Academic Calendar

Academic Calendar School Year

• 5 Year Course (April Enrollment)
• 5 Year Course (October Enrollment)
• 3 Year Course (April Enrollment)
• 3 Year Course (October Enrollment)

5 Year Course (April Enrollment)

• For All Students

  Term	Events	Description
  Late April	Registration for 1st Semester Classes	Submission of 1st Semester Course Registration form
  Mid-April ~ Early August	1st Semester Classes
  Early August ~ Late August	Examination Period for 1st Semester
  Mid-October ~ Mid-February	2nd Semester Classes	Submission of 2nd Semester Course Registration form
  Late October	Registration for 2nd Semester Classes
  Fall	Life Science Retreat	An opportunity to meet students and faculty from the other 3 Programs in Life Science
  Early-February ~ Late February	Examination Period for 2nd Semester

• For 1st Year Students

  School Year	5 year course	Procedure
  Early April	●Entrance Ceremony (Hayama) ●Freshman Course (Hayama) ●Guidance session by Program
  By the end of Apr.		●Inform your choice of sub-supervisor and one Progress committee member
  May	●Determination of sub-supervisor and one Progress committee member
  June ~ July	●Progress I A by an Individual Interview
  January	●Announcement of a Poster Presentation
  The 1st Thursday of March	●Progress I B by a Poster Presentation

• For 2nd Year Students

  School Year	5 year course	Procedure
  By the end of April.		●Inform your choice of four Progress committee members
  May	●Determination of Progress report committee members
  July	●Annoucement of a Poster Presentation
  The 1st Thursday of September	●Progress II A by a Poster Presentation
  By the end of November		●Submission of a Progress Report
  December ~ January	●Progress II B by an Open Presentation
  		Required 30 credits by the end of 2nd year

• For 3rd Year Students

  School Year	5 year course	Procedure
  By the end of Apr.		●Inform your choice of one Progress committee member
  May	●Determination of one Progress committee member
  June ~ July	●Progress III A by an Individual Interview
  January	●Announcement of a Poster Presentation
  The 1st Thursday of March	●Progress III B by a Poster Presentation

• For 4th Year Students

  School Year	5 year course	Procedure
  By the end of Apr.		●Inform your choice of four Progress committee members
  May	●Determination of Progress committee members
  By the 2nd Tuesday of May		●Submission of the progress report（written in English)
  May ~ June	●Progress IV A by a closed meeting
  January	●Announcement of a Poster Presentation
  The 1st Thursday of March	●Progress IV B by a Poster Presentation

• For 5th Year Students

  School Year	5 year course	Procedure
  April	●Determination of four Progress committee members	●Confirmation of committee members list
  June ~ July	●Progress V A by an Open presentation
  November	●Progress V B by submitting manuscript of doctoral thesis
  By late of December		Submission of doctoral dissertations
  January	●Open presentation of doctoral thesis
  Late March	●Graduation Ceremony (Hayama)

5 Year Course (October Enrollment)

• For All Students

  Term	Events	Description
  Late October	Registration for 2nd Semester Classes	Submission of 2nd Semester Course Registration form
  Mid-October ~ Mid-February	2nd Semester Classes
  Fall	Life Science Retreat	An opportunity to meet students and faculty from the other 3 Programs in Life Science
  Mid-February ~ Late February	Examination Period for 2nd Semester
  Mid-April ~ Early August	1st Semester Classes
  Late April	Registration for 1st Semester Classes	Submission of 1st Semester Course Registration form
  Early August ~ Late August	Examination Period for 1st Semester

• For 1st Year Students

  School Year	5 year course	Procedure
  Early October	●Entrance Ceremony (Hayama) ●Freshman Course (Hayama) ●Guidance session by Program
  By the end of Oct.		●Inform your choice of sub-supervisor and one Progress committee member
  November	●Determination of sub-supervisor and one Progress committee member
  December ~ January	●Progress I A by an Individual Interview
  July	●Announcement of a Poster Presentation
  The 1st Thursday of September	●Progress I B by a Poster Presentation

• For 2nd Year Students

  School Year	5 year course	Procedure
  By the end of Oct.		●Inform your choice of sub-supervisor and one Progress committee member
  November	●Determination of Progress report committee members
  January	●Annoucement of a Poster Presentation
  The 1st Thursday of March	●Progress II A by a Poster Presentation
  By the end of May		●Submission of a Progress Report
  June ~ July	●Progress II B by an Open Presentation
  		Required 30 credits by the end of 2nd year

• For 3rd Year Students

  School Year	5 year course	Procedure
  By the end of Oct.		●Inform your choice of sub-supervisor and one Progress committee member
  November	●Determination of one Progress committee member
  December ~ January	●Progress III A by an Individual Interview
  July	●Announcement of a Poster Presentation
  The 1st Thursday of September	●Progress III B by a Poster Presentation

• For 4th Year Students

  School Year	5 year course	Procedure
  By the end of Oct.		●Inform your choice of sub-supervisor and one Progress committee member
  November	●Determination of Progress committee members
  By the 2nd Tuesday of November		●Submission of the progress report（written in English)
  November ~ December	●Progress IV A by a closed meeting
  July	●Announcement of a Poster Presentation
  The 1st Thursday of September	●Progress IV B by a Poster Presentation

• For 5th Year Students

  School Year	5 year course	Procedure
  October	●Determination of four Progress committee members	●Confirmation of committee members list
  December ~ January	●Progress V A by an Open presentation
  May	●Progress V B by submitting manuscript of doctoral thesis
  June		Submission of doctoral dissertations
  July	●Open presentation of doctoral thesis
  Late September	●Graduation Ceremony (Hayama)

3 Year Course (April Enrollment)

• For All Students

  Term	Events	Description
  Late April	Registration for 1st Semester Classes	Submission of 1st Semester Course Registration form
  Mid-April ~ Early August	1st Semester Classes
  Early August ~ Late August	Examination Period for 1st Semester
  Mid-October ~ Mid-February	2nd Semester Classes	Submission of 2nd Semester Course Registration form
  Late October	Registration for 2nd Semester Classes
  Fall	Life Science Retreat	An opportunity to meet students and faculty from the other 3 Programs in Life Science
  Early-February ~ Late February	Examination Period for 2nd Semester

• For 3rd Year Students

  School Year	3 year course	Procedure
  Early April	●Entrance Ceremony (Hayama) ●Freshman Course (Hayama) ●Guidance session by Program
  By the end of Apr.		●Inform your choice of sub-supervisor and one Progress committee member
  May	●Determination of sub-supervisor and one Progress committee member
  June ~ July	●Progress III A by an Individual Interview
  January	●Announcement of a Poster Presentation
  The 1st Thursday of March	●Progress III B by a Poster Presentation

• For 4th Year Students

  School Year	3 year course	Procedure
  By the end of Apr.		●Inform your choice of sub-supervisor and one Progress committee member
  May	●Determination of Progress committee members
  By the 2nd Tuesday of May		●Submission of the progress report（written in English)
  May ~ June	●Progress IV A by a closed meeting
  January	●Announcement of a Poster Presentation
  The 1st Thursday of March	●Progress IV B by a Poster Presentation

• For 5th Year Students

  School Year	3 year course	Procedure
  April	●Determination of four Progress committee members	●Confirmation of committee members list
  June ~ Jnly	●Progress V A by an Open presentation
  November	●Progress V B by submitting manuscript of doctoral thesis
  By late of December		●Submission of doctoral dissertations
  January	●Open presentation of doctoral thesis
  Late March	●Graduation Ceremony (Hayama)

3 Year Course (October Enrollment)

• For All Students

  Term	Events	Description
  Late October	Registration for 2nd Semester Classes	Submission of 2nd Semester Course Registration form
  Mid-October ~ Mid-February	2nd Semester Classes
  Fall	Life Science Retreat	An opportunity to meet students and faculty from the other 3 Programs in Life Science.
  Mid-February ~ Late February	Examination Period for 2nd Semester
  Mid-April ~ Early August	1st Semester Classes
  Late April	Registration for 1st Semester Classes	Submission of 1st Semester Course Registration form
  Early August ~ Late August	Examination Period for 1st Semester

• For 3rd Year Students

  School Year	3 year course	Procedure
  Early October	●Entrance Ceremony (Hayama) ●Freshman Course (Hayama) ●Guidance Session by Program
  By the end of Oct.		●Inform your choice of one Progress committee member
  November	●Determination of sub-supervisor, one Progress committee member
  December ~ January	●Progress III A by an Individual Interview
  July	●Annoucement of a Poster Presentation
  The 1st Thursday of September	●Progress III B by a Poster Presentation

• For 4th Year Students

  School Year	3 year course	Procedure
  By the end of Oct.		●Inform your choice of one Progress committee member
  November	●Determination of Progress committee members
  By the 2nd Tuesday of November		●Submission of the progress report（written in English)
  November ~ December	●Progress IV A by a closed meeting
  July	●Announcement of a Poster Presentation
  The 1st Thursday of September	●Progress IV B by a Poster Presentation

• For 5th Year Students

  School Year	3 year course	Procedure
  October	●Determination of four Progress committee members	●Confirmation of committee members list
  December ~ January	●Progress V A by an Open presentation
  Late May	●Progress V B by submitting manuscript of doctoral thesis
  By late of June		●Submission of doctoral dissertations
  July	●Open presentation of doctoral thesis
  Late September	●Graduation Ceremony (Hayama)