Application for 2025 Enrolment (Spring/Fall)

Important Notes

  1. Applications will be accepted as early as 4 weeks before the application deadline, but no earlier.

  2. Please contact our office by email if you do not receive a follow-up email from the CICASP Office within 3 business days of submitting your pre-application.

  3. Entrance examinations are conducted online; applicants are not required to travel to Japan to take the exams.

 Download Documents

Application Guidelines
2025 enrollment
PDF | Updated: 2024/08/01

Appendix 1: Payment Method
PDF | Updated: 2023/08/31

Appendix 2: List of Faculty Members
PDF | Updated: 2025/02/19

Important Dates

Submission deadlines (in Japan time) for 2025 enrolment:

  1. October 1, 2024 for an exam during November 5–8, 2024* and enrollment in April or October, 2025 --> Application has closed.
  2. April 30, 2025 for an exam during June 2–6, 2025* and enrollment in October, 2025

*Two additional days are reserved for entrance examinations under exceptional circumstances, if applicants or evaluation committee members are unavailable during the official exam week (for examination period 1, November 11 and 12, 2024; for examination period 2, June 9 and 10, 2025)

 

Application Steps

1) Carefully read the current Application Guidelines (a PDF file is posted on this page).

2) Discuss your intention to apply with your prospective supervisor (see the list of eligible faculty members at the bottom of this page and Appendix 2 for additional faculty members of the Department of Primatology and Wildlife Research*). To initiate contact with our faculty members, you may directly contact them or use the online system of the Admissions Assistance Office (AAO)**. In either case, you are requested to submit an online application through the AAO before proceeding to the next step so that we can confirm your eligibility.

3) After your AAO application is approved, submit a pre-application to CICASP using the online form below.
The pre-application is reviewed by the CICASP Administration. Once approved, you will receive an email from the CICASP Office with instructions to complete the full application form online using a personal account. If you are returning to continue filling in the application, you can access your application via the link provided in your approval email or via this link »

*Appendix 2 includes faculty members who are not eligible to serve as a primary supervisor of graduate students. However, they may still be willing to support your studies in cooperation with an eligible faculty member.

**The AAO Application is used to identify potential matches between prospective applicants and faculty members; it is not a substitute for application to our graduate course.