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The NIG-GS system allows applicants for our 5-year PhD program to be considered for superior financial support. Please see Financial support for details.
You can apply to NIG-GS only if the Department of Genetics, SOKENDAI is your first-choice for graduate studies, and if you will be available to visit NIG from January 21 – January 29, 2022 to learn about our program. (Travel expenses for this visit will be supported.)
Please see Application Instructions for details.
We will invite selected candidates to visit the Department of Genetics/NIG (Mishima, Japan) from January 21 to January 29, 2022. The invitees will take an on-site exam on January 26 and 27. Preliminary admission and scholarship announcements will be notified via e-mail by February 14. Applicants who have received an offer must tell us the acceptance regarding enrollment by the designated date of February.
*There is a possibility that the entrance exam would take place by remote (online) due to the spread of new coronavirus infection. In such a case, the invitation to travel to Japan would be cancelled and the applicant would take the exam remotely at his/her place of residence on Jan 26 and 27.
First of all, you need to choose your prospective mentor(s). You should be in touch with your prospective mentor(s) and discuss your future studies that will be conducted at the Department of Genetics/NIG.
Please note that faculty members who will retire within the standard period of study (5 years from the time of admission) cannot be appointed as supervisors. Subsequently, send the application documents including your CV (use the prescribed form) and an essay describing why and what you want to study in the Department of Genetics. You also need to send your latest academic transcripts (with GPA) issued by the college or university you attend/attended, and tell us its grading scale/system (including GPA calculation method) and a score report of English proficiency test. The documents should reach the Department of Genetics (info-soken@nig.ac.jp) by November 1 (Mon) 2021 noon (Japan Standard Time). If you pass the primary screening, you will be asked to take a written exam via email. The deadline to return the answer sheet is November 11 (noon JST). The applicants to be invited to take the on-site exam will be announced by November 26. The invited candidates will be asked to prepare other application documents for the on-site exam. Scanned application documents should reach the Department of Genetics via e-mail (info-soken@nig.ac.jp) by January 4, 2022, and the original, printed documents should be submitted to the Department of Genetics before taking the on-site exam at NIG.
The on-site exam will be conducted simultaneously with the winter examination of "General Admission". You can refer to "Entrance Examination", "Admission Decision" and "Past Exams" described in the "General Admission" webpage.
Students are eligible for supplemental funding for research activities. Such funds are allocated and announced on a year-by-year basis. All international graduate students are provided with free Japanese lessons (usually two hours/month). English is the working language for education and research at the Department of Genetics/NIG but some knowledge of basic Japanese will be useful in daily life.
The NIG administration office has staff who are fluent in English. We also have an English Help Desk that can help with visa and medical issues, and assist in other aspects of the initial settling in period. International graduate students receive assistance in finding housing.