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Application Guidelines(Manual for Internal Applicants)
Education Planning Division, Education & International Affairs Department
Doctoral Education Consortium[Internal Applicants]- Please refer to this manual if your Nagoya University ID has been issued at
the time of your application.

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Step-by-step guide to theapplication submission process

STEP 1●

STEP 2●

STEP 3●

STEP 4●

Registration of application information (pp. 3–7)
- Register for application on the Doctoral Education
Consortium website.
Confirmation of application number (pp. 8–9)
- You will be notified of your application number in an
automatic reply email after completing the registration ofapplication information.
- Submission of the “Application Eligibility Screening(Form A)” * Applicable students only
Application preparation (pp. 10–13)- Check the Points to Note and prepare your application.
Application submission (pp. 14–18)- Convert your application (Forms 1 and 2) to a PDF fileand submit it by TACT.
- Submit your application outline video to TACT.
- Academic Advisor Evaluation (Form 3) should besubmitted by your academic advisor using the2dedicated form.

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Step [1]Complete the registration ofapplication information on theDoctoral Education
Consortium website
https://dec.nagoyau.ac.jp/spring_information/[Registration of application information ]- Based on the application information, you will be issued an application
number and registered on the TACT site for submitting your application.
Note that if you do not submit the application registration, you will not beable to submit an application.
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Step [2]Open the registration details
page, enter your email addressin the form, and send it to us.
The URL for registration will besent automatically to the address
you entered.

Sample[Points to Note]
If you do not receive anautomatic reply email, youraddress may be incorrect or it
may have been filtered into thejunk mail folder.
Please use the address given to
you by the University (THERSemail). How to use the THERS
account. (Google translation)

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Step [3]Click on the URL in the emailyou received and complete
all the required information.
Alphabetic and numericcharacters should be
halfwidth characters.

Sample[Point to Note]- Be sure to select thecorrect Year of Application
and Year of Enrollment.

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Step [4]Please double-check youremail address before clicking
Confirm Application Details.
If you enter an incorrect email
address, you will not receive
an acceptance completion
email and will be unable toconfirm your "applicationnumber".
[Points to Note]
A Nagoya University ID isrequired to register on theTACT site, so be careful not
to make any mistakes. (2alphabetic characters + 7numeric digits)

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Step [5]Confirm the entered details
again. If there are no mistakes,
click Send.

SampleBefore sending,please double-check youremail address again.
You can only register once.
Make sure that the field, andyear of your application are allcorrect.

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Step [6]You will be notified of your application number in an automatic reply email after
completing the registration of application information.
Your application number is important because it is used from thesubmission of your application form to the pass/fail decision. Keep it until
the screening process is completed.
*Your application number is also required for the Academic Advisor Evaluation(Form 3), so please share it with your academic advisor.
Please note that you cannot reply to this email with inquiries and so on.
[Points to Note]- Be sure to check the automatedemail response after completingyour application registration.
If you cannot see the automated
reply, it may be in your email junkfolder, or you may not haveregistered successfully.
- If you have not received the email
response, be sure to confirm
using the Inquiry Form.
https://dec.nagoya-u.ac.jp/inquiry/topSample

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for the Next Generation Researchers※Students who are not eligible to apply under "4. Eligibility for Application“.

Submission of the “Application Eligibility Screening (Form A)”
Students who are not eligible to apply under "4. Eligibility for Application"in the Application Guidelines, whether new or additional recruitments, but
who wish to apply for this program under special circumstances, must
follow the procedure below to be checked for their eligibility separately.
Register their application information and submit the "Application forApplication Eligibility Screening (Form A)" via submission form bellow
during the application information registration period.
- Submit to：https://dec.nagoya-u.ac.jp/inquiry/forma- Name the file to be submitted as follows.
“formA(application number)” Ex: formA(K22000000)
Submission deadline: Friday, March 8 at 14:00
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Step [7]The TACT application s ite will be regis tered between March 13th and March 15th.
Log in to <https://tact.ac.thers.ac.jp/> with your THERS account and check to see
whether the application site is registered to “My Current Sites”. If you cannot see thesite or an incorrect site is displayed, please contact us using the Inquiry Form.

* Please check that the site for the correct recruitment year is registered.
Site names
Japanese:

メイク・ニュー・スタンダード次世代研究事業[年度]（申請用）
English:
MNS program Application_[Year ]Sample10THERS Make New Standards Program
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Step [8]Documents related to the application can be obtained from the Overview
section on the Doctoral Education Consortium website. Use a computer toprepare your application. (No handwriting)Download the English version of the application form, click “EN” on thepage top right corner.
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Step [9][Application Submission Form]-Be sure to prepare your application so that it fits the number of pages specified ineach form.
Use 10.5 point or larger font size.
The forms of application documents, text size and font cannot be changed.
The titles and descriptions of each item in the application documents cannot beedited or deleted.
Add page numbers in the center of the footer.
Add your Application Number in the lower right of the footer.
(Example)

Page Number

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Step [10][Application Submission Format]- When submitting your application, convert Forms 1 and 2 into a
PDF file and name it form1(application number).

Form 1Form 2- Please confirm your Application Number by the notification email
you received from the pre-application.
(1 alphabetic character + 9 numeric digits)
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Step [11]After completing theapplication document,
submit it using the“① Su b m issio n o f
a p p lica tio n d o cu m e n t” on
the left side of the window.

SampleClick the Assignment Title
link.
[Point to Note]- Access may be busy
before the deadline.
Make your submissionin plenty of time.
Applications submitted
after the deadline will
not be accepted.

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for the Next Generation ResearchersStep [12]Click “Choose File” and upload
your application documents.
Click “SUBMIT” to complete thesubmission process.

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You can resubmit yourapplication during thesubmission period. (Pleasedelete the uploaded documents
before resubmitting.)
Materials cannot be replaced
after the acceptance period.

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Step [13]This image is a NUCT version sample.

Please check to see if
your submission has
been completed onTACT.
When your submission iscompleted, anassignment submission
notification is
automatically sent toyour THERS email
address. Please notethat you cannot reply tothis email with inquiries
and so on.

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Step [14][Submitting a video]- Name the file mov (application number). Format is MP4.
- For details, check “Creating a video overview of the application”.
After completing the video, submit it using the “②Su b m issio n o f Vid e o ” on theleft side of the window.
[Point to Note]- Access may be busy before thedeadline. Make yoursubmission in plenty of time.
Applications submitted after thedeadline will not be accepted.
- This video will be used for the
first screening and second
screening (interview).

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Step [16]The person who prepared the evaluation (academic adviser, etc.) should submit
it directly as a PDF using the form below.
- Submission form: https://dec.nagoya-u.ac.jp/inquiry/form3- Name the file to be submitted as follows.
“form3(application number)” Ex: form3(K22000000)
Submission deadline: Tuesday, April 2 at 14:00*Each application number is made up of one alphabetic character followed byeight numeric digits, and is assigned to a student at the time of registration ofapplication information.
* Fill in the required details and upload Form 3.
If you enter an incorrect email address, you will not receive an acceptancecompletion email. Be sure to check your email address before sending.
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Contact Us
If you have any questions, contact us using the inquiry form below.
〇 Contact Information
Education Planning Division, Education & International Affairs
Department (Doctoral Education Consortium Office)〇 Inquiry Form

https://dec.nagoya-u.ac.jp/inquiry/top
See the Doctoral Education Consortium website for the latest
information.

https://dec.nagoya-u.ac.jp/spring_information/

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