On this page you can find out Annual Schedule of Grades, Requirements for Graduation and the procedure of Recognition of Credits Acquired Before Admission.
News
| 2025 Academic year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| April | Early to mid | Application for Recognition of Credits Acquired Before Admission | April 21 to May 23 |
| May | Mid | Announcement of Screening Result of Status for Completion
*Due to maintenance of the certificate issuance service, the issuance of “Certificates of Expected Completion” has been rescheduled to start from the afternoon of June 3. |
May 12 |
| July | Early | Submission of master’s thesis (Only those who are expected to graduate in September) | From 10:00 AM on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, to 3:00 PM on Thursday, July 3, 2025 |
| August | Late | Confirmation of your name for issuing Diploma and Certification | ～Late August |
| September | Early | Preparation for March graduation
Please see the section titled “March Graduation (For Students Who Enrolled in September)” at the bottom of this page for important information. |
Early September～ |
| Announcement of Spring Semester Results and September Graduation Results | September 1 | ||
| Mid | Awarding of Degrees Information for students whose program completion has been confirmed |
September 15 | |
| Late | Application for Recognition of Credits Acquired Before Admission | Late September | |
| December | Early | Confirmation of your name for issuing Diploma and Certification | Early December |
| March | Early | Announcement of Fall Semester Results and March Graduation Results | Early March |
| Announcement of graduation ceremony and notes for graduation (Japanese only) | Early March | ||
| Notes for Students who failed in graduation (For those who plan to continue their studies next year) (Japanese only) | Early March |
The numbers in the table represent the numbers of credits.
You should understand in advance that acquiring these required credits alone will not meet the requirements for graduation and you also need to select and enroll in other subjects from among those marked with ○ .
※For each course’s requirements, click here.
| Category | 1st year | 2nd year | Number of required credits | |
| Research Seminar (研究指導) | Compulsory
*Semester each |
Compulsory
*Semester each |
－ | |
| Core Subjects (Seminars)
(コース設置科目（演習）) |
4 〇 | 4 〇 | 8 | 14–18 （※） |
| Core Subjects (Lectures)
(コース設置科目（講義）) |
〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Common Subjects (Lectures)
(共通科目（講義）) |
〇 | 〇 | － | |
| Common Subjects (Foreign Languages)
(共通科目（外国語）) |
〇 | 〇 | 0– 4（※） | |
| Subjects from Other Courses
(他コース設置科目) |
〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Master’s Thesis (修士論文) | － | Compulsory | － | |
| Number of Credits Required for Graduation | 32 | |||
| Category | 1st year | 2nd year | 3rd year | Number of required credits |
| Research Seminar
(研究指導) |
Compulsory | Compulsory | Compulsory | － |
| Doctoral Dissertation
(博士論文) |
－ | － | Compulsory | － |
| Number of Credits Required for Graduation | － | － | － | － |
・Guidelines of Recognition of Credits Acquired Before Admission
・Application for Recognition of Credits Acquired Before Admission
Starting in AY 2024, March Completion changed from an application-based system to an automatic system.
If students fulfill the requirements for March completion in the AY 2024 fall semester, they will automatically
complete your program in March 2025.
The English version of the document is currently being prepared. Please refer to the Japanese version available on this page.
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