Those who have graduated or expect to graduate from a university in a country other than Japan must follow the procedures prescribed below prior to the application for the entrance examination to the graduate programs in Medicine, Kyoto-McGill International Collaborative Program in Genomic Medicine, Medical Science, and Public Health, offered by Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University.

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   Consult with Kyoto University Admissions Assistance Office (AAO)
   If you have graduated or expect to graduate from a university or a graduate school in a country other than Japan, consult with Kyoto University Admissions Assistance Office (AAO) and upload applicants’ information and required documents.
   【No later than approx. three months before the application deadline for the entrance examination】

   • AAO
2. ​

   Receive feedback from AAO

   If the feedback from the AAO is positive, proceed to the procedure 3 and contact a prospective supervisor.

3. ​

   Contact a professor of Research Fields (laboratory) you are interested in and obtain the approval of applying in advance.

   • List of Research Fields of Medicine and Medical Science, and Genomic Medicine
   • List of Research Fields of Public Health
4. ​

   Request Preliminary Eligibility Check via Email

   Fill in and submit
   ① Preliminary Eligibility Check Sheet via email, together with the PDF of
   ② Certificate of graduation of university/graduate school,
   ③ Academic transcript, and
   ④ Document that shows the length of the program you completed (e.g. four years doctoral program; website URL is acceptable ).
   Send to: kyoumu-in(*)mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Change * to @)
   Email title: Preliminary Eligibility Check request (Name: 〇〇〇〇)
   Items to be included:

   1. ​Your name
   2. ​Preferred entrance year and month: April, 20XX

   The application period for Preliminary Eligibility Check for Entrance Examination (2024 intake) is as follows;
   A. Master’s Program in Medical Sciences and B. Professional Degree Program in Public Health: April 14, 2023 to June 7, 2023
   C. Doctoral Program in Medicine and D. Kyoto-McGill International Collaborative Program in Genomic Medicine (Doctoral Program) and E. Doctoral Program in Public Health: June 15, 2023 to August 2, 2023
   F. Doctoral Program in Medical Science: TBD

   We will send you the check result via email, approx. 2 or 3 weeks after the request.

・Scholarship Opportunity:
The application for scholarship programs is handled independently from the application for the admission to our graduate program.
Refer to the following page for information on scholarship application.
Scholarship