Admission Guidelines

The entrance examinations of the Global Frontier in Life Science are held in winter. The application period for enrollment in October, 2023 and April, 2024 has been closed. For applicants who plan to apply for the next admission for October, 2024 and April, 2025, please refer to the following information. The Application Guidelines 2024-2025 will be available in September, 2023. For the present, it would be apreciated if you could read the previous Application Guidelines 2023-2024 posted below as a current reference.

To apply, you will need to do the following by January 10 (Wed) 2024:

1. Contact AAO
2. Contact the lab head (your prospective mentor) by email
   Faculty member list
3. Send your application so it arrives no later than January 10 (Wed) 2024

The full application includes:

• 2a. Transcripts from your university
• 2b. At least two recommendation letters
• 2c. The application form and fee (see below)
• 2d. A valid TOEFL or IELTS score (required)
• 2e. A valid GRE General test (required as the 1st material in the GRE test.)
• 2f. A valid GRE Subject test (It is acceptable as an additional 2nd material in the GRE test, but submission of the 2nd material is not mandatory. As the following disciplines of the GRE Subject test were discontinued by ETS, the acceptable disciplines for the GFLS entrance exam will be announced in the summer, 2023. Discontinued: Biology, Biochemistry, and Cell and Molecular Biology)

Before filing the application, please refer to the page of For prospective students and contact the Kyoto University Admissions Assistance Office (AAO) to complete the designated process. Afterwards, you may contact the lab heads to fully discuss potential research activities and availability.

For those who are required to undergo provisional eligibility screening, contact the Student Affairs Section (150kyomu -at- adm.lif.kyoto-u.ac.jp) of the Graduate School of Biostudies to obtain the designated forms for provisional eligibility screening at any time, but no later than November 17(Thu) 2022.

For those who passed the first preliminary test of the MEXT (Monbukagakusho: Japanese Government) Scholarship Embassy Recommendation, please refer to the following university website and contact AAO as soon as possible.

• Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship

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