Application
For admission in Fall semester, 2025
Downloads:- NIFS Application Guideline (Last updated: November 21, 2024)
- MEXT Application Guideline (Newly added: November 20, 2024)
- Forms A–E (Forms C and D newly included: November 20, 2024)
The following is a brief summary of NIFS Application Guideline.
Eligibility
NIFS requires, broadly speaking:
- You will newly come Japan from abroad by October, 2025.
- Relevant educational background according to whether you will apply 5 years Master's and Doctor's course, or 3 years Doctor's course.
- 2.3 or higher evaluation point average of your latest degree program.
- Sufficient English language proficiency.
Schedule
| Matching with candidate supervisor | before application |
| Application | November 25 – December 6, 2024 |
| ZOOM Interview | around December 16–20, 2024 |
| Notification of pass/fail for NIFS | late December, 2024 or early January, 2025 |
| Notification of pass/fail for MEXT | around June, 2025 |
| Program (Fall semester, 2025) | from October 1, 2025 |
Procedure
- Step 1
- Find the candidate of your prospective supervisor among the faculty member in the field of your interest.
- Step 2
- Contact directly to the candidate of your prospective supervisor via e-mail and request the consent of acceptance.
- Step 3
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Fill out the application form and upload files.
The button below will jump you to the form from November 25 to December 6, 2024. It is based on Google Form, and requires you to login to your Google account, after creating it if necessary. If you live in a country where Google is not available, please contact NIFS Admissions Office.
For admission in Fall semester, 2024
Application procedure has already closed. The following information is for reference of future applicants.
Downloads:The following is a brief summary of the guideline.
Eligibility
NIFS requires, broadly speaking:
- You will newly come Japan from abroad by October, 2024.
- Relevant educational background according to whether you will apply 5 years Master's and Doctor's course, or 3 years Doctor's course.
- 2.3 or higher evaluation point average of your latest degree program.
- Sufficient English language proficiency.
Schedule
| Matching with candidate supervisor | before application |
| Application | December 14, 2023 – January 5, 2024 |
| ZOOM Interview | in late January, 2024 |
| Notification of pass/fail for NIFS | around mid-April, 2024 |
| Notification of pass/fail for MEXT | around mid-June, 2024 |
| Program (Fall semester, 2024) | from October 1, 2024 |
Procedure
- Step 1
- Find the candidate of your prospective supervisor among the faculty member in the field of your interest.
- Step 2
- Contact directly to the candidate of your prospective supervisor via e-mail and request the consent of acceptance.
- Step 3
-
Fill out the application form and upload files.
The button below will jump you to the form from December 14, 2023 to January 5, 2024. It is based on Google Form, and requires you to login to your Google account, after creating it if necessary. If you live in a country where Google is not available, please contact NIFS Admissions Office.