Guidelines for Applicants

※ Please download and use the Application Guidelines and Materials to be submitted below.
If you are downloading Excel forms, you may not be able to do so using Chrome; please download using Edge or firefox.

Date of enrollment Selection category Application Guidelines Materials to be submitted
(Designated slips)
April,2025 ・General Selection
・Special Selection for Working Adults
・Special Selection for International Students
Application Guidelines[PDF] Materials to be submitted[PDF]
Materials to be submitted[Excel]
  • Please click here to see the faculty members in charge of the doctoral program, and check the page of each course.

(Reference)

Date of enrollment Selection category Application Guidelines
October 2024

Not accepted at this time

General Selection
Special Selection for Working Professionals
Special Selection for International Students
Application Guidelines[PDF]

View Number of Applicants

Entrance Year Number of Applicants Number of Successful
Candidates
Number Enrolled
2013 (April semester) 19 14 14
2013 (October semester) 3 3 3
2014 (April semester) 24 13 13
2014 (October semester) 4 2 2
2015 (April semester) 19 14 13
2015 (October semester) 2 2 2
2016 (April semester) 25 15 14
2016 (October semester) 3 2 2
2017 (April semester) 25 17 15
2017 (October semester) 8 8 2
2018 (April semester) 16 11 11
2018 (October semester) 4 4 4
2019 (April semester) 13 13 12
2019 (October semester) 1 1 1
2020 (April semester) 16 12 11
2020 (October semester) 4 4 5
2021 (April semester) 14 9 9
2021 (October semester) 3 3 3
2022 (April semester) 11 11 11
2022 (October semester) 6 3 3
2023 (April semester) 15 11 11
2023 (October semester) 3 3 3
2024 (April semester) 24 17 17

* Excluding the special selection for Qualifying Examination (QE).

Questions / Comments

Admission Team, Student Affairs Division, Human and Social Administration Department, Kanazawa University Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture 920-1192 Japan
TEL: 076-264-5600
E-mail:n-nyusi*adm.kanazawa-u.ac.jp (Please change “*” to “@”.)

Please make use of the chatbot on the top page. It will answer frequently asked questions.