Graduate School of Global Studies
Admissions Guide for International Students
September 2025 Entry

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Ⅰ．Qualifications for Applicants
Doctoral Program:Those who have foreign nationalities and who satisfy one of the following qualifications are eligible:(1) Those who have certification for a master’s degree from an institution outside Japan or are expected to receive it
before September 20, 2025.
(2) Those who have certification for a master’s degree from an institution in Japan as a foreign student or are expected
to receive it before September 20, 2025.
(3) Those who Doshisha University recognizes as having an equivalent qualification to one of the above requirements (1)(2), and who are 24 years or older by the time of enrollment, will be considered for admission.
■Note
1 : Students enrolled in the clusters of American Studies and Global Society Studies can complete the degree by taking
classes taught in English. Please be aware that courses in Contemporary Asian Studies Cluster Ph.D. Program isbasically conducted in Japanese.
2 : Those who apply to above (3) are required to take an eligibility screening for application in advance. Applicants shallcontact the ofﬁce of Graduate School of Global Studies in advance, and send the required documents as following by mailto the ofﬁce by Thursday, November 28, 2024. (Simpliﬁed Registered Express Mail only. The documents must reach theofﬁce on or before the deadline). The result of the screening shall be notiﬁed by Friday, December 27, 2024 to theapplicant those who are already residing in Japan by mail, and to the applicant those who are residing abroad by e-mail.
<Documents Required for Application Eligibility Screening>• Application Form for Eligibility Screening for Application and Curriculum Vitae (Prescribed Form GS④)
• Certiﬁcate of Graduation and Ofﬁcial Transcripts(Proved by the president of the ﬁnal school which the applicant graduated from)• A Personal Statement(A4 sized paper, horizontal writing, approximately 1,000 words, Word is accepted)• Academic Performance as a substitute for a master’s thesis(There is no ﬁxed minimum number of the theses nor word count in a thesis)• Reference Materials for Eligibility (Optional)
Certiﬁcates or Documents to prove that the applicant has:-National Qualiﬁcations-Foreign Language Proﬁciency-Academic History after graduating from the ﬁnal school which the applicant completed-Research or Activity Experiences-Qualities and Ability relevant to applicant’s working background, position, specialized/professional ﬁeld
3 : Applicants who have any questions concerning the qualifications other than above Note2 should consult the Office ofInternational Students prior to application.
4 : Admission will be denied if the applicant who passes the entrance examination does not meet the application
requirements by September 20, 2025.

Ⅱ．Degree, Major, Cluster, Student Status and Number of Students Admitted
DegreeMajorCluster

Student Status

Number of Students Admitted

Ph.D.

Global Studies

American Studies Cluster
Contemporary Asian Studies Cluster
Global Society Studies Cluster

RegularLimitedSpecialLimited※Standard period of study is 3 years.

Ⅲ．Application Schedule
DegreePh.D.

Admission Type Residence

GeneralApplicantsJapan
AbroadStudentStatus
RegularSpecial
RegularSpecialApplication Period
December 23 (Mon), 2024January 8 (Wed), 2025
No later than 5:00 p.m.
(Japan time)

Examination Date Notification of Result
February 9 (Sun), 2025
Documentary
Screening

February 21 (Fri), 2025

※Our office is closed from December 28 (Sat), 2024 to January 5 (Sun), 2025. We will be unable to answer phone andemail inquiries during this period.

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Ⅳ．Application Procedure
DegreePh.D.

Admission
TypeGeneral
Applicants

ResidenceJapan
AbroadStudent
StatusApplication Fee

Regular15,000 yen

SpecialRegularSpecial10,000 yen

Period for Paymentof Application Fee

Application Period

December 16 (Mon), 2024 January 8 (Wed), 2025

December 23 (Mon), 2024January 8 (Wed), 2025
No later than 5:00 p.m.
(Japan time)

As for the payment of the Application Fees, the important notes on application documents and submission, see on page 15
to 16 and “Ⅲ. Payment of Application Fees” on page 283 to 287.

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List of Required Documents for Applicants to the Graduate
School of Global Studies for September 2025 Entry
Name
Doctoral Program
Check the box □ to confirm you have prepared all the required documents, and submit the required documents together with this checklist.
Print and keep a copy of this checklist for your record as you may be inquired regarding your submission of the documents.
NOTES: Applicants corresponding to the followings are exempt from submission of documents 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 9 listed below.
・International student of the Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University (Special Student of Doctoral Program)・Graduated or expected to graduate from the Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University (Master’sDegree) by September 20th, 2025
・Graduated from the Graduate School of American Studies, Doshisha University (Master’s Degree)
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Application for Admission to Doshisha
University (Prescribed Form①)

Application form should be filled out by the applicant. ID photo must beattached. Please specify one of the three clusters (American Studies Cluster,Contemporary Asian Studies Cluster or Global Society Studies Cluster) youwish to be considered for admission in the field “Course/Cluster” in 7.
Write “19. The reason for applying to Doshisha University” in Japanese or English.

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Letter of Graduation Confirmation orGraduation Certificate※Except Above-mentioned ApplicantsOriginal: may be returned to the applicant upon request
For details, see page 15 5. Important Notes on Application Documents ③ and ④.
※Both graduation certificate and certificate of Master’s degree should besubmitted if both certificates are issued.

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Official Transcripts※Except Above-mentioned ApplicantsOriginal: may be returned to the applicant upon request
For details, see page 15 5. Important Notes on Application Documents ③ and ④.
A list of all previous undergraduate and graduate study credits obtained at theundergraduate and graduate courses.

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One Letter of Recommendation(Prescribed Form②)※Except Above-mentioned Applicants

Written by a faculty or a staff member of an educational or research institution.
※MUST be sealed by a recommender.

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Prescribed Form for Proficiency inLanguages (Prescribed Form GS①)
※Except Above-mentioned Applicants

Submit this form even if you have not taken a language proficiency exam.
(In that case, please evaluate your abilities using the prescribed form.)□理

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Request Sheet for the Main Faculty
Research Advisor(Prescribed Form GS②-1〜3)

Fill out and submit a prescribed form of the cluster you wish.

□生命Plan for Study at Doshisha University

An essay which consists of four sections described below must be written inJapanese OR English on A4-size paper.
※Please write down each section separately.
※The plan must be typed and printed on one side only. Your name must be
written on the back side so that the examiner cannot identify the applicant.
※Those who write Section (1) in Japanese must submit an English
summary with a title of approximately 250 words on another sheet.
Section(1) Your Academic Objectives and Research Proposal for thisProgramThis section should be approximately 5,000–10,000 Japanese charactersor 1,250–2,500 words (in English) long, and should include [1]-[4].
[1] The title of the research[2] An evaluation of related study in the field[3] The objective, method, content, and originality of your research project[4] A bibliography
NOTE: [1]-[4] should be clearly stated in order.
Section (2) Your Academic Background and Accomplishments
Please indicate the universities, graduate schools, faculties, anddepartments where you studied and specify what you studied there. If you
studied abroad, please indicate the countries and the institutions you visited
and what you studied there.
If you have done any extracurricular or social activities related to theresearch plan, you can mention them in this section.
In addition, if you have any work experience (especially that related to yourresearch area at the Graduate School), please list it with your job descriptions.
This section should have 1,200 characters or less in Japanese or 500 words
or less in English.
Section(3) Reasons for Applying to this ProgramThis section should be approximately 200 Japanese characters orapproximately 80 words (in English) long.
Section(4) Your Career Plans after Completing this ProgramThis section should be approximately 200 Japanese characters orapproximately 80 words (in English) long.
*Applicants are strongly recommended to contact a professor theywish to work with prior to the application.

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Please note that a color photocopy or a printed copy of a document downloaded from the internet with printed seal/signature is not considered an original.
If you have any questions, please contact the Section for International Admissions, Ofﬁce of International Students, International Center as soon aspossible.

－275－脳司法ビジネスNameDoctoral Program (September 2025 Entry)

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Type of Document

8Master’s Thesis or Equivalent※Except Applicants mentioned on theprevious page

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Certificate of Language Proficiency(Applicants to the all Clusters residing
abroad, as well as the applicants to theAmerican Studies Cluster residing inJapan)※Except Applicants mentioned on theprevious page
※Except Applicants to theContemporary Asian Studies Clusterand Global Society Studies Cluster
residing in Japan

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Applicants residing in Japan
Copy of Resident CardorCertificate of Items Stated in Resident
Register (Must be Original)
Applicants residing abroad
10 Copy of Passport
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Please submit one copy of your Master’s thesis or an equivalent. (It can be adraft or an unpublished manuscript.)
Those who submit thesis written in other language than Japanese or English
should create and submit table of contents and abstract in Japanese or English(approximately 4,000 characters long in Japanese / 1,000 words in English).
Please contact the Office of Graduate School of Global Studies for furtherquestions.

□The most recent TOEFL iBT®TEST, TOEFL® PBT TEST, TOEIC®LISTENING ANDREADING TEST (TOEIC®TEST) or IELTS (Academic Module) (original certificate). For
the 2025 entrance examination, the original certificate acquired with the TOEFL iBT®
Home Edition (TOEFL iBT® Special Home Edition), IELTS on Computer, IELTS for UKVIor IELTS Online is also acceptable. Please note that MyBest™ scores from the TOEFL
iBT® test and scores obtained through the IELTS One Skill Retake are not acceptable.
Those who have the certificate of graduation or graduation letter from a graduate
school in a country where English is the official language are exempted from thesubmission of TOEFL iBT®TEST, TOEFL® PBT TEST, TOEIC®LISTENING
AND READING TEST (TOEIC®TEST) or IELTS (Academic Module).
Please check the right box □ if you intend to send your TOEFL ®Test or IELTS score
report directly from the test center to Doshisha University. Only the score reports
which reach Doshisha University on or before the application deadline can beaccepted. (Score reports delivered to Doshisha University prior to the application
period are also acceptable.) Note we do not respond to the applicants’ inquiries
about the arrival of their score reports. DI code for TOEFL score report (InstitutionalScore Report / Official Score Report) is 7078. Electronic IELTS score report will be
accepted as well only if it is sent directly from the test center to Doshisha University.
In this case, please specify the Graduate School of Global Studies as the destination.
If you apply with a TOEIC® LISTENING AND READING TEST score, submit theoriginal Official Score Certificate issued on paper (not a printed digital version).

Enclosed toApplication
Documents□ORSubmit fromthe testcenter□OR

Exemptedfrom thesubmission ofCertificate□Applicants residing in JapanEither of the following ① or ②:① Resident Card: submit copies of both front and back of the card, in A4 size.
② Certificate of Items Stated in Resident Register: must include nationality,
status of residence, period of stay and date of expiration.

□Examination Admission Card
(Prescribed Form④)

Please fill out the examination admission card. After receipt of the completed
documents, an examination admission card with examinee’s number printed on
it will be sent only to [Japan] applicant for [Regular] student.

□Photo Identification Card
(Prescribed Form④)

Affix photograph in space provided on photo identification card.
(Photograph should have been taken within 3 months prior to application andshould be 3cm H × 2.4cm W, clearly displaying a frontal, hatless view of theupper part of the body. Be sure to write your name and birth date on the backof the photograph.) When your admission is permitted, the photograph will be
used for your student ID card, database of students admitted, etc.

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CheckApplicants residing abroad※Read 3. Residence 【Japan or Abroad】
under 1. Application Flowchart onpage 5 carefully and submit thedocument required for the categorythat applies to you.

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Either of the following ① or ②:① Passport: submit a copy of the page, in A4 size, which includes yourphotograph and name.
② If you do not have a passport, a copy of an official government-issued ID
with your photo must be submitted.

Payment by credit card

Submit a copy (A4-size or similarly sized paper) of the remittance “Result” page.
Payment at convenience store (Applicants residing in Japan only)

13 Proof of Payment of Application Fee

Paste the certificate of payment on the prescribed “Pasteboard for the Receiptof Remittance (Prescribed Form ⑦).”
Payment by bank transfer (Applicants residing in Japan only)

The receipt of the remittance of the Application Fee (Prescribed Form ⑥-3 or⑥-4) bearing the authorization of the remittance bank must be pasted onto theprescribed “Pasteboard for the Receipt of Remittance” (Prescribed Form ⑦).

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Remittance from a financial institution (Applicants residing abroad only)

Submit the receipt of the remittance bearing the authorization of your remittance bank.
Mailing Label(Prescribed Form⑤)

Please write your name and mailing address to receive information about
examination and your examination result, etc.

□List of Required Documents
15(this form)

Please make sure that you have all the required documents with the checklist,
which must be submitted along with the required documents.

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Those who wish to have their original document(s) returned
Request for Returning OriginalDocument※No Prescribed Form

Does your request for returning original document include 1) name of the document,2) your name, and 3) address to which the document should be returned?
※Documents submitted will generally not be returned to the applicant; however,document(s) that cannot be reissued, such as a diploma, may be returned.
※We will return such document(s) only when a request for returning original
document is enclosed in the application packet.

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Ⅵ．Selection Process
DegreeAdmission
TypeResidence

Japan
Ph.D.

GeneralApplicantsStudentStatus

Selection Process

Regular

The selection is made based on a comprehensive consideration of theapplication forms and the result of oral examination. Also, prior to theapplication, applicants are strongly recommended to contact aprofessor they wish to work with.

SpecialRegularSpecial

AbroadAdmission will be decided solely on application documents. When necessary,
we may ask questions online to the applicants individually about thecontents of research plans, etc. Also, prior to the application, applicants
are strongly recommended to contact a professor they wish to work with.

■Examination Admission Card (for Applicants of “Residence: Japan” AND “Student Status: Regular”)
Numbered examination admission cards will be sent out around January 31, 2025 after confirmation that the applicant isqualified to apply. If you do not receive the examination admission card by February 4, 2025, contact the Office ofGraduate School of Global Studies.
※After the University receives their application forms, applicants will be notified of the place and time of the oral
examinations.
※Inquiries regarding the venue, time, subjects, etc. of the entrance examination after receiving the examination admission
card may be directly sent to the Office of Graduate School of Global Studies.

Ⅶ．Examination Date / Subjects / Venue

9:30

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Examination Venue
Oral Examination

February 9, 2025

Karasuma Campus

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Examination VenueOral Examination

February 9, 2025

Karasuma Campus

Global Society Studies Cluster
Date of examination

9:30

February 9, 2025

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Contemporary Asian Studies Cluster
Date of examination

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American Studies Cluster
Date of examination

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Examination Venue
Oral Examination

Karasuma Campus(1) Selection will be made based on application documents and oral examination.
(2) In the oral examinations, questions about research plans will be asked in Japanese or English. Questions may also beasked about language proficiency in Chinese, Korean, or Japanese to applicants for Contemporary Asian Studies
Cluster. Reference materials cannot be brought into the examination room.
(3) Depending on the number of applicants, some oral examinations might be scheduled for the afternoon.
(4) Those who have arrived more than 15 minutes late for the meeting time are not permitted to take the examination.
(5) If the school determines that it is difficult to conduct the entrance examination due to a contingency like a natural
disaster, alternative measures may be taken, such as postponing it or the examinations may be conducted online. In
such cases, details will be announced on the Graduate School’s website.

Ⅷ．Notification of Result
February 21 (Fri), 2025
See “IV. Notification of Result” (page 288).
For your reference, see “V. Initial Registration Procedures” and “VI. Other Important Information” (page 292296).

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