The following schedule, etc. may be changed.
Confirm our Japanese website for the latest information.

Admission Guide (FY2024)

Tuition

Note 1: The fee for textbooks and white coats etc. is excluded.
Note 2: If tuition is revised, the new tuition will apply. In this case, you will be notified on a separate occasion.

Requirement for Completion

A student must be enrolled for two years or longer, have earned 15 or more designated credits, and pass the examination and review of a doctoral dissertation. The following are designated credits that must be earned:

Application Qualification

Applicants must meet any of the following criteria:

• (1) A person who has or is expected to have a master's degree or a professional degree by March 29, 2024.
• (2) A person who has or is expected to have been granted with a degree equivalent to a master's degree or professional degree in a foreign country by March 29, 2024.
• (3) A person who has or is expected to have been granted with a degree equivalent to a master's degree or professional degree, by taking courses in correspondence education provided by a foreign school in Japan by March 29, 2024
• (4) A person who completed or is expected to complete a course of school education, including education offered by an institution in Japan managed under another country's school education system, which has the country's graduate school curricula, and designated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, and has been granted with a degree equivalent to a master's degree or professional degree by March 29, 2024
• (5) A person who completed or is expected to complete a curriculum of United Nations University established according to the resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations dated December 11, 1972, as stipulated by Article 1, Paragraph 2 of the Act on Special Measures Incidental to Enforcement of the "Agreement between the United Nations and Japan regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations University" (Act No. 72 of 1976) (referred to as "United Nations University" in the next item and in Article 162), and has been granted with a degree equivalent to a master's degree or professional degree by March 29, 2024
• (6) A person who completed a curriculum of a foreign school, a designated educational institution according to (3) above, or United Nations University, passed the examination and review stipulated in Article 16, Paragraph 2 of the Standards for Establishment of Professional Graduate Schools, and is deemed to have the scholastic ability equivalent to or higher than a person with a master's degree
• (7) A person who was designated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Notice No. 118 of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 1989)
  ① A person who graduated from a university, engaged in a research for two years or longer at a university or research institute, etc., and is deemed to have the scholastic ability equivalent to or higher than a person with a master's degree by our school due to accomplishment in a relevant research
  ② A person who, after completing the 16-year course of school education in a foreign country or after completing the 16-year course using correspondence education conducted by a foreign school in Japan, was engaged in a research for two years or longer at a university, research institute, etc., and is deemed to have the scholastic ability equivalent to or higher than a person with a master's degree by our school due to accomplishment in a relevant research
• (8) A person who is deemed to have the scholastic ability equivalent to or higher than a person with a master's degree or a professional degree by our school through an individual screening for entrance eligibility, and has reached the age of 24
  Note : An applicant who wishes to apply under (7) or (8) of the above application qualification should refer to "Individual screening of application qualification."
  Overseas students need to meet the following requirement (9) in addition to the above (1) to (8).
• (9) A person who passed the N2 or higher level of Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT), or earned 220 points or more in total of "Reading comprehension" and "Listening/Listening and Reading comprehension" (out of 400 points) in "Japanese" in the "Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students (EJU) conducted by Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO)

Application Documents

Note 1: Applicants who took individual screening of applicants' qualifications do not need to submit documents 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 above.
Note 2: If the name is different between 8 and 9, submit a certificate (extract of family register, etc.) to verify that the applicant is the same person.
Note 3: Formats designated by our graduate school (excluding a bank transfer request form for "16. examination fee") can be sent to you by data (Word and Excel) upon request. Please send a request via e-mail from "Inquiry" on our website. Fill out in handwriting or personal computer. When using a personal computer, the name must be written in your own handwriting. Use a pen or a ballpoint pen with black ink to handwrite, and do not use erasable ink.
Note 4: Once the application documents and the exam fees are received, we will not return them to you under any circumstance. Please make a copy if necessary.

Examination Subjects and Selection Method

(1) Examination Subjects

(2) Selection Method

For selection of enrollees, acceptance or rejection shall be determined by comprehensively evaluating the above (1) and the capabilities, etc. necessary for receiving education in the doctoral program of our graduate school.

Special Measures for Examination

If you may need special consideration during the examination because of physical dysfunction, disease, etc., please consult with the Office of the Faculty of Health Sciences before making the application. Please understand that we may not be able to fulfill your request.

Things to Note

(1) Application

① An application will not be accepted if any document is missing or incomplete.
② Once the procedure is completed, the examination admission card will be sent by postal mail.

(2) Precautions on the day of examination

① Entry into and seating in the examination room

• Examinees should enter the room by 10 minutes before the start of the examination.
• Please take a seat where your examination number is displayed, and place your admission card on the upper right side of the desk.
• Examinees who are late 20 minutes or more after the start of the examination will not be allowed to take the examination.
• Be sure to bring the examination admission card. If you lost or forgot to bring the examination admission card on the day of the examination, please go to the Testing Division and receive the temporary admission card.

② Handling of personal belongings

• In addition to the admission card, items allowed to be placed on the desk during the examination are: black lead pencils (No. 1 or 2; HB or B) or mechanical pencils with black lead (No. 1 or 2; HB or B), erasers, pencil sharpeners (excluding electric or large-size sharpeners and knives), watch or clock (excluding those with dictionary, calculator, computing functions, etc., devices hard to identify availability of these functions, those making ticking sound, kitchen timers, and large clocks), eye glasses, handkerchief, tissue paper (out of a bag or box), and eye-drops. If you use or place other personal belongings, we may temporarily suspend your examination and hold them until the end of the examination.
• Do not use mobile phones, smartphones, wearable devices, or other electronics. Before entering the examination room, be sure to unset the alarm, turn off the power, and keep it in your bag.
• Only for "foreign language (English)" examinations, printed dictionaries (in a book form) will be allowed to use (placed on your desk). However, electronic dictionaries will not be allowed.

③ Precautions at the time of examination

• In the examination room, follow the instructions of the supervisor.
• If you wish to leave the room during the examination for an inevitable reason, for example when you feel sick or need to use the bathroom, etc., please raise your hand and follow the instructions of the supervisor.
• No relief measures will be taken if daily life noise, etc. (for example, sound of supervisors' footsteps or conversation required for them to fulfill their task, airplane, automobile, wind, rain, air conditioning, cough, sneezing, sniffling of other examinees, brief ringing of a cell phone, clock, and chimes of a surrounding building) occurs during the examination.

④ Additional information

• There is no parking lot for car or motorcycle in the examination site. Use public transportation.
• Keep quiet in the examination site.
• Applicants are strictly prohibited to enter undesignated areas, other than the examination room, etc.
• Applicants who miss even only one examination will be rejected.

Revoking Acceptance or Admission

Please note that we may revoke our acceptance or admission even after enrollment, for applicants who correspond to any of the following.

(1) Acquisition of qualifications (1) to (6) for "entrance qualification"

Applicants who applied with a prospect of acquisition by March 29, 2024 must submit a document showing that they have acquired such qualification (certificate of graduation, etc.) by April 4, 2024. If this is not submitted (we are unable to confirm your qualification), admission to our graduate school will be cancelled even if you passed the entrance examination.

(2) Regarding school expenses

If we revoke our acceptance or admission for reasons of (1) above, we will not refund any of paid school expenses.

Individual Screening of Application Qualification

An applicant who wishes to apply under (7) or (8) of the above application qualification should undergo an individual screening of application qualification in advance.
*Please refer to the explanation above for the application period etc. and the screening results.

(1) Application Documents

Note 1: If the name is different between 5 and 6, submit a certificate (extract of family register, etc.) to verify that the applicant is the same person.
Note 2: Formats designated by our graduate school (excluding a bank transfer request form for "14. examination fee") can be sent to you by data (Word and Excel) upon request. Please send a request via e-mail from "Inquiry" on our website. Fill out in handwriting or personal computer. When using a personal computer, the name must be written in your own handwriting. Use a pen or a ballpoint pen with black ink to handwrite, and do not use erasable ink.
Note 3: Once the application documents and the exam fees are received, we will not return them to you under any circumstance. Please make a copy if you need

(2) Screening Method
Submitted documents will be reviewed for screening of application qualification.

(3) Screening Results
Please refer the explanation above.

Expected Career

The doctoral (latter) program in the Course of Oral Sciences, the Graduate School of Health Sciences produces not only competent educators and researchers in oral sciences, namely oral health science or oral engineering, but also people with teaching skills, and personnel management and operation competencies for educational and research institutions.
Dental hygienists and dental technicians are expected to be needed at educational institutions, especially universities. Therefore, we consider a faculty member of a college/university that offers a training course for dental hygienists or dental technicians as the primary career path after completion of the doctoral (latter) program in the Course of Oral Sciences, the Graduate School of Health Sciences. Our graduates may also attain a managerial position as a professor or an associate professor by accumulating accomplishments at the university where they work. Some may become experts in oral health science and oral engineering or faculty members in School of Dentistry who provide education and guidance for researchers.
Other than university faculty members, we expect that some also will become teachers and managers at vocational schools to train dental hygienists and dental technicians, and that others may work at medical institutions, research institutions, or companies related to dental care and play their roles as trainers and managers, by leveraging their advanced expertise and skills as well as their abilities as leaders and managers.