Ph.D Program for Working People
(Enrollment: October 1st)
✔Program Outline
Degrees awarded:
▶ Doctor of Engineering(Eng.D.)
▶ Doctor of Science(Sc.D.)
▶ Doctor of Philosophy(Ph.D.)
・Duration: 3 years
・Enrollment: October 1st
・ Course taught in English
・ To pursue your degree while you're working
・ Short visits to IGSES once or twice per year at minimum
✔Important dates for 2025 admission
| Opening date for the receipt of documents | April- 25, 2025 |
| Closing date for the receipt of documents | 17:00, May 7, 2025(JST) |
| Entrance exam | One day somewhere between June 3 and June 5,2025 |
| Notification of screening results | June 23, 2025 |
| Enrollment Procedures | Early September, 2025 |
| Enrollment | October 1, 2025 |
✔How to Apply
Applicants should find and contact the supervisor as a first step in admission procedures
Documents to be submitted via post
TO: IGSES Student Affairs Division
Kyushu University Chikushi Campus,
6-1 Kasuga –koen, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
If you have any questions, please contact the IGSES Student Affairs Division.
Phone: (country code 81)-92-583-7512
E-mail: igsesadmissions@jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Required documents
| #1 | Application form |
| #2 | The Master’s Degree Certificate or Statement that confirms expected graduation |
| #3 | A Certified Copy of the Applicant’s Master’s Degree Thesis |
| #4 | Academic Record (Master’s course transcript) |
| #5 | Letter of Recommendation |
| #6 | Acceptance letter from an IGSES faculty member |
| #7 | Research proposal |
| #8 | Proof of payment of admission fee of 30,000JPY |
- ●Those who do not hold a master’s degree (or equivalent) may be also eligible to apply. Please contact the IGSES Student Affairs Division before application deadline at igsesadmissions@jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp
- ●All documents submitted in a language other than English must be supplemented with officially translated and certified copies in the English language.