Admissions for Graduate School of Dentistry

Applicants must obtain a approval of acceptance from a professor of department that you would like

to enroll as a research student.

1. Visit our homepage below.
   Graduate School of Dentistry
2. Find a department that you are interested in
3. Contact professor to see if he/she will accept you as a research student

If you still don’t know where to make contact, please email si-soumu-kyomu(a)office.osaka-u.ac.jp

(replace (a) with @),indicating the name of department that you interested in

◆ Spring Admission (April 2023 Enrollment)

Twice examination opportunities are available for Spring Admission.

Admission Policies & Application Guidelines 2023

○ Handling of supplementary entrance examinations at the Graduate School of Dentistry

　As stated in the application guideline, the Graduate School of Dentistry conducts the graduate school entrance examinations twice yearly.
If you are unable to take the first graduate school entrance examination due to COVID-19 infection and close contact to COVID-19, you can take the second entrance examination as the supplementary examination.
However, there is no supplementary examination for those who do not take the second examination.
Please plan your entrance examination based on the above.

★ Handling of Application Documents in the Application Procedures for International student (April 2023 Enrollment) Doctoral course Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University

　Due to the pandemic of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2), it has been getting very difficult to take external English examinations. Considering this situation, the validity period of the TOEFL, TOEIC, and IELTS score sheets listed in Note 1 on page 5-6 of the application procedures has been changed as follows.

The valid certificate should be the one issued within two years before the last day of the applicationperiod.
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The valid certificate should be the one issued within five years before the last day of the application period.

◆ Fall Admission (October 2023 Enrollment)

Admission Policies & Application Guidelines 2023

★ Handling of Application Documents in the Application Procedures for International student (October 2023 Enrollment) Doctoral course Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University

　Due to the pandemic of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2), it has been getting very difficult to take external English examinations. Considering this situation, the validity period of the TOEFL, TOEIC, and IELTS score sheets listed in Note 1 on page 5-6 of the application procedures has been changed as follows.

The valid certificate should be the one issued within two years before the last day of the application period.
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The valid certificate should be the one issued within five years before the last day of the application period.

○ the Application Fee Payment System

The Application Fee Payment System

Applicants must obtain an approval of acceptance from a professor of department that you would like to enroll as a research student.

# Admission of research students is open at any working days; however, the paper works take approximately 3 months for applicants living in Japan.

# For applicants residing overseas, in general, applications must be submitted by the end of the fourth month prior to the month in which you wish to enroll.

Application Guidelines for Research Fellowship