The Graduate School of Energy Science offers an ordinary course, in which classes and research instructions are conducted in Japanese, and the International Energy Science Course, IESC, in which they are conducted in English. The following information is for the IESC Doctoral degree program. Please refer to the Japanese website for the details of the ordinary course.
IESC DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAM
| Enrolment | Cycle I / April | Cycle II / October |
| Education requirement | a) A good Master’s or equivalent degree from a recognised higher education institution or b) A good Master’s degree from a university in Japan as an international, non-Japanese student. | |
| Language requirement | Proficiency in academic English required. Applicants whose first language is NOT English must submit an official score report of an internationally recognized EFL test. IELTS Academic and TOEFL are preferred. IELTS 6.0+ or TOEFL iBT 80+ are recommended. | |
| Other requirement | Applicants must discuss their research topic with a prospective supervisor. | |
| Application method | Postal or online application (in-person application is not accepted) | |
| Application fee, payment | 10,000 JPY (+bank commissions) Credit card transaction, Convenience store settlement (Japan resident only), Financial institution ATM [Pay-easy] · Net bank (Japan resident only) | |
| Capacity | 10 students per annum | |
