IV. Announcement of Successful Applicants, Admission Procedures, Other
1. Announcement of Successful Applicants
Successful applicants will be announced on a bulletin board.
Date and Time

April 2023 Enrollment

March 1, 2023

(January Application)

10:00 a.m.

Place of Bulletin Board

The bulletin board in front of the office of Graduate
School Section, Academic Affairs Division,
Graduate School of Environmental, Life, Natural

April 2023 Enrollment

March 6, 2023

(February Application)

10:00 a.m.

Science and Technology, Okayama University(1F, Building No. 1, Faculty of Engineering)

Note 1: The examinee numbers of successful applicants will be announced on the bulletin board. A letter of acceptanceand other materials will be sent directly to successful applicants dated on the day of the announcement.
Note 2: After the announcement on the bulletin board, the examinee numbers of successful applicants will be postedon the homepage (https://www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp/ja/admission/).
Note 3: We will never under any circumstances respond to inquiries by phone, etc. concerning passing or failing theexamination.

2. Admission Procedures
1) Method of Admission ProceduresSuccessful applicants will be accepted into the program after having completed the admission procedures.
Details will be separately informed to successful applicants later.

2) Period of Admission Procedures
The period of admission procedures has been scheduled as follows. However, successful applicants will be informed
about details later.

April 2023 Entrants: March 13, 2023 to March 14, 2023

3. Other
1) Admission Fee and Tuition Fee
Admission fee: 282,000 yen (expected amount)※ Applicants who took SCREENING FOR ADVANCEMENT: No Admission fee is needed.

Tuition fee: 267,900 yen (for half a year); 535,800 yen (for a year) (expected amount)※ When the amount was revised at the time of admission or while at school, the new amount will be applied fromthe time of the revision.
In addition, a premium for Personal Accident Insurance for Students Pursuing Education and Research, etc. will
be needed as an additional expense.

2) Study Assistance
We have many systems for study assistance: tuition fee exemptions, and scholarships.

- 20 -3) Day/Evening Course System
Graduate School of Environmental, Life, Natural Science and Technology applies the special provision for
educational methods (Day/Evening Course System) stipulated in Article 14 of Standards for Establishment ofGraduate Schools to make it easier for students who work during class hours to take courses. We provide classes andresearch guidance not only during the day, but also during evenings (and Saturdays, summer and winter vacations,etc.).

4) Extended doctoral course system
This system is designed that students, who are unable to complete their course within the standard doctoral study term(3 years) due to circumstances such as work schedule, can complete a previously scheduled and extended course period
over a certain period of time beyond the standard term. If you are permitted, you can complete the course by paying
tuition fee of standard study term (for 3 years). Details will be announced at the entrance procedure.

5) Distance Learning Scholarship for Working Students of Graduate School Doctor’s Course
This scholarship is for working students who do not receive any financial support from their companies, etc. for theirstudy, and those who have a distance of 50 km or more to Okayama University from either their place of work or home,where the distance to Okayama University is shorter（hereinafter referred to as "the commuting place"), and also those
who will enroll (or advance to) the University in April with excellent grades.

https://www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp/ja/scholarship

6) Security Export Control Regulations of Okayama University
Okayama University has established the “Security Export Control Regulations of Okayama University” under theSecurity Export Control System based on the “Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (FEFTA)”, and conducts strict
screening when accepting foreign students (including Japanese Students receiving scholarships from outside Japan) . If
you are subjected to this regulation or FEFTA, you may not be accepted or your desired research activities may berestricted.
For details concerning the Security Export Control System in Japan, please refer to the following website.

https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/anpo/englishpage.html

7) Emergency Warning or Weather Warnings
The entrance examination day and the start time may be postponed in case of Emergency Warning or Weather Warnings.
Therefore, please check the website of the Graduate School before the examination.

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