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:
- Contact AAO
- Contact the lab head (your prospective mentor) by email
Faculty member list - 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.
The entrance examination for enrollment in October 2023 and April 2024 was over. If you are interested in the next admission for enrollment in October 2024 or April 2025, please see the information below for your reference. The information below will be updated in September, 2023.
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Contact
If you have any questions, please contact us.
GSB Student Affairs Section
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TEL
075-753-9225
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E-mail
150kyomu*adm.lif.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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Division of Integrated Life Science
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Laboratory | Faculty name | Contact |
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Laboratory of Cell Cycle Regulation | MIYOSHI Tomoichiro | miyoshi.tomoichiro.5e@kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Cell Recognition and Pattern Formation | UEMURA Tadashi | uemura.tadashi.5m@kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology | KOHCHI Takayuki | tkohchi@lif.kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Totipotency | NAKANO Takeshi | nakano.takeshi.6x@kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Biosignals and Response | NAGAO Masaya | nagao.masaya.7e@kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Applied Molecular Microbiology | YAMANO Takashi | tyamano@lif.kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Bioresponse | KATAYAMA Takane | takane@lif.kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Plant Developmental Biology | ARAKI Takashi | araki.takashi.3a@kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology | KENGAKU Mineko | kengaku@icems.kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Biochemical Cell Dynamics | SUZUKI Jun | suzuki.jun.6x@kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Multidisciplinary Biology | TANIGUCHI Yuichi | ytaniguchi@icems.kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Ultrastructural Virology | NODA Takeshi | t-noda@infront.kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Chromosome Transmission | NAKASEKO Yukinobu | nakaseko.yukinobu.6u@kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Gene Biodynamics | SHIRAISHI Hideaki | shiraishi.hideaki.8e@kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Plasma Membrane and Nuclear Signaling | YOSHIMURA Shigehiro | yoshimura.shigehiro.6n@kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Division of Systemic Life Science
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Laboratory | Faculty name | Contact |
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Laboratory of Single-Molecule Cell Biology | WATANABE Naoki | watanabe.naoki.4v@kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology | KIMURA Ikuo | kimura.ikuo.7x@kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Genetics | IGAKI Tatsushi | igaki.tatsushi.4s@kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Bioimaging and Cell Signaling | MATSUDA Michiyuki | matsuda.michiyuki.2c@kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Brain Development and Regeneration | IMAYOSHI Itaru | imayoshi.itaru.2n@kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Genome Maintenance | MATSUMOTO Tomohiro | matsumoto.tomohiro.7s@kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Cancer Cell Biology | HARADA Hiroshi | harada.hiroshi.5e@kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of RNA Viruses | TOMONAGA Keizo | tomonaga.keizo.5r@kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Cell Division and Differentiation | TOYOSHIMA Fumiko | ftoyoshi@infront.kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biomechanics | ADACHI Taiji | adachi@infront.kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Immunobiology | TAKAHARA Kazuhiko | ktakahar@zoo.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Chromosome Function and Inheritance | CARLTON, Peter | carlton.petermark.3v@kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Chromatin Regulatory Network | IKURA Tsuyoshi | ikura.tsuyoshi.3m@kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology and Development(Kitajima Laboratory) | KITAJIMA Tomoya | tomoya.kitajima@riken.jp |
Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology and Development(Takasato Laboratory) | TAKASATO Minoru | minoru.takasato@riken.jp |
Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology and Development(WANG Laboratory) | WANG, Dan Ohtan | ohtan@riken.jp |
Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology and Development(Obata Laboratory) | OBATA Fumiaki | fumiaki.obata@riken.jp |