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Application Guidelines

Date of enrollment Guidelines for Applicants(PDF) Materials of submission
October,2024 Not accepted at this time Guidelines for October 2024 Admission

※05/15/2024 Added “☆” to the list of Lectures and Research Fields.

Application Form (PDF)
Application Form (Excel)
April,2025 Guidelines for April 2025 Admission

※05/15/2024 Added “☆” to the list of Lectures and Research Fields.

※10/07/2024 Updated the “List of Lecturers and Research Fields”  (as of 10/7/2024).

Application Form (PDF)
Application Form (Excel)
October,2024
Not accepted at this time
Application Guidelines Examination for Applicants Residing Overseas
(Division of Humanities, Economics, Regional Development Studies, International Studies)
Application Form for Graduate (Full-time) Students (Excel)
Research plan (Excel)
Curriculum vitae (Word)
Letter of Recommendation (Excel)
October,2023
Not accepted at this time
Guidelines for October 2023 Admission Application Form (PDF)
Research plan document (Excel)
April,2024

Not accepted at this time

Guidelines for April 2024 Admission Application Form (PDF)
Research plan document (Excel)
October,2023

April,2024Not accepted at this time
Guidelines for Applicants for the Selection Examination for the English program
(International Relations and Area Studies Course, Division of International Studies)
Application Form (PDF)
Research plan document (Excel)
Curriculum vitae (Word)
October,2023
Not accepted at this time
Application Guidelines Examination for Applicants Residing Overseas
(Division of Humanities, Regional Development Studies, International Studies)
Application Form for Graduate (Full-time) Students (Excel)
Research plan (Excel)
Curriculum vitae (Word)
Letter of Recommendation (Excel)
October,2023
Not accepted at this time
Guidelines for Applicants for the Selection
Examination for the Quantitative Economics program

(Division of Economics)
Application Form (PDF)
Research plan document (Excel)
Curriculum vitae (Word)

Admission Policy

Division
Humanities PDF
Economics PDF
Regional Development Studies PDF
International Studies PDF
(Applicable to students admitted in October 2024 and thereafter)

Exam Questions from Previous Years

Due to copyright restrictions, some questions only contain a portion of the problem.
Exam questions can be viewed in full at the school affairs department (those with ID can make copies at the University).
Please note that the Student Affairs Division will only be able to view the documents for the fiscal year listed here.
*Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, all selection methods were changed to remote (online) oral examinations in FY2021 and FY2022.

*Examination questions for courses and programs for which there were no examinees are not published.

View Number of Applicants

List of the Number of Entrants [PDF]

Questions / Comments

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