For information on doctoral course admissions, please visit the below. Note) The following information is only applicable for Tsurumai Campus, and not applicable for the School of Health Sciences(Daiko Campus).

• Doctoral Admission, April 2025 intake*Updated on Apr. 1, 2024
• Doctoral Admission, October 2025 intake
  • Global 30 International Program*Updated on Oct. 28, 2024
  • MEXT Scholarship Admission Research Students (University Recommendation, Special Selection)*Updated on Nov. 20, 2024
  • China Scholarship Council(CSC)*Updated on Nov. 22, 2024
• Contact for Inquiries

Doctoral Admission, April 2025 intake

*Updated on April 1, 2024

April admission which the entrance examinations are to be held twice as follows. Please obtain an application booklet from the Graduate School of Medicine before applying.
If you are an overseas resident, please obtain a booklet through your prospective laboratory.

First Round
Preliminary Screening Deadline: April 26 (Fri.), 2024
Application Filing Period: June 3 (Mon.) to June 7 (Fri.), 2024 (from 9:00 to 16:00) ※Except 12:00-13:00
Date of Entrance Examination: August 1 (Thu.), 2024
Announcement of Admission Results: At 10:00, September 9 (Mon.), 2024

Second Round
Preliminary Screening Deadline: October 11 (Fri.), 2024
Application Filing Period: November 11 (Mon.) to November 15 (Fri.), 2024 (from 9:00 to 16:00) ※Except 12:00-13:00
Date of Entrance Examination: December 17 (Tue.), 2024
Announcement of Admission Results: At 10:00, January 21 (Tue.), 2025

※ The schedule may be subject to change due to unexpected circumstances. Please check our website to get the latest information.

• Guideline for Admission Selection

Note) Applicants are required to attend the entrance examination(written exam) to be held at Nagoya University.

Doctoral Admission, October 2025 intake

Global 30 International Program

*Updated on October 28, 2024

Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine offers October admission through the framework of the Global 30 International Program.

Preliminary Screening Deadline ※Only those are applicable	November 15(Fri.), 2024
Application Filing Period	January 6 (Mon.) to January 15 (Wed.), 2025 (no later than 4:00 pm)
Selection Method	Document screening and interview (Zoom, etc.) will be conducted.
Announcement of Admission Results	March 19(Wed.), 2025

* For details of the admission procedure, please refer to the section of the "Medical Science Graduate Program" on the website of Nagoya University Global 30 International Program.

http://admissions.g30.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Note) Applicants can take October admission from their home countries by using Zoom, etc.

MEXT Scholarship Admission(University Recommendation, Special Selection),
PhD Program for Fostering Medical Science Research Leaders: Integrating
Bioscience and Information Science to Generate Next-Generation Research(Doctoral Admission, October 2025)

*Updated on November 20, 2024

The Graduate School of Medicine of Nagoya University has been selected as a special program by the Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of the Japanese government. We will accept
applications for international students (research students) who seek a PhD degree in Medicine as follows.

Eligibility review for application*	December 4(Wed.), 2024
Application Filing Period	January 6 (Mon.) to January 15 (Wed.), 2025
Interview	in late January 2025
Enrollment Date	October 1, 2025

〇Eligibility review for application:
*Those who fall under Eligibility review for application prescribed by "2025 Application for Admission" must contact
the Student Affairs Division(iga-ryu@t.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp) and submit the "Forms for Eligibility Review" and determined documents
by December 4, 2024. 

• Forms for Eligibility Review.doc

〇Application for Admission:
* Applicants need to fulfill an academic GPA 2.30 or higher (which is designated by MEXT) in a transcript.
　About the GPA(Grade Point Average) in MEXT standard, please see page 8 of "Application for Admission".
　For more details, please see the following "Application for Admission".

* Applicants residing in Japan may also apply, but must follow the "Application for Admission" below. If you have any questions, please contact the Student Affairs Section.

* Applicants must make a pre-application inquiry regarding research projects to a research laboratory/laboratories
　to which they wish to belong to receive supervision for their doctoral thesis and get approval to apply for admission
　from them before submitting application documents. The list of the laboratories is as below.

https://www.med.nagoya-u.ac.jp/medical_E/laboratory/

＜Admission guidelines＞

• 2025 Application for Admission.pdf

＜Prescribed forms＞ 

• No.1 2025 Application Data Sheet.doc
• No.2 2025 APPLICATION FORM FOR JAPANESE GOVERNMENT (MEXT) SCHOLARSHIP.pdf (※fillable PDF form from your computer)

  *Updated on December 4, 2024

• No.3 2025 Field of Study and Research Plan.docx
• No.4 2025 Certificate of Health.pdf

China Scholarship Council(CSC)

*Updated on November 22, 2024

The application deadline is December 13, 2024.
Please refer to the following website for more details.

Nagoya University China Center for International Exchange

http://www.nushanghai.net/newsshow.asp?id=949

Contact for Inquiries

Student Affairs Division
Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
Email: iga-ryu@t.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Scholarship Information