Overview and Implementation Status

Entrance Examination Overview

Enrolled before AY2025

[General Selection for Master's Program]
Online Oral Exam Overview:
- 15 minutes in total
- Questions on basic science, including life science, will be presented, followed by a Q&A session based on the answers.

[Master's Program Self-Recommendation Selection]*It will not be implemented from AY2026 Admission onwards.
Online Oral Exam Overview:
- 15 minutes in total
- Questions about research in life science and medicine, will be presented, followed by a Q&A session based on the answers. During the Q&A session, we will also ask detailed questions about future research plans.

Enrolled in or after AY2026

Online Oral Exam Overview:
- 15 minutes in total
- Q&A session based on the assignment presented on the day of the exam and the research plan submitted as part of the application documents.

Methods and Criteria

Enrolled before AY2025

[General Selection for Master's Program]
A comprehensive selection examination using an oral exam is conducted to assess not only basic medical and life science knowledge and logical thinking ability required for research in the master's program, but also intellectual curiosity and a desire to pioneer new fields with a scientific spirit of inquiry based on the admission policy of the Graduate School of Medicine.

[Master's Program Self-Recommendation Selection] *It will not be implemented from AY2026 Admission onwards.
A comprehensive selection examination using an oral exam is conducted to evaluate applicants' character, including their intellectual curiosity and scientific inquisitiveness, as well as their desire to pioneer new fields, in addition to the logical thinking ability required for research in the master's program based on the admission policy of the Graduate School of Medicine.

*From FY2026 onwards, General Selection and Self-Recommendation Selection will be integrated and will be carried out according to the methods and criteria below.

Enrolled in or after AY2026

Selection is made comprehensively through an oral exam to assess not only the basic academic ability and logical thinking skills of a researcher, but also the intellectual curiosity and scientific inquisitiveness to pioneer new fields, in addition to the medical and life sciences required for research in the master's program based on the admission policy of the Graduate School of Medicine.

Implementation Status

Results of the 2025 Master's Program Entrance Examination.pdf (Only available in Japanese)