Student Application Guidelines

Admission Policy

This Program for Leading Graduate Schools aims to nurture “system-inspired leaders in multidisciplinary science” who can conceive of research strategies that lead to new value creation (innovation) through a combination of multidisciplinary thinking that sees across numerous fields, and hierarchical integration that unifies the many levels within a given field. As such, we seek students with a strong sense of purpose in the following ways.

• Have the desire to acquire a high level of expert knowledge and excellent research skills in their own research field
• Have an interest in fields other than their own, and understand the importance of taking a multidisciplinary perspective
• Have an entrepreneurial mindset eager to link cutting-edge academic achievements with industrial innovation
• Are interested in engaging in multidisciplinary research in a global environment
• Are interested in being a leader and advancing their own research
• Have the passion and desire to design their own course of study and research plan, without limiting themselves to a particular field of expertise

The program aims to provide students who are thinking about entering the doctoral program, or who are still unsure about entering the doctoral program, with the opportunity to reflect on the value of conducting research as a doctoral student and on their career path plan beyond the doctoral degree, as well as to provide the opportunity to better understand the content of the program and the kind of professionals the program aims to cultivate. Toward that end, the program has adopted two screening methods, as follows:

Screening Method 1: Coursework (Screening Period: December of Year M1)

Students who have applied to and taken the common graduate course Special Seminar for Strategic Reasoning and Thinking 2, in their first year of enrollment in the master's program (Year M1) will be evaluated and selected based on their performance in those seminars.

Screening Method 2: Examination (Short Essay, Interview, Etc.) (Screening Period: January of Year M1)

Students will be evaluated and selected based on their statement of purpose, short essay, interview, and oral examination.

Important: Please note that screening methods 1 and 2 have different application periods. For more information, see the application guidelines for the given year.

Application Guidelines

    For 2025 

Application Guidelines（Screening Method 1） 

Schedule for application and Screening

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