Note:
- Our academic year starts in April and ends in March.
- The application window opens for one week in July for the April intake of the following academic year. There is no October intake.
- You can apply for a degree program only after gaining consent for acceptance from the faculty.
AY2026 Application Guidelines
Published June 3 2025
- AY2026 Master’s Degree Programs Application Guidelines
- AY2026 Doctoral Degree Programs Application Guidelines
Master’s degree programs
We conduct online interviews along with document reviews for overseas student admissions.
All prospective applicants must apply online, print out and complete forms and send the required documents within a set application window.
Online admissions interview dates and languages
Interview settings will be rehearsed prior to the interviews to check internet connections etc.
- Rehearsal date: Thursday, August 21, 2025
- Rehearsal time: TBA
- Online interview date: Friday, August 22, 2025
- Online interview time: TBA
- Interview language: Japanese*
*If the interview panel finds the interviewee having difficulties understanding/answering questions in Japanese, the panel may decide to switch the interview language to English.
Doctoral degree programs
We conduct document reviews for overseas student admissions. All prospective applicants must apply online, print out and complete forms and send the required documents within a set application window.
Apply online and submit documents
Follow this link to apply:
HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY Graduate School of Health Sciences Online Application
Admissions window: From Thursday, July 10 to Thursday July 17, 2025
Office open: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm (JST)
Closed Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays
Inquiries
Academic Affairs Office, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University
Email: kyomu[at]hs.hokudai.ac.jp
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