Any one of the following qualifications is necessary for admission:

(1) Those who have a Master's degree, or those who are expected to complete a Master's Course.

(2) Those who are awarded a degree equivalent or superior to a Master's degree from an overseas educational institution.

(3) Those who are awarded a degree after completing a correspondence or an online course of a foreign school in Japan, and is equivalent to a Master's degree.

 

(4)Those who have received a degree equivalent to Master's degree or profesional graduate degree by completing required education designated by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology at educational institutes in Japan with a foreign graduate course education system.

(5)Those who have completed a program at the United Nations University and have received a degree equivalent to Master's degree.

(6) Those who are engaged in research for two years or more after completing their undergraduate course in Japan or a 16-year course of school education in a foreign country, and have academic capability equivalent or superior to the Master's degree are eligible to apply for the doctoral course. The qualifications will be examined by the Board of Representatives.[Notification No.118 by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 1989. (Partially amended on March 30, 2001)] The candidates who apply under this category are advised to contact the office of the United Graduate School of Agricultural Science.

 

(7) Those who are above 24 years of age and have a Master's or higher degree. Applicants are required to satisfy an application qualification examination performed by the Graduate School.

 

Eligible candidates: Those who have graduated from Junior Colleges, Technical Colleges, special Training Colleges, various schools, foreign universities (Japanese branch schools), international schools, our Graduate School shall conduct individual exams to determine if they have academic capability equivalent or superior to the Master's degree.

Selection will be made by the results of written and oral examinations, transcripts, and other material of the applicant.

(1) Examination in academic subjects

• Written examination:
  • Foreign language:English.
    Foreign applicants may choose from an English exam, a Japanese essay, or an English essay.
  • Special subjects which are related to the research field of the primary academic supervisor the applicant wish to study with.
• Oral examination:
• The oral examination will mainly be centered on the applicant's Master's degree thesis or its substitute, and the statement of the applicant's research plan at the United Graduate School. The examination will consist of 20 minutes of presentation and 10 minutes of discussion. A computer projector and a Windows laptop computer with PowerPoint will be available for use.

Admission fee: 282,000 yen (estimated)

*	Other than the admission fee, successful candidates are required to purchase “Accident and Casualty Insurance for Students During Educational Research Activities.” Further information will be notified to the candidates after being accepted to the program.
*	Students who will complete the master’s program at any participating university in March 2012 are exempt from admission fee.
*	The admission fee is an estimate, and therefore if modified, the modified amount will be applied from then on.

Tuition fee (first semester): 267,900 yen (estimated; 535,800 yen a year is payable in two installments for the first and second semester)

*	Students will pay the tuition for the first semester in May by bank account transfer. Further information will be notified to the candidates after being accepted to the program.
*	International students who will remain as the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship recipients in the new academic year are exempt from both admission and tuition fees. Towards this, the international students mentioned above must submit the certificate of the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship.
*	The tuition fee is an estimate, and therefore if modified, the modified amount will be applied from then on.

Course	Capacity		Present Enrollment
	Annual Admission	Total Number	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Science of Biological Production	7	21	4(4)	4(2)	13(8)	21(14)
Science of Biological Environment	5	15	10(5)	10(6)	14(6)	34(17)
Science of Biological Resources	8	24	10(2)	9(4)	23(9)	42(15)
Total	20	60	24(11)	23(12)	50(23)	97(46)

() indicates the number of international students.

Participating University	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Gifu University	18(9)	18(11)	41(22)	77(42)
Shizuoka University	6(2)	5(1)	9(1)	20(4)
Total	24(11)	23(12)	50(23)	97(46)

() indicates the number of international students.

Course Doctorare

Year	Participating University	Science of Biological Production	Science of Biological Environment	Science of Biological Resources	Total
2009	Gifu University	5(4)	7(3)	8(5)	20(12)
	Shizuoka University	3(3)	1	4(1)	8(4)
	Shinshu University			2(1)	1(1)
2010	Gifu University	5(3)	2	7(1)	14(4)
	Shizuoka University	2(1)	1(1)	1(1)	4(3)
2011	Gifu University	3(1)	5(4)	6(3)	14(8)
	Shizuoka University	1(1)		4(3)	5(4)

() indicates the number of international students.

2012

Course	Admission Quota	Candidates	Candidates taken exam	Successful Candidates	Enrolled
Science of Biological Production	7	2(2)	2(2)	2(2)	2(2)
Science of Biological Environment	5	11(6)	11(6)	10(5)	10(5)
Science of Biological Resources	8	10(2)	10(2)	10(2)	10(2)
Total	20	23(10)	23(10)	22(9)	22(9)

() indicates the number of international students.