Osaka University admits research students who are interested in conducting research on specific topics and themes. In addition, we recommend that international students be accepted as research students for six months to one year before enrollment at a Graduate School. This time allows students from overseas to get used to a Japanese research environment and prepare for Graduate School entrance examinations. In addition to Graduate Schools, the research institutes listed below also accept research students.

Students enrolled in universities overseas that have inter-university or inter-faculty agreements with Osaka University may be eligible for the exchange programs offered by OU