Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies
Genetics

[Parent Institute: National Institute of Genetics]

Application Guidelines

General Admission

Application Period

Five-year doctoral program / Three-year doctoral program

(First Round) October 2025 Admission / April 2026 Admission: June 26 to July 2, 2025 (Expected date of mailing of Admission Ticket: 2025/07/24)
(Second Round) April 2026 Admission / October 2026 Admission: December 4 to December 10, 2025 (Expected date of mailing of Admission Ticket: 2026/01/08)

Guidelines and Forms

For those planning to apply to the three-year doctoral program at SOKENDAI(SOKENDAI Special Researcher Program)

 

NIG Global Scholar (NIG-GS) Selection

The NIG Global Scholar (NIG-GS) Selection is an examination for applicants from foreign countries who wish to enroll in the Five-year doctoral program in the Genetics Program. A limited number of NIG-GS applicants who pass the Secondary Screening and satisfy certain conditions shall be recommended to the MEXT Scholarship by SOKENDAI. Other applicants who pass the Secondary Screening will be offered partial financial support equivalent to students enrolled through General Admission.

Applicants with nationality of any country that has diplomatic relations with the Japanese government are able to apply. However, the number of scholarship positions are limited for applicants holding nationalities are not specified by MEXT. To see the “list of specified nationalities”, please check this file.

Applying to NIG-GS requires the applicant to declare the Genetics Program, SOKENDAI as their first choice for graduate studies and to reside outside Japan at the time of application. Those who have already obtained a master's degree are also welcome to apply through this application process.

For more details, please refer to the Application Guidelines

Program and Application Deadline

Five-year doctoral program

October 2026 Admission: October 6 to October 28, 2025, 12:00 Noon JST

Guidelines and Forms

    • Application Guideline: (PDF)
    • Checklist: (PDF)
    • (Appendix) About MEXT GPA: (PDF)
    • CEFR Equivalency Chart: (PDF)
    • Application Form (Form1-1): (PDF)
    • Application Form (Form1-2): (Word)
    • Statement of Purpose (Form 2): (Word)
    • Books, papers, or lectures that were particularly interesting to you (Form14-1): (Word)
    • Field of Study and Research Plan: (Word)

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