Application
For admission in Fall semester, 2026
Details will appear here by fall 2025.
If you are interested in applying to NIFS, we recommend you to early take one of the English tests: IELTS; TOEFL (iBT or PBT); or TOEIC (both L&R and S&W). We expect the required application documents to include a score report of it, unless you are a native English speaker.
For admission in Fall semester, 2025
Application procedure has already closed. The following information is for reference of future applicants.
Downloads: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-year Master's and Doctor's course, or 3-year 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.