September 11, 2025

Apply to Doctor (Katei-Hakase)

The process of doctoral dissertation examination

1.Preliminary Evaluation *1

(1)Submit necessary documents. (Applicants> Program Office)*2
(2)Examination by the Preliminary Evaluation Committee

*1 "Preliminary Evaluation" is named differently at each program/department.

*2 Regarding the application period for the Preliminary Evaluation, please contact Program Office.

2.Evaluation

(1)Submit necessary documents. (Applicants> Program Office)*
(2)Evaluation Committee
(3)Program Committee
(4)Representative Committee

*Regarding the application period for the Evaluation, please contact Program office.

3.Publication of Doctoral Thesis

A doctoral thesis will be published on the Internet.
For details, please contact Educational Affairs Section.

About Degree

Program/Department	Degree (Japanese)*	Degree (English)
Anthropological Studies Regional Studies Comparative Studies	Bungaku or Gakujutsu	Doctor of Philosophy
Japanese Studies	Gakujutsu
Japanese History	Bungaku or Gakujutsu
Japanese Literature	Bungaku
Japanese Language Sciences	Bungaku or Gakujutsu
lnformatics	Johogaku or Gakujutsu
Statistical Science	Tokeikagaku or Gakujutsu
Particle and Nuclear Physics	Rigaku or Gakujutsu
Accelerator Science	Gakujutsu, Rigaku or Kogaku
Astronomical Science	Gakujutsu, Rigaku or Kogaku
Fusion Science	Gakujutsu, Rigaku or Kogaku
Space and Astronautical Science	Rigaku, Kogaku or Gakujutsu
Molecular Science Structural Molecular Science Functional Molecular Science	Rigaku or Gakujutsu
Materials Structure Science	Gakujutsu, Rigaku or Kogaku
Global Environmental Studies	Gakujutsu or Rigaku
Polar Science	Rigaku or Gakujutsu
Basic Biology	Rigaku or Gakujutsu
Physiological Sciences	Gakujutsu, Rigaku, Nokagaku or Igaku
Genetics	Rigaku or Gakujutsu
Integrative Evolutionary Science Evolutionary Studies of Biosystems	Gakujutsu or Rigaku
*Bungaku = 文学, Gakujutsu = 学術, Rigaku = 理学, Kogaku = 工学, Tokeikagaku = 統計科学, Johogaku = 情報学, Nokagaku = 脳科学, Igaku = 医学

Required Documents

No.	Documents	sample
(1)	Application for the Evaluation of Doctoral Thesis	Sample
(2)	Doctoral Thesis
(3)	Contents of Doctoral Thesis	Sample
(4)	Summary of Doctoral Thesis	Sample
(5)	Curriculum Vitae [For regular students of SOKENDAI]	Sample
(6)	Related references
	Title Change Form *If you are instructed that your Doctoral Thesis Title should change by the Thesis Screening Committee.
	Consent Form (Sample) *as needed
	The certificate of attendance of lectures on “research ethics”

Note 1: Regarding the Number of Copies of Documents for the Evaluation, please contact Program Office.
Note 2: Regarding the necessary documents for the Preliminary Evaluation, please contact Program Office.

Documents of Publication of Doctoral Thesis

Documents	sample
SOKENDAI Repository Registration Request Form	Sample
Request for Permission to Publish an Abridged Version (Outline) of the Doctoral Thesis	Sample
Application for Continuance for Non-publication of the Doctoral Thesis in Full-text	Sample
Notice of Authorization to Publish the Full-text of Doctoral Thesis	Sample

Others

Documents
Application form to receive the Diploma

Contact

The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI

Educational Affairs Section

TEL: +81-46-858-1524

Email: kyomu(at)ml.soken.ac.jp

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