How to Enter

Entrance Examination for admission

Please apply directly to the university according to the application guidelines for the doctoral course. The guidelines are found on the Application Guides website.
* Please choose General selection to apply for the Materials Informatics Laboratory in Department of Information System Engineering.

General Selection in summer 2024 General Selection in winter 2024-2025
Guidelines Release Available online To be released in September
Pre-assessment of Applicants' Qualifications 27-31 May, 2024 [General Selection] Late November – Early December
Application Period 24-28 June [General Selection] Mid January
University Entrance Examination 29 July or 30 July [General Selection] Early – Mid February
Result Announcement 19 August [General Selection] Mid February
University Enrollment 1 October 2024 / 1 April 2025 1 April 2025

How to Apply

Contact with potential prospective supervising professor

Applicants are to have earned or to be expected to have a master's degree or an equivalent by the date of admission.
See a list of faculty professors to find the matches between their research and your interested research field. Email the professor your CV with a cover letter expressing your interest in the research subject.

Prepare the application documents

Read the application guidelines and the university website carefully to prepare the application documents.

University application submission

Follow the university application guidelines and send the application documents to the university. These documents have to be arrived to the university during the application period.

University Entrance Examination

The university entrance exam takes place at Osaka University. The admission will be determined based on the interview and the application documents.

Enrollment

Enrollment procedure guidelines will be delivered to the successful applicants after the announcement of the exam result.
Meanshile, registration for National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) needs to be completed before the enrolment.