Admission for Privately-funded International Students
Outline
Research students conduct research in their particular specialty area under the supervision of their academic advisor for a predetermined period of time.
As a general rule, all undergraduate faculties and graduate school research departments have a 1-year period of stay for research students.
Auditors are required to take 10 hours class (equivalent of 7 credits) or more per week and get credit as a part-time student. The period of study for auditors is 1 year.
Admission Procedures
- Enrollment for April, the application period is the late October in the previous year. (Regarding the applicants who stay in Japan, the application deadline is the early March.)
- Enrollment for October, the application period is the late April in the same year. (Regarding the applicants who stay in Japan, the application deadline is the middle of July.)
The examination for research students and auditors will be done by screening the candidates' application papers and by personal interview. (The Faculty of Letters and Master's Course in Letters run an additional essay examination.)
Regarding Transferring
(Faculties of Letters, Law, Science and Engineering)
For those who have graduated from of a junior college (or who will be in the current academic year) and wish to enter Kumamoto University as a 3rd-year student, please directly contact the Academic Section clerk in the Faculty you are interested in.
Regarding Entry Visas to Take Examination
For applications for entry visas to take the Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students or the university's entrance examination, please contact your nearest embassy (or consulate general).
Please apply for a short-term visa. At that time, it is advisable to show documents such as your examination admission card.
- Residence status: Temporary Visitor
Contacts
To request an Application Guidebook for any of the undergraduate faculties or graduate school programs, please contact the following section:
Kumamoto University Admission Section
Kurokami 2-40-1, Kumamoto, 860-8555 JAPAN
Fax: (096)-345-1954 |
Faculty offices:
Faculty of Letters/ Master's Course in Letters Fax: (0)96-342-2310
Faculty of Education/ Master's Course in Education Fax: (0)96-342-2510
Faculty of Law/ Master's Course in Law Fax: (0)96-342-2310
Faculty of Science Fax: (0)96-342-3320
Faculty of Engineering Fax: (0)96-342-3510
Graduate School of Science and Technology Fax: (0)96-342-3010
Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences/ School of Law Fax: (0)96-342-2310
School of Medicine/ Graduate School of Medical Sciences Fax: (0)96-373-5030
School of Pharmacy/ Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Fax: (0)96-371-4639
Admission and Enrollment
