School of Multidisciplinary Sciences

Application guideline

Application guidelines [October 2022](in Japanese)（PDF）

The Application Guidelines(PDF) on this page and a booklet of application forms are required to initiate an application. Please contact us to ask for a booklet or any further information.
[Point of Contact] Student Affairs Section,Division of Academic and Student Affairs SOKENDAI(The Graduate University for Advanced Studies) E-mail:gakusei*ml.soken.ac.jp Please replace * with @ to send an e-mail.

*Some of the application forms are downloadable from the link below. You can submit either the download version or the print version of the application forms. In case you submit the download version, It is necessary to print the documents.

• Form2　Statement of Purpose (For 5-year doctoral program) (Word)
• Form3　Summary of Previous Research Experience (For 3-year doctoral program) (Word)
• Form4　List of Research Presentations and Publications (For 3-year doctoral program) (Word)
• Form5　Research Proposal (For 3-year doctoral program) (Word)
• Form11 (For 3-year doctoral program)Only for Department of Informatics applicants (Word)

*For other prescribed forms not listed above, please use the forms enclosed in the application guidelines (print version).

General Notes

1. If you have any questions regrading the qualification for admission, please contact the Student Affairs Section in advance.
2. The application must arrive no later than the last day of the application period without fail.
3. Physically challenged applicants who require special consideration at the examination and after enrollment are advised to inform SOKENDAI three months prior to the application period.
4. Depending on the specifics of the education and research instructions they wish to receive upon entering the program, applicants may be subject to regulations on the export/transfer of controlled technologies based on the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law. Please consult each department office for further details.
5. Students are not allowed to simultaneously register at other universities while studying at SOKENDAI.
6. Use the pen with black or blue ink when you write the application.When you need to revise the application,cross out the sentence which should be corrected.(Do not use whiteout)