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Who can apply
Three different things not to mix up: the country where you study, your nationality and the country where you live when you apply.
- Country of study
- Japan · Sapporo
- Degree already heldRequired
- Master’s
- Target level
- Doctorate
- Fields of study
- Humanities, Social sciences, Languages and Arts
- Other conditions
- If you are an international student, you must also submit the following documents: a recommendation letter written by your supervisor at your previous university (optional), a copy of your passport (page showing your status of residence) or of your residence card, and, if you are a Japanese government scholarship student, proof of that status.RequiredOrganisation’s wording: 外国人留学生の場合は、以下の書類を併せて提出すること。
The real funding
What the opportunity pays, what is left for you to pay and the money to plan before leaving.
- At your expense
- Tuition
- Money to plan before leaving
- Admission fee payable during the enrolment procedure: JPY 282,000: JP¥282,000
- Tuition fee for the first semester: JPY 267,900 (JPY 535,800 per year): JP¥267,900
- Application fee
- JP¥30,000
Application steps
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Step 1: Pay the JPY 30,000 application fee (plus JPY 500 processing fee)
- With whom
- You
Step 2: Complete the enrolment procedure (details are notified in late February); admission fee JPY 282,000 and first-semester tuition JPY 267,900
- With whom
- Admitted applicants
Where to apply
Hokkaido University (Graduate School of Letters) (opens in a new tab) · 博士後期課程(北海道大学大学院文学院) · 北海道大学大学院文学院
Official title (in Japanese): 2027年度北海道大学大学院文学院博士後期課程学生募集要項
Official website of Hokkaido University (Graduate School of Letters): let.hokudai.ac.jp