General Selection / Special Selection for Working Students

Application Qualifications

(General Selection)

1. A person who has passed the National Dentist Examination before 2005 or the National Physician Examination before 2003.
2. A person who has graduated from a university (dentistry or medicine) and completed or is expected to complete clinical practice for dental practitioners which is prescribed by the Dental Practitioners Act, or clinical practice for medical practitioners which is prescribed by the Medical Practitioners Act by March 2024.
3. A person who has graduated, or is expected to graduate from a university (veterinary or 6 years of pharmacy) by March 2024.
4. A person who has completed, or is expected to complete 18 years of education abroad (completing the final program in either dentistry, medicine, veterinary or pharmacy) by March 2024.
5. A person who has been designated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
6. A person who has been recognized by our graduate school as having abilities that are at least equivalent to those who have graduated from a university of either dentistry, medicine, veterinary or 6 years of pharmacy.

(Special Selection for Working the Students)
A person who meets any of the qualifications below, and has more than 3 years (including clinical practice for medical and dental practitioners) of working experience which continues after the enrollment of our graduate school, and who are able to attend classes.

1. A person who has passed the National Dentist Examination before 2005 or the National Physician Examination before 2003.
2. A person who has graduated from a university (dentistry or medicine) and completed clinical practice for dental practitioners which is prescribed by the Dental Practitioners Act, or clinical practice for medical practitioners which is prescribed by the Medical Practitioners Act.
3. A person who has graduated from a university (veterinary or 6 years of pharmacy).
4. A person who has completed 18 years of education abroad (completing the final program in either dentistry, medicine, veterinary or pharmacy).
5. A person who has been designated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
6. A person who has been recognized by our graduate school as having abilities that are at least equivalent to those who have graduated from a university of either dentistry, medicine, veterinary or 6 years of pharmacy.

Application Process

Please send the application documents below by registered express mail or deliver them directly by hand during the application period.

1. Application form (Form specified by our university)
2. Academic transcript
3. Applicant's photo (attach the photo taken within three months, showing upper front body without a hat or cap (4 cm long 3 cm wide) to the application.)
4. Certificate of (expected) graduation
5. Certificate of completion or registration of clinical practice (for those who meet Qualification No.2 above)
6. Ticket for the interview (Form specified by our university)
7. 2 envelopes for sending back (stamped and addressed)
8. 30,000 yen of examination fee (bank transfer)

Once the application documents and the exam fees are received, we will not return them to you under any circumstance.
These documents will be used for confirming applicants' qualification for application, preparation of applicants' list, and reference materials for interview examination. We do not use them for other purposes.

Schedule

1st General Selection

2nd General Selection / Special Selection for Working Students

Examination Subjects and Time Schedule

*Examination subjects for special selection for working students are major and interview.

Exam Location

Lecture Room for graduate students, 1st floor of Building No.3, Kuzuha Campus, Osaka Dental University
Emergency Contact: +8172-864-3106

School Payment at the Time of Enrollment

Overseas Students

Application Qualification

1. An applicant must have completed or is expected to complete the 18-year course of school education in another country by March 2024, whose final course is in dentistry, medicine, veterinary medicine, or pharmaceutical sciences; OR
2. An applicant must have completed or is expected to complete the 16-year school education in another country by March 2024 (limited to a curriculum including courses in dentistry, medicine, veterinary medicine or pharmaceutical sciences) and is recognized to have earned the number of credits designated by our university with excellent achievements

Screening of Application Qualification (only for application based on the second criteria described above in application qualification)

Please send the following documents by registered mail or bring them directly, within the period when screening documents for application qualification are accepted.
Acceptance period of documents for the screening of application qualification: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 - Friday, September 29, 2023 (9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.) (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays)
The review results will be notified to the applicant.
Application documents will be accepted only after an applicant passes the screening and pays the entrance examination fee within the application period.

1. Application for screening of application qualification (Form specified by our university)
2. Applicant's photo (attach the photo taken within three months, showing upper front body without a hat or cap (4 cm long 3 cm wide) to the application.)
3. Academic transcript (*)
4. Certificate of (expected) graduation (*)
5. Personal statement (Form specified by our university) (*)
6. Copy of passport or certificate of alien registration card
7. Recommendation letter from the principal of the school (*)
8. Documents which show Japanese or English skills (Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students, Japanese-language Proficiency Test, TOEFL, etc.)
9. Certificate which shows the way or ability to afford our school payment. (*)
10. Document which has your address and name for reply. (A4)
11. Documents which show the curriculum and the syllabus. (Copied documents are also acceptable.) (*)

(*) For documents not written in Japanese or English, a Japanese or English translation must be attached.

Once submitted, application documents and examination fees shall not be returned for any reason.
In addition, application documents shall be used as reference materials for confirmation of application qualification, preparation of the list of examinees, and interview examination, and shall not be used for other purposes.

Application Process

Please send the application documents below by a registered express mail or deliver them directly by hand during the application period.

1. Application Form (Form specified by our university)
2. Applicant's photo (attach the photo taken within three months, showing upper front body without a hat or cap (4 cm long 3 cm wide) to the application.)
3. Academic transcript (*)
4. Certificate of (expected) graduation (*)
5. Personal statement (Form specified by our university) (*)
6. Copy of passport or certificate of alien registration card
7. Recommendation letter from the principal of the schoo (*)
8. Documents which show Japanese or English skills (Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students, Japanese-language Proficiency Test, TOEFL, etc.)
9. Certificate which shows the way or ability to afford our school payment. (*)
10. Document which has your address and name for reply. (A4)
11. Exam Fee 30,000 yen (bank transfer)

(*) For documents not written in Japanese or English, a Japanese or English translation must be attached.

Once the application documents and the exam fees are received, we will not return them to you under any circumstance.
These documents will be used for confirming applicants' qualification for application, preparation of applicants' list, and reference materials for interview examination. We do not use them for other purposes.

Schedule

Special selection for overseas students

Examination Subjects and Time Schedule

Exam Location

Lecture Room for graduate students, 1st floor of Building No.3, Kuzuha Campus, Osaka Dental University
Emergency Contact: +8172-864-3106

School Payment at the Time of Enrollment