Master’s Course

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Number of Students Admitted

DivisionNumber of Student Admitted
Division of Humanities23
Division of Economics6
Division of Regional Development Studies14
Division of International Studies10

Notification of Admissions

Change of selection method

Changes to the Graduate School of Human and Socio-Environmental Studies (Master’s Program) Entrance Examinations for Enrollment in October 2025 (Reiwa 7) and April 2026 (Reiwa 8) (Published on 02/05/2025, 02/28/2025 Added)

Information from the Divisions

Division of Humanities

No information at this time

About Internet Application

The Internet Application System can be accessed only during the application period.
During the application period, you are requested to register your application information, pay the application fee, and upload your photo.

For applicants residing overseas

You can only enter an address in Japan in the “Address and contact” field of the Internet Application System.
If you live overseas, please enter Kanazawa University address and telephone number below.
(Please enter your actual overseas address in the “Overseas contact” section of the Internet Application System and in the “Applicant’s contact address” section of the “Application Form”.)

If there is no corresponding phone number for the “Phone number of guardian etc.” section of the Internet Application System, please enter the following Kanazawa University phone number.

Postcode: 920-1192
Prefecture: Ishikawa
City: Kanazawashi
Address Line 1: Kakumamachi
Phone number +81-76-264-5169

Guidelines for Applicants

* The guidelines are available only on the website; printed copies are not provided. Please download the necessary documents and follow the instructions given.

Date of enrollmentGuidelines for Applicants（PDF）Materials of submission
April, 2025Guidelines 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		Guidelines for October 2024 Admission
※05/15/2024 Added “☆” to the list of Lectures and Research Fields.		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 AdmissionApplication Form (PDF)
Research plan document (Excel)
April, 2024

Not accepted at this time		Guidelines for April 2024 AdmissionApplication Form (PDF)
Research plan document (Excel)
October, 2023・
April, 2024
Not 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)

Examination Information Session

Exam Questions from Previous Years

Due to copyright restrictions, some questions only contain a portion of the problem.
All examination questions are available for viewing at Admission Team, Student Affairs Division, Human and Social Administration Department only on weekdays between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm (those with ID can make copies at the University).
Please note that only the years listed here are available for browsing at the Student Affairs Division. ID is required to browse the documents (photocopying on campus is acceptable (at your own expense)). We do not mail them.

(*1) Entrance examination questions for the October admission period are posted together with the first intake for each previous year.

(*2) Due to the spread of COVID 19, all selection methods for the academic years 2021 and 2022 were changed to remote (online) oral examinations. The examination questions for those years are not available, however documents posted on the website in the past are available for reference.

(*3) Past exam questions for courses/programs for which no examinees have taken the exam are not published.

Number of Past Applicants

Number of Enrolled Students

Inquiries

Admission Team, Student Affairs Division, Human and Social Administration Department, Kanazawa University
〒920-1192 Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 
Tel：+81-76-264-5600
E-mail：n-nyusi*adm.kanazawa-u.ac.jp（Please change * to @.）
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