*Application Guidelines for next fiscal year are updated every summer.

Outline

The NIG-GS system allows applicants for our 5-year PhD program to be considered for superior financial support. Admission to NIG-GS requires the Genetics Program, SOKENDAI is the applicant’s first-choice for graduate studies and residing outside Japan at the time of application. Please see “Application Guidelines” for details

A limited number of NIG-GS applicants who pass the tertiary screening and satisfy certain conditions will be offered a monthly stipend (approx. 140,000 JPY), education fees, and airfare to and from Japan at the beginning and upon completion of the program on the condition that he/she remains a student in good standing.
Please see “Financial Support” for details.

Other applicants who pass the tertiary screening will be offered partial financial support equivalent to students enrolled through General Admission.

Selection Schedule

Please see the “Application Guidelines” and “Schedule of Admissions” for details.

Application Guidelines and Forms

Application Guidelines
Financial Support
(Appendix) About MEXT GPA
CEFR Equivalency Chart
Application Form
Statement of Purpose (Form 2)
Books, papers, or lectures that were particularly interesting to you (Form 14-1)

* Applicants who passed the Secondary Screening are required to submitt Form 6 .
Field of Study and Research Plan (Form 6)

Online Examination, Admission Decision and Past Exams

Online Examination of Tertiary Screening will be conducted simultaneously with the winter examination of “General Admission”. You can refer to “Entrance Examination”, “Admission Decision” and “Past Exams” described in the “General Admission” webpage.