III Guidelines for Screening for Advancement(Time of Advancement: October 2024/ April 2025)
1 Eligibility for Application
Okayama University Students who are expected to complete the master’s course or masters’ program at thegraduate school by March 2025, or by September 2024 for applicants for October 2024 Advancement.
2 Application Procedures
1. How to Apply
Applicants for advancement must submit all the “5. Documents Required for Application” to “3. Address forSubmission ” during acceptance hours (8:30–17:00) during “2. Application Period”.
(No examination fee is needed. Do not transfer it by mistake.)Applicants for advancement must, in advance, contact a prospective supervisor who will teach afteradvancement.
2. Application Period
Examination for October 2024 Advancement
Examination for April 2025 Advancement(First Submission Period)

July 31, 2024
toAugust 1, 2024

January 27, 2025
toJanuary 28, 2025

Examination for April 2025 Advancement(Second Submission Period)

When sending documents by mail, they must be sent by “Registered, Express Mail”. Write “Enc.
Application Form for Doctor’s Course of Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering inHealth Systems” in red on the envelope and send it must arrive by the last day of the above Application
Period.

Applicants for advancement must contact a prospective supervisor as early as possible
before application to consult about research content, examination content, etc.
3. Address for Submission
Graduate School Section
Academic Affairs Division
Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems
Okayama University
3-1-1, Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
Phone: 086-251-7771
4. Notes on Application(1) No change of the contents of the submitted documents shall be permitted after submission.
(2) No document shall be returned for any reason after the application documents are accepted.
(3) Application with incomplete application documents shall not be accepted.
(4) Please note carefully that admission might be withdrawn even after advancement if the contents of thesubmitted documents are found to include false entries.
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Documents Required forApplication

1 Application forAdvancement,
Curriculum Vitae (CV)and Admission Ticket for
the Examination

Fill out necessary items on the forms prescribed by the Graduate
School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems
personally by the applicant. Affix a photograph (4 cm long × 3 cmwide, upper body, no headwear, facing forward, taken within the threemonths before application) on the prescribed space on the“Application for Advancement” and the “Admission Ticket forExamination.” Before affixing it, write the name of the intended major
course of study and your name on the back of each photograph.

2 Transcript of Graduate

Submit a certificate issued by the master’s course (master’s program)

School3 Research Progress

Use the form (approx. 2,000 words) prescribed by the Graduate School

Reportof Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems.

4 Research Planning

Use the form prescribed by the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary

SheetScience and Engineering in Health Systems.

5 Sticker of Address

Fill out the necessary items.

6 Copy of Card (bothIf you are not a Japanese citizen, please submit following documentssides) or Original copy offor the purpose of confirmation of nationality, name, etc.

Residence Certificate

・A copy of both sides of the residence card or Original copy of7 Copy of Passport

Residence Certificate (issued by the city of municipality. The status ofresidence must be specified)・A copy of passport (the page with your name, nationality, andphoto)

6. Purpose of Use of Personal Information
Application documents submitted and personal information written on them are used for affairs related to theselection of advancing students.
However, regarding advancing students, we use their personal information written on the application form,
including name, gender, date of birth, current address, and schools graduated from, as registry data for basic
student information in the academic affairs system at Okayama University.
In addition, successful applicants’ personal information, examinee number and name (kanji/ kana), are usedfor the clerical systems for tuition fee debt management and tuition fee exemption at Okayama University.
When application for tuition fee exemption, or scholarships such as those of Japan Student Services
Organization are made, the applicant’s entrance examination results and academic transcript might be used tohandle academic ability judgment related to affairs such as tuition fee exemption.
3 Issue of Admission Ticket for Examination
Admission tickets for examination will be sent to your prospective supervisor around the date stated below.
Please receive it from your prospective supervisor.
Entrance Examination for October 2024 Advancement
Entrance Examination for April 2025 Advancement(First Submission Period)
Entrance Examination for April 2025 Advancement(Second Submission Period)- 14 -

Around August 5, 2024

Around January 30, 2025

4 Methods for Screening for Advancement
Selection of advancing students shall be made in a comprehensive manner based on results of an oral
examination and document screening.
The oral examination will be conducted mainly concerning the applicant’s progress report of research and theresearch plan document.
If necessary, we will present questions related to English language ability (or Japanese language ability forinternational students) during the oral examination.
When an applicant’s ability can be assessed fully by document screening, etc., the applicant’s oral
examination might be omitted.
Examination for October 2024 Advancement and for April 2025 Advancement (First Submission Period)
Examination
DateTime
Place of Examination
Category
A prospective supervisor
Oralwill notify applicants of theAugust 22, 2024
9:30 a.m. –Examination
location later.
Examination for April 2025 Advancement (Second Submission Period)
Examination
DateTime
Category

Place of Examination

A prospective supervisor
will notify applicants of thelocation later.
Note 1: The date and time of the oral examination above might be changed after applicants are contacted.
Note 2: If no information related to the date, time, or place of the oral examination has been received by fourdays before the examination, please inquire to the office in charge (p.17).
February 7, 2025

Oral
Examination

9:30 a.m. –5 Announcement of Successful Applicants
Successful applicants will be announced on a bulletin board.
Examination for Advancement
Examination for October 2024
Advancement
Examination for April 2025
Advancement(First Submission Period)
Examination for April 2025
Advancement(Second Submission Period)Date
10:00 a.m.
on
September 6, 2024

10:00 a.m.
on
February 28, 2025

Place of Bulletin Board

The bulletin board in front of
the office of the Graduate
School Section, 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
acceptance and other materials will be sent directly to successful applicants dated on the day of theannouncement.
Note 2. After the announcement on the bulletin board, the examinee numbers of successful applicants will beposted on the homepage (https://www.gisehs.okayama-u.ac.jp/admission/).
Note 3. We will never under any circumstances respond to inquiries by phone, etc. concerning passing or
failing the examination.

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6 Advancement Procedures
1. Method of Advancement Procedures
Successful applicants will be accepted into the course after having completed the advancement procedures.
Details will be provided separately to successful applicants later.
2. Period of Advancement Procedures
The period of advancement procedures has been scheduled as follows. However, successful applicants will
be informed about details later.

Examination for October 2024 Advancement

Examination for April 2025 Advancement(First Submission Period)

September 18, 2024
toSeptember 19, 2024

March 13, 2025
toMarch 14, 2025

Examination for April 2025 Advancement(Second Submission Period)

7 Other
1. Admission Fee and Tuition Fee
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
from the 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 several systems for study assistance: tuition fee exemptions, and scholarships.
3. Day/Evening Course System
Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science applies the special provision for educational methods(Day/Evening Course System) stipulated in Article 14 of Standards for Establishment of Graduate Schools
to make it easier for students who work during class hours to take courses. We provide classes and researchguidance not only during the day, but also during evenings (and Saturdays, summer and winter vacations,etc.).
4. A supporting system to extend your study period for doctoral course
This system is designed that students, who are unable to complete their course within thestandard doctoral study term (3 years) due to circumstances such as work schedule, can completea previously scheduled and extended course period over a certain period of time beyond thestandard 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. Security Export Control Regulations of Okayama UniversityOkayama University has established the “Security Export Control Regulations of Okayama University”
under the Security Export Control System based on the “Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act(FEFTA)”, and conducts strict screening when accepting foreign students. If you are subjected to thisregulation or FEFTA, you may not be accepted or your desired research activities may be restricted.
For details concerning the Security Export Control System in Japan, please refer to the following website.
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6. Office in charge
If there is anything unclear about your application, please inquire to the office in charge below.
Graduate School Section
Academic Affairs Division
Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems
Okayama University
3-1-1, Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
Phone: 086-251-7771
E-mail: hs7771@adm.okayama-u.ac.jpURL of Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems:
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Major

Program

Section

Education and Research Field
Design of Biofunctional Molecules
Single Molecule Biology

MedicalBioengineering
SectionApplied Cell Biology
Biomaterials Engineering
Biomolecular Engineering
Organelle Systems Biotechnology
Medical Protein Engineering
Molecular Cell Engineering
Human Centric Information Processing

Medical Devices Information Network Technologies for Medical
Interdisciplinary Interdisciplinaryand Materials

EngineeringEngineering

Advanced Electro Measurement TechnologySection

Interface Systems

Science andScience andEngineering in

Engineering inCognitive Neuroscience

Health Systems

Health Systems

Health System Management

MajorProgram

Nursing science
Healthcare
Science Section

Biomedical Informatics
Radiological Health Science
Regenerative and Reconstructive Medicine(Ophthalmology)
Pharmaceutical Biomedicine
Japanese Culture

Human Care

Religious Culture

Innovation

Medical Law

SectionHistory of Science and Technology
Clinical Thanatology
Social Innovation

With regard to prospective supervisors at our graduate school, please visit our website;

https://www.int.gisehs.okayama-u.ac.jp/staff/Note 1: When you contact your intended supervisor, search for the name in the above list and call the phone number of thelaboratory posted on the page or the switchboard number below.
<Tsushima Campus, Okayama City> Phone: 086-252-1111 (switchboard)<Shikata Campus, Okayama City> Phone: 086-223-7151 (switchboard)
Note 2: Teachers listed on the pages below do not always provide research supervision, but only undertake teaching. Pleasecontact your intended supervisor in advance to be sure of availability.
Note 3: Because this major guide is a plan at the time of making the application guidelines, it might be changed.

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Doctor's Course, Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems Program,Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems Major
Section

Education and Research
Field
Design of Biofunctional
M oleculesContent of Education and Research Field
Interdisciplinary research aimed at the application of artificial bio-function
regulatory molecules that are designed based on functional analysis of biofunctional molecules, including nucleic acid binding protein and enzymes, andaiming at application of the obtained knowledge for medical care and agriculture

Affiliated teachers
SERA T akashi, Professor
MORI T omoaki, Senior Assistant Prof.
MORI Koichi, Assistant Prof.
☆IDE T oru, Professor

Single M olecule Biology

Functional analysis of protein and elucidation of the molecular mechanism, andthe application of those results to medical care and environmental science

HIRANO Minako, Associate Prof.
HAYAKAWA T ohru, Assistant Prof.
☆T OKUMIT SU Hiroshi, Professor

Applied Cell Biology

Intracellular signal transduction research and drug development

MAGARI Masaki, Assistant Prof.
△OHT SUKA Satomi, Assistant Prof.
HAYAKAWA Satoshi, Professor

Biomaterials Engineering

Research into the design and application of biomedical materials in which theinorganic material-based structure is precisely controlled

MedicalBioengineering

YOSHIOKA T omohiko, Associate Prof.
△KAT AOKA T akuya, Assistant Prof.
OHT SUKI T akashi, Professor

Biomolecular Engineering

Research into biotechnology and life science, mainly emphasizing the function ofWAT ANABE Kazunori, Associate Prof.
RNA, based on design of novel bio-functional molecules△T AKAHARA Mari, Assistant Prof.

Organelle Systems
Biotechnology

Research into elucidating mechanisms and applications of intracellular organelle
biogenesis and material transport control

M edical Protein
Engineering

Research into the development of effective methods for production and analysisof proteins and applications to the field of medical engineering

SAT OH Ayano, Associate Prof.

FUT AMI Junichiro, Professor△MIYAMOT O Ai, Assistant Prof.

M olecular Cell Engineering Research into analysis and application of molecular functions in immune cells

KANAYAMA Naoki, Associate Prof.

Analysis and modeling of human audiovisual information processing and☆ABE Masanobu, Professor

learning, as well as research on their application to services

AIDA T oshiaki, Senior Assistant Prof.

Information Network
Technologies for M edical
Engineering

Methods for functional analysis and evaluation, as well as for their further
reliability enhancement and further sophistication, of computer networks andcommunication protocols, and their application to medical use☆YOKOHIRA T okumi, Professor

Medical Devices
and Materials Advanced Electro
Engineering M easurement Technology

Research into various measuring techniques, systematization, and signal
processing design using sensor devices that are important in biomedical fields

Human Centric Information
behaviors based on signal processing, probability statistics theory, and machine
Processing

KIWA T oshihiko, Professor

WANG Jin, Associate Prof.

Interface Systems

Education and research on human computer interaction (HCI), media processing
and robot technologies that cooperate with people and which support human
NAKAZAWA Atsushi, Professor
activities, and their application to medical and nursing care systems

Cognitive Neuroscience

Education and research related to the elucidation of human cognitive neurological YANG Jiajia, P rofessor
functions using cognitive psychology and neuro-imaging techniques, and their
T AKAHASHI Satoshi, Associate Prof.
application to medical care and welfare

Note 1: You cannot choose a teacher with a △ mark as your supervisor.
Note 2: If you want to choose a teacher with a ☆ mark, please inquire in advance at the Address for Submission of Documents / Inquiries.

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Education and Research
Field

Affiliated teachers

Health System
M anagement

Research on the construction of theories for building organizations, formulating
strategies, and motivating human resources while effectively using and allocating
WAT ANABE T oyohiko, Professor *finite human resources and funds in the clinical practice of medicine and thedevelopment of new therapeutic methods.

Nursing science

Research on building micro and macro level organizational structures to enableeffective disaster response in health, medical care, public health, and welfare to
HARADA Nahoko, Professor *scale up strategic response. Research on stress and wellbeing management forhumanitarian responders.

Biomedical Informatics

Education and research on technologies for accurate measurement and processingof biological information and methods for analysis and evaluation, and for MORIT A Mizuki, Professor *furthering their use in society based on the obtained information and databases

Radiological Health Science

Research into the development and application of physical measurement andevaluation technologies for radiation in the field of medical care; also, research
OIT A Masataka, Associate Prof. *related to predictive simulations for subjects such as therapeutic and side effects
to living bodies

Regenerative andReconstructive M edicine(Ophthalmology)

Development and evaluation of equipment through medicine--engineeringcollaboration, clinical research related to vision, and research elucidating the role ☆MAT SUO T oshihiko, Professor *of vision in society and medical care

PharmaceuticalBiomedicine

Analytical research elucidating the biological reactions of blood vessels andfibrous tissues based on knowledge of diseases in using medicines with
KANO Mitsunobu, Professor
nanotechnology for actual disease treatment, or epidemiological analyticalresearch based on medical data

Japanese Culture

Research specifically examining eastern Asian and Japanese views of old age andMOT OMURA Masafumi, Professor
those of life and death rooted in sites of medical and nursing care

Religious Culture

Philosophical and religious research on human being, focusing on the notions ofHAKAMADA Rei, Senior Assistant Prof.
life/death and of body/soul.

M edical Law

Education and research oriented to fostering persons who can offer solutions
after grasping and analyzing legal issues arising at medical sites from both medical SHISHIDO Keisuke, Professor
practice and medical systems

History of Science andTechnology

YOSHIBA Yasuyuki, Professor
Research elucidating the relation between the development of scientifictechnology involved in nursing care and the issues of aging, and how the relation
should be△ KOMAT A Megumi, Assistant Prof.

Clinical Thanatology

Clinical thanatological research investigating issues related to life and death inmedical and nursing care sites and how the theory and specific method for solving HIKASA Haruka, Associate Prof.
the problems should be

Social Innovation

Education and research elucidating the development and application oftechnological and social innovation for various issues in medical and nursing care FUJII Daiji, Professor
sites

Healthcare
Sciences

Human Care
Innovation

Content of Education and Research Field

Note 1: You cannot choose a teacher with a △ mark as your supervisor.
Note 2: If you want to choose a teacher with a ☆ mark, please inquire in advance at the Address for Submission of Documents / Inquiries.
Note 3: Teachers marked * are of Shikata campus.

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