
II,.
Entrance examinations to be conducted in the 2025 academic year are scheduled as follows.
Please be sure to check the Application Guidebook for the academic year you plan to apply
for more information on application periods and examination schedules.

Application
Period I
2025

2026

April 28 (Mon) – May 9 (Fri)

Online Registration Begins

April 28 (Mon) – May 9 (Fri)

June 26 (Thu)Application Period (Applications within Japan
must be postmarked by the deadline, andapplications from abroad must arrive by thedeadline to be accepted.)
Examination Slips Issued

July 2 (Wed)July 3 (Thu)

Written Examination for Master's Programs
Written Examination for Doctoral Programs

July 4 (Fri)Interview Examination

July 11 (Fri)Announcement of Final Results

Mid- to late-July

Enrollment Procedure Period for Doctoral
Programs (September Enrollment)
Enrollment
Procedure
Period(AprilEnrollment)

Mid-February

Application
Period II
2025

2026

November
10 (Mon) –November 21 (Fri)November 10 (Mon) –November 21 (Fri)

Online Registration Begins

December 18 (Thu)Application Period (Applications within Japan
must be postmarked by the deadline, andapplications from abroad must arrive by thedeadline to be accepted.)
Examination Slips Issued

January 14 (Wed)January 15 (Thu)January 16 (Fri)Written Examination for Master's Programs
Written Examination for Doctoral Programs
Interview Examination

January 23 (Fri)Announcement of Final ResultsMid-February

Enrollment
Enrollment)

ProcedurePeriod(April

3. Applications for September Enrollment in Doctoral Programs(Open to students whose latest degree is from a university or graduate school outside of Japanand who wish to enroll in a doctoral program with September enrollment)
There will be changes to the application period for those wishing to enroll in a doctoral program
starting in September.
Before change: Apply during the second application period; Period II, and enroll in
September of the following academic year after taking the entrance examination.
After change: Apply during the first application period; Period I, and enroll in Septemberof the same academic year after taking the entrance examination(For instance, applying in April 2025 for enrollment in September 2025)
This change will apply to the entrance examinations conducted from April 2025 onwards.
The previous system of applying during the second application period; Period II, and enrollingin September of the following academic year after taking the entrance examination will beabolished with the last examination conducted in the 2024 academic year (applying inNovember 2024 for enrollment in September 2025).
(Continued on next page)Application and Enrollment Procedure Flow Chart
July 2024 Application (AY2025 Entrance
Examination — Application Period I)
November 2024 Application (AY2025 Entrance
Examination — Application Period II)

April 2025
Enrollment

April 2025 Application (Entrance Examination
Conducted AY 2025 — Application Period I)
November 2025 Application (Entrance
Examination Conducted AY 2025 — Application
Period II)

September 2025
Enrollment
April 2026
Enrollment

April 2026 Application (Entrance Examination
Conducted AY 2026 — Application Period I)
November 2026 Application (Entrance
Examination Conducted AY 2026 — Application
Period II)

September 2026
Enrollment
April 2027
Enrollment

Red arrows: Applicable from the entrance examinations conducted in the 2025 academic year
Blue arrows: Abolished with the last entrance examination conducted in the 2024 academic year
Black arrows: No change