Graduate School Entrance Examinations
Applicant & Enrollment Figures for Graduate Schools
Screening for admissions to graduate schools
General screening
Each graduate school at OU conducts its own screening for admissions. Please confirm Application Guidelines with application materials. Please direct requests for application materials or questions about research contents to the graduate school of your choice.
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Graduate Course | |
Letters |
Master's course, Studies on Cultural Dynamics Master's course, Studies on Cultural Forms, Studies on Cultural Expressions Doctor's course, Studies on Cultural Forms, Studies on Cultural Expressions |
Human Sciences
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Master's course Doctor's course |
Law and Politics |
Master's course Doctor's course |
Economics
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Master's course Doctor's course |
Science
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Master's course Doctor's course |
Medicine , Medicine |
Master's course Doctor's course |
Health Sciences , Medicine |
Master's course Doctor's course |
Dentistry | Doctor's course |
Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Master's course, Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor's course, Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor's course, Pharmacy |
Engineering
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Master's course Doctor's course |
Engineering Science
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Master's course Doctor's course |
Studies in Language and Culture , Graduate School of Language and Culture |
Master's course Doctor's course |
Studies in Language and Society , Studies in Japanese Language and Culture , Graduate School of Language and Culture |
Master's course Doctor's course |
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Master's course Doctor's course |
Information Science and Technology
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Master's course Doctor's course |
Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences | 5-year doctor's course |
Osaka University Law School | Law school course |
United Graduate School of Child Development | Doctor's course |
Special screening for graduate schools
The schedules for "special screening" vary according to school. For special screening for international students, special screening for working people, screening for those admitted in October, and screening for third year undergraduate students, please contact the school you are interested in directly.
Special screening for international graduate students
The following graduate schools conduct special screenings for international students as well as, in some cases, accepting international students through the general admission application process.
Graduate schools conducting special screening for international students
- Graduate School of Letters -- Master's course, Studies on Cultural Dynamics, Master's course, Studies on Cultural Forms, Studies on Cultural Expressions, Doctor's course, Studies on Cultural Forms, Studies on Cultural Expressions
- Graduate School of Science -- Master's course
- Graduate School of Dentistry -- Doctor's course
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences -- Master's course, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Doctor's course, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Doctor's course, Pharmacy
- Graduate School of Engineering -- Master's course, Doctor's course
- Graduate School of Engineering Science -- Master's course
- Graduate School of Information Science and Technology -- Master's course, Doctor's course
Graduate schools screening students -- including international students -- for general admission
- Graduate School of Law and Politics -- Master's course
- Division of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine -- Master's course, Doctor's course
- Studies in Japanese Language and Culture, Graduate School of Language and Culture -- Master's course
- Osaka [graduate] School of International Public Policy -- Master's course, Doctor's course
Special screening for working people
The following graduate schools conduct special screenings for working people.
- Graduate School of Letters -- Master's course, Studies on Cultural Dynamics; Master's course, Studies on Cultural Forms; Studies on Cultural Expressions, Doctor's course; Studies on Cultural Forms, Studies on Cultural Expressions
- Graduate School of Human Sciences -- Master's course, Doctor's course
- Graduate School of Law and Politics -- Doctor's course
- Division of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine -- Master's course, Doctor's course
- Graduate School of Dentistry -- Doctor's course
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences -- Master's course, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Doctor's course, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Doctor's course, Pharmacy
- Graduate School of Engineering Science -- Master's course, Doctor's course
- Graduate School of Information Science and Technology -- Master's course
- Osaka University Law School -- Law school course
Autumn (October) admission
Prospective students may apply for autumn (October) admission to the following schools:
- Graduate School of Science -- Master's course, Doctor's course
- Graduate School of Engineering -- Doctor's course
- Graduate School of Engineering Science -- Doctor's course
- Osaka School of International Public Policy -- Doctor's course
- Graduate School of Information Science and Technology -- Doctor's course
Transfer of third-year graduate students
Prospective students may apply for autumn admission to:
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences -- Doctor's course (5-year course)
Grade skipping for third-year undergraduate students
Prospective applicants may apply for one of the following screenings for the schools noted below:
Special screening for third-year undergraduate students
- Graduate School of Science -- Master's course
- Graduate School of Engineering -- Master's course
- Graduate School of Information Science and Technology -- Master's course
General screening including third-year undergraduate students to the following schools
- Graduate School of Law and Politics -- Master's course
- Graduate School of Economics -- Master's course
- Health Science Division , Graduate School of Medicine -- Master's course
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences -- Master's course
- Graduate School of Engineering Sciences -- Master's course
- Graduate School of Language and Culture -- Master's course
- Osaka School of International Public Policy -- Master's course
- Osaka University Law School -- Law school course
- Studies in Language and Society , Studies in Japanese Language and Culture , Graduate School of Language and Culture -- Master's course