Eligible Applicants

Applicants must not be Japanese nationals and should meet all the following essential requirements and any corresponding provisions. Japanese language proficiency is not required, but conversational Japanese ability is preferred.

Essential Requirements

• Applicants who cannot come to Japan to take the entrance examination
• Applicants who have obtained a recommendation letter attesting to the applicant’s competence and scholastic performance from the applicant’s prospective faculty advisor in the Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University
• Applicants who, according to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, have a resident status that would not prevent entrance into graduate school or who can obtain the appropriate status after entrance into graduate school.

Corresponding Provisions

• Applicants who have a master's or professional degree from a school overseas, or are expected to be awarded such a degree by September 2018 (Fall 2018 applicants) or March 2019 (Spring 2019 applicants).
• Applicants who have a degree equivalent to a master's or a professional degree from a school overseas, or are expected to be awarded such a degree by March 2019.
• Applicants designated by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Ministry of Education Notification No. 118/1989). This designation requires the following: Completion of a 16-year overseas education course, or an overseas correspondence course in Japan equivalent to a 16-year education course in the country concerned, followed by engagement in research at a university and/or a research institute for two years or longer, and recognized by the Graduate School as having an academic aptitude equivalent to or higher than that of a master's degree holder, based on research results.
• Applicants recognized by the Graduate School as having an academic aptitude equal to or higher