Office of Assistant Vice-Chancellor Research, Innovation and Sustainability (OAVCRIS)

Kyoto University PhD Scholarship Programme

  • Registration and payment period: 23 December 2025 to 14 January 2026, 5:00 pm (Japan time)
  • Application documents submission period: 23 December 2025 to 15 January 2026, 5:00 pm (Japan time)
  • General flow of Application:
    1. Select supervisor and graduate school
    2. Get through AAO process (go here, guideline for AAO here).
    3. Once AAO is successful, contact your prospective supervisor
    4. Apply to graduate school
    5. Go through the selection process
  • For more details please click here.