Application Guidelines for Research Fellowship

1. Individuals who earned or expect to earn a degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary sciences, or pharmaceutical sciences, by the beginning of fellowship at Osaka University.
2. Individuals who have earned a master’s degree.
3. Individuals who are granted the eligibility to apply by the Graduate School faculty association, considering that he or she has adequate academic literacy equivalent to either 1., or 2. Criterion.

1. Individuals who earned or expect to earn a bachelor’s degree (consisted of typical 4-year curriculum), by the beginning of fellowship at Osaka University.
2. Individuals who are granted the eligibility to apply by the Graduate School faculty association, considering that he or she has adequate academic literacy equivalent to 1. Criterion

After acquiring an approval by the head professor of department of your research choice, please submit the following documents.

	Note
Application Form
Academic Certificate (Proof of degree completion)	Not required for graduates and graduating students of the School of/ Graduate School of Dentistry at Osaka University.
Consent Form	Please use the format provided in Application Form. – Only required for applicants who will be affiliated with institution(s) other than Osaka University.
Copy of your passport	Foreigners only. – Not required for applicants with permanent residency of Japan, issued by the Minister of Justice.
Copy of your resident card	Foreigners only. – Not required for applicants with permanent residency of Japan, issued by the Minister of Justice. – If you currently reside outside Japan, submit it as early as you obtain it after arriving in Japan.
Return envelope	– If you would like to have the result sent to your home, enclose an envelope type (K2) and size (240×332mm) that fits A4 papers; with your return address and name, and a postage stamp (120-yen) attached. – If you would like the application result sent to your Lab; write down the Lab name, and your name on the envelope. No need to attach a stamp.

1.Please make a payment of 9,800 JPYthrough
　　　　　‘Application Fee Payment System’:http://e-apply.jp/n/osaka-u-payment
　　　　　Online payment instruction is provided on page 4-9.

2. System processing fee will be charged separately..

3. Please print out the Payment Receipt from the link, and submit it with all the other documents.

(1) If residing in Japan

As a rule, submission must be completed by the end of the month that is 3 months advance to the beginning of the fellowship. (e.g., Submission deadline is the end of January for the entrance in April). If the last day of the month is a holiday, please submit it earlier during the weekdays.

(2) If currently residing in a country other than Japan

As a rule, submission must be completed by the end of the month that is 4 months advance to the beginning of the fellowship. (e.g., Submission deadline is the end of June for the entrance in October). With an exception of if the entering month is in April 2024, the submission deadline is on December 28^th. If the last day of the month is a holiday or a weekend, please submit the application earlier during weekdays.

Send by a registered post or hand deliver (office hours: 9:00 AM- 12:00PM, 1:00PM- 5:00PM) to: 

The Student Affairs Section
Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University

Postal code: 565-0871
1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka

After a thorough selection screening at Faculty Association meetings, we will announce successful candidates. Application result will be sent to each applicant via mail or/and email.  

1.　Once you receive the letter of acceptance, please pay entrance fee of 84,600 JPY (subject to 　change) using an invoice ticket sent by the Student Affairs Section, or wire-transfer to the following bank account.

　　　　　Mitsui-Sumitomo BANK (SMBC),
　　　　　Toyonaka Branch, account number No. ７４８５１４４
　　　　　Name: オオサカダイガク シガクブ (Osaka University, Dentistry)

Please specify and add process code ‘00066’ before your name in your transfer.

2.　Please bring in the receipt of entrance fee before the fellowship begins.

3.　Each fellow must pay any handling fees, as might occur.

4.　Once transferred, no refunds can be made for any reasons.

1. Monthly 28,900 JPY (as of 2023)
2. Please complete the payment of April to September, in May.　Please complete the payment of October to March, in November.
3. The university will send you an invoice ticket. Please complete the payment accordingly, by the specified date.
4. Each fellow must pay any handling fees, as might occur
5. Once the money is transferred, it will not be returned for any reasons.
6. If any change to tuition is made, it will take immediate effect.

Please submit request to withdraw one month before the withdrawal date. If you are not up to date with your tuition payment, withdrawal request will be rejected. If you submitted the request to withdraw before the first Thursday of April, or the first Thursday of October, tuition payment will not be obligatory after the month of official withdrawal.

If you wish to extend the fellowship period and stay the subsequent academic semester, please follow the procedure specified by the Student Affairs Section. If no such action is taken, the fellowship ends on the initially agreed date.

Please send the application by a registered post or hand deliver to, and send any inquiries to:

The Student Affairs Section
Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University

Postal code: 565-0871
1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka

Phone: (06)-6879-2862

　　E-mail: si-soumu-kyomu [at] office.osaka-u.ac.jp

　　Office hours: Mon-Fri 9:00 AM- 12:00PM, 1:00PM- 5:00PM
 (No weekends, closed December 29^th to January 3^rd)