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)