{"id":113,"date":"2023-02-22T13:24:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T04:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/?page_id=113"},"modified":"2026-04-03T09:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T00:08:22","slug":"admissions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/admissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Admissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Admissions<\/h2>\n<div class=\"admissions_anc_nav\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#anc_ijep\">International Joint Education Program for Science and Technology (IJEP) <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#anc_ddp\">Double Degree Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#anc_cgsosp\">Chinese Government Scholarship Overseas Study Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#anc_regular\">Regular Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page_detail_box\">\n<h3 class=\"long\"><a id=\"anc_ijep\"><\/a>International Joint Education Program for Science and Technology (IJEP)<br \/>\n                (teaching language is English)<\/h3>\n<h4>Time of enrollment<\/h4>\n<p>April 1 (Master and Doctor), October 1 (Master and Doctor)<\/p>\n<h4>Application information and forms<\/h4>\n<p>*APPLICANTS ARE REQUESTED TO FIND A PROSPECTIVE SUPERVISOR BEFORE APPLICATION.<\/p>\n<div class=\"admissions_hdg5\">\n<h5>General Admission in April \/ October 2026<\/h5>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<dl class=\"admissions_dl\">\n<dt>Application period:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<p>April Admission:\u00a0September 19 to November 7, 2025 <b>[Closed]<\/b><br \/>\n                                October Admission:\u00a0April 3 to May 15, 2026\u00a0<b>[Open]<\/b><\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<dt>Information and forms:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<ul class=\"mr_10\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/1-1_Application_Info_Master_general_2026.pdf\"\n                                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application information for Master\u2019s Course<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/1-2_Application_Info_Doctor_general_20260317.pdf\"\n                                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application information for Doctoral Course (Updated on March, 2026)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/1-3_Application_Form_2026_IJEP.doc\"\n                                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application form<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/1-4_Checklist_Master_2026.doc\"\n                                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Checklist (Master\u2019s Course)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/1-5_Checklist_Doctor_2026.doc\"\n                                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Checklist (Doctoral Course)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>*If you are a current master&#8217;s student at Kumamoto University, please check the following information.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/2-1_Application_Info_Doctor_IJEP_internal_2026.pdf\"\n                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application information for Doctoral Course (For internal applicants)<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/2-2_Application_Form_2026_IJEP_internal.doc\"\n                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application form<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/2-3_Checklist_internal_applicants_2026.doc\"\n                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"admissions_hdg5\">\n<h5>MEXT Scholarship <span class=\"lbl_pattern\">University Recommendation<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Application deadline: January\u00a015 ,\u00a02026\u00a0<b>[Closed]<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/1-1_2026_MEXT_MC_Application_info.pdf\"\n                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application information for Master\u2019s Course<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/1-2_2026_MEXT_DC_Application_info.pdf\"\n                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application information for Doctoral Course<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/1-3_2026_IJEP_Application_form_GSST.doc\">Application form GSST<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"txt_btn\"\n                                href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/1-4_2026_MEXT_Application_form.pdf\"\n                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application form MEXT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/1-5_2026_MEXT_Research_Plan.docx\">Research Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/1-6_Health_Certificate.xlsx\">Health Certificate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/1-7_List_of_Research_Papers_and_Awards.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\">List of Research Papers and Awards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/1-8_2026_Checklist_MEXT_Master.doc\">Checklist (Master\u2019s Course)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/1-9_2026_Checklist_MEXT_Doctor.doc\">Checklist (Doctoral Course)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"admissions_hdg5\">\n<h5>MEXT Scholarship <span class=\"lbl_pattern\">Special Allocation<\/span> In the Field of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering<\/h5>\n<p>(Only for applicants from Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Brazil, India and Mongolia)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Application deadline: January 15,\u00a02026\u00a0<b>[Closed]<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/2-1_Application-informaiton_MC.pdf\"\n                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application information for Master\u2019s Course<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/2-2_Application-information_DC.pdf\"\n                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application information for Doctoral Course<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/2-3_Application-form-GSST.doc\">Application form GSST<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"txt_btn\"\n                                href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/2-4_Application-form-MEXT.pdf\"\n                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application form MEXT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/2-5_Research-Plan.docx\">Research Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/2-6_Health-Certificate.xlsx\">Health Certificate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/2-7_Checklist_Master-.doc\">Checklist (Master\u2019s Course)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/2-8_Checklist_Doctoral.doc\">Checklist (Doctoral Course)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"admissions_hdg5\">\n<h5>In the Education Programs of Chemistry and Bioscience, and Chemistry and Materials in the Department of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry<\/h5>\n<p>( Only for applicants from Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Viet Nam, Lao PDR, Myanmar or Cambodia )<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.6; font-size: 0.96em; margin-top: 1em;\">\u203bIf you have difficulty identifying a prospective supervisor, we would be happy to assist by introducing one to you. <br \/>\n                Please feel free to contact us at the following email address\uff1a<br \/>\n                Prof. Shintaro Ida<br \/>\n                E-mail: ida-s@kumamoto-u.ac.jp<\/p>\n<p>Application deadline: January 15, 2026\u00a0<b>[Closed]<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/3-1_Application-information_MC.pdf\"\n                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application information for Master\u2019s Course<\/a><\/li>\n<p>                <!-- \n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/3-2_Chemistory_MEXTspecial2025_DC_application_info.pdf\"\n                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application information for Doctoral Course<\/a><\/li>\n\n --><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/3-3_Application-form-GSST.doc\"\n                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application form GSST<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"txt_btn\"\n                                href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/3-4_Application-form-MEXT.pdf\"\n                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application form MEXT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/3-5_Research-Plan.docx\">Research Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/3-6_Health-Certificate.xlsx\">Health Certificate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/3-7_Checklist_Master-.doc\">Checklist (Master\u2019s Course)<\/a><\/li>\n<p>                <!-- \n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/3-8_2025_Checklist_MEXT_Doctor_sp.doc\">Checklist\n                                (Doctoral Course)<\/a><\/li>\n\n -->\n        <\/ul>\n<div class=\"admissions_hdg5\">\n<h5>In the Education Programs of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Urban and Regional Planning and Design in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture<\/h5>\n<p>(Only for applicants from Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, Republic of Korea, China, Timor-Leste, Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Viet Nam, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia or Lao PDR)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Application deadline: January 15, 2026\u00a0<b>[Closed]<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/4-1_Application-information_MC.pdf\"\n                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application information for Master\u2019s Course<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/4-2_Application-information_DC.pdf\"\n                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application information for Doctoral Course<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/4-3_Application-form-GSST.doc\"\n                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application form GSST<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"txt_btn\"\n                                href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/4-4_Application-form-MEXT.pdf\"\n                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application form MEXT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/4-5_Research-Plan.docx\">Research Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/4-6_Health-Certificate.xlsx\">Health Certificate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/4-7_Checklist_Master-.doc\">Checklist (Master\u2019s Course)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/4-8_Checklist_Doctoral.doc\">Checklist (Doctoral Course)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"ddp\"><a id=\"anc_ddp\"><\/a>Double Degree Program<\/h3>\n<h4>Application information and forms<\/h4>\n<p>        *This Program is for applicants from the universities with which the Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University has a Double Degree Agreement. <a href=\"ddp\/\">See the list of the universities<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Admission in April \/ October 2026<\/h5>\n<dl class=\"admissions_dl\">\n<dt>Application period:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<p>April Admission:\u00a0September 19 to November 7, 2025 <b>[Closed]<\/b><br \/>\n                                October Admission:\u00a0April 3 to May 15, 2026\u00a0<b>[Open]<\/b><\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<dt>Information and forms:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/3-1_DDP_ApplicationDouble_degree_Master2026.pdf\"\n                                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application information for Master\u2019s Course<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/3-2_DDP_ApplicationDouble_degree_Doctor_20260317.pdf\"\n                                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application information for Doctoral Course (Updated on March, 2026)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/3-3_Application_Form_DDP_2026.doc\"\n                                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application form<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/3-4_Checklist_DDP2026_Master.doc\"\n                                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Checklist (Master\u2019s Course)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/3-5_Checklist_DDP2026_Doctoral.doc\"\n                                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Checklist (Doctoral Course)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<h3 id=\"chinese_gov\"><a id=\"anc_cgsosp\"><\/a>Application Information for Chinese Government Scholarship Overseas Study Program<\/h3>\n<p><strong>\u4e2d\u56fd\u300c\u56fd\u5bb6\u5efa\u8a2d\u9ad8\u6c34\u5e73\u5927\u5b66\u516c\u6d3e\u7814\u7a76\u751f\u9805\u76ee\u300d [Closed]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2026\u5e7410\u6708\u52df\u96c6\u8981\u9805\u3000\u5927\u5b66\u9662\u81ea\u7136\u79d1\u5b66\u6559\u80b2\u90e8\uff08\u535a\u58eb\u5f8c\u671f\u8ab2\u7a0b\uff09<br \/>\n                Application Information for Chinese Government Scholarship Overseas Study Program in 2026 (Doctoral Course)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Application Information \uff08<a title=\"Application Information(japanese)\"\n                                href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/1-1Doctor_2026_China-Scholarship-Council_Japanese.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Japanese<\/a>\uff09\uff08<a title=\"Application Information(English)\"\n                                href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/1-2Doctor_2026_China-Scholarship-Council_English.pdf\"\n                                target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/2.-Application-form_2026-Oct-Dcotor.doc\">(1)\u5165\u5b66\u9858\u66f8\uff08Application Form\uff09<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"long\"><a id=\"anc_regular\"><\/a>Regular Program (teaching language is mainly Japanese)<\/h3>\n<h4>Time of enrollment<\/h4>\n<p>April 1 (Master and Doctor), October 1 (Master and Doctor)<\/p>\n<h4>Entrance exam<\/h4>\n<p>Please refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/gsst\/admission\/\" target=\"_blank\"\n                        rel=\"noopener\">this link.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Admissions International Joint Education Program for Science and Technology (IJEP) 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