Graduate Schools

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Kyoto University has 18 Graduate Schools. To learn about the available programs, please visit each School's website.

Graduate School website	Degree Programs	Courses	Academic staff
Letters	Master's Doctoral	Literature, Philosophy, History, Behavioral Studies, and Contemporary Culture	List of academic staff
Letters	Master's	Joint Degree Master of Arts Program in Transcultural Studies	List of academic staff
Education	Master's Doctoral	Educational Studies, and Clinical Studies of Education	List of academic staff
Law	Master's Doctoral	Legal and Political Studies	List of academic staff
Law	Professional	Law School	List of academic staff
Economics	Master's Doctoral	Economics	List of academic staff
Economics	Master's	International Joint Master Degree Program in Global Markets, Local Creativities	List of academic staff
Science	Master's Doctoral	Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Chemistry, and Biological Sciences	Search page
Medicine	Four-year doctoral	Medicine	List of academic staff
	Master's Doctoral	Medical Science	List of academic staff
	Professional Doctoral	Public Health	List of academic staff
	Master's Doctoral	Human Health Sciences	List of academic staff
	Four-year doctoral	Kyoto-McGill International Collaborative Program in Genomic Medicine	List of academic staff
Pharmaceutical Sciences	Four-year doctoral	Biomedical Sciences	List of academic staff
	Five-year doctoral	Medicinal Frontier Sciences
	Master's Doctoral	Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bioinformatics and Chemical Genomics (not accepting new students)
Engineering	Master's Doctoral	Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Urban Management, Environmental Engineering, Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Science, Micro Engineering, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nuclear Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Science and Engineering, Material Chemistry, Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Molecular Engineering, Polymer Chemistry, Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering	Divisions
Agriculture	Master's Doctoral	Agronomy and Horticultural Science, Forest and Biomaterials Science, Applied Life Sciences, Applied Biosciences, Environmental Science and Technology, Natural Resource Economics, and Food Science and Biotechnology	Divisions
Human and Environmental Studies	Master's Doctoral	Department of Human and Environmental Studies	List of academic staff
Energy Science	Master's Doctoral	Socio-Environmental Energy Science, Fundamental Energy Science, Energy Conversion Science, and Energy Science and Technology	List of academic staff
Asian and African Area Studies	Five-year doctoral	Southeast Asian Area Studies, African Area Studies, and Global Area Studies	List of academic staff
Informatics	Master's Doctoral	Informatics	List of academic staff
Biostudies	Master's Doctoral	Integrated Life Science, and Systemic Life Science	Search page
Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability	Five-year doctoral	Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability	List of academic staff
Global Environmental Studies	Doctoral	Global Environmental Studies	List of academic staff
Global Environmental Studies	Master's Doctoral	Environmental Management	List of academic staff
Government	Professional	Public Policy	List of academic staff
Management	Professional	Business Administration	List of academic staff
Management	Doctoral	Management Science	List of academic staff

Unified academic staff database (partially in Japanese):
Activity Database on Education and Research (external link)

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Awarding of degrees

1. Master's degrees

Master's degrees are awarded to those who have successfully completed two or more years of required course work and research, passed the required examination, and have had a thesis accepted.

2. Professional degrees (other than from the Law School)

Professional (master's) degrees are awarded to those who have successfully completed two or more years of required course work.

3. Professional degrees from the Law School

Juris Doctor degrees (professional degrees) are awarded to those who have successfully completed three or more years of required course work at the Law School.

4. Doctoral degrees

Doctoral degrees are awarded to those who have successfully completed three or more years of required course work and research, passed the required examination, and have had a thesis accepted.

5. Doctoral degrees from a four-year program at the Graduate School of Medicine or Pharmaceutical Sciences

Doctoral degrees are awarded to those who have successfully completed four or more years of required course work and research, passed the required examination, and have had a thesis accepted.

6. Doctoral degrees from a five-year program at the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS), or Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability (GSAIS)

Doctoral degrees are awarded to those who have successfully completed five or more years of required course work and research, passed the required examination, and have had their thesis accepted.

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