Admission Guidelines
The entrance examinations of the Global Frontier in Life Science are held in winter. For applicants who plan to apply for the admission for October, 2024 and April, 2025, please refer to the following information.
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 and Subject test (A General Test score is optional. Any scores of the Subject Test are also optional. Acceptable test includes: Chemistry/Physics))
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 8(Wed) 2023.
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.
“Application Guidelines and Available Labs 2024-2025” for DC and MC were updated on November 1st, 2023. Two labs were added to the list of available labs.
Doctoral Program
Master’s Program
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
- Change “*” to ”@” when you send an e-mail.
Division of Integrated Life Science
- Please note “@” mark uses double-byte characters.
Laboratory | Faculty name | Contact |
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Laboratory of Cell Cycle Regulation | AOKI Kazuhiro | aoki.kazuhiro.6v@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 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 Ecosystems and Coevolution |
TOJU Hirokazu |
toju.hirokazu.4c@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 Plasma Membrane and Nuclear Signaling | YOSHIMURA Shigehiro | yoshimura.shigehiro.6n@kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Division of Systemic Life Science
- Please note “@” mark uses double-byte characters.
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 Brain Development and Regeneration | IMAYOSHI Itaru | imayoshi.itaru.2n@kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Laboratory of Genome Stress Response | YASUHARA, Takaaki | yasuhara.takaaki.7r@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 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(Obata Laboratory) | OBATA Fumiaki | fumiaki.obata@riken.jp |