Entrance Examination for the Graduate School (winter AY2023)

Last updated on: December 22, 2023

About the Oral Examination (updated on December 22)

In the entrance examination for the division of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering / Urban Management, Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering, the Oral Examinations will be conducted as follows:

  • Applicants living in Japan (including those who have already come to Japan as a research student): 
    The Oral Examination will be conducted in person.
    On the day of the examination, please come to the designated location at the Katsura Campus.
  • Applicants living in countries other than Japan:
    Overseas applicants preferring an online examination will be allowed to take the oral examination online.
    Applicants residing overseas but wishing to take the examination in Japan will have the option to do so in person.

※ Note that short essay for "Special selection of career-track working students" will be conducted face-to-face on February 13, 2024.

Information of Entrance Examination conducted in Winter

Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering and Department of Urban Management, Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering, hold a joint entrance examination for Master's Program and Doctoral Program.

Applicants can download the Guidelines for Applicants to the 2024 Master's Program and Doctoral  Program and "Details of Entrance Examinations" of Division of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering/Urban Management. The information below are outlines of the Admission Guides for reference purposes only and are subject to change without notice; be sure to confirm the details in the Admission Guidelines and "Details of Entrance Examination".

Applicants should contact supervising professors of preferred classifications and discuss application.
The classifications are listed in this page for Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering and this page for Department of Urban Management.

For the Master's and Doctoral Program entrance examinations, applicants will have to take the examinations, which will be held in the Katsura Campus.

Special Measures for Response to Changes in Social Conditions

Due to changes in social conditions, the entrance examination and test details are subject to change. When change is made, information will be posted on the website of the Graduate School of Engineering and this webpage. Be sure to check the latest information.

Master's Program

  1. Examination Type
    International Applicants
    See the guidelines and "Details of Entrance Examination" for the details.
  2. Examination Schedule
    February 13 (Tuesday) or 14 (Wednesday), 2024.
  3. Course Program Selection
    As in the below there are five course programs that you can pursue upon entering the Master's Program:
    (1) Master's Program,
    (2) Master's Program, International Course,
    (3) Interdisciplinary Engineering Course Program, Postgraduate Integrated Course Program of Applied Mechanics,
    (4) Interdisciplinary Engineering Course Program, Postgraduate Integrated Course Program of Human Security Engineering, and
    (5) Advanced Engineering Course Program.
    The program will be determined by our specific procedure using the statement of course selection and results of the entrance examination.

Doctoral Program

  1. Examination Type
    1) 2024 Doctoral Program (Second Recruitment, April 2024 Admission)
    (1) Ordinary examination, (2) Special examination for full-time workers, (3) Special examination for PhD thesis draft, and (4) Special examination for foreign applicants on the Interdisciplinary Engineering Course Program of the Human Security Engineering. See the guidelines and "Details of Entrace Examination" for the details.

    2) 2024 Doctoral Program (October 2024 Admission)
    (1) Special examination for foreign applicants on the Interdisciplinary Engineering Course Program of the Human Security Engineering. See the guidelines and "Details of Entrance Examination" for the details.
  2. Examination Schedule
    February 13 (Tuesday) or 14 (Wednesday), 2024.
  3. Program Selection
    Two programs have been prepared for those who enroll in the Doctoral Program. Programs available for enrollment by those who pass the entrance examination for the examination category Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering or Department of Urban Management are as follows.
    • Interdisciplinary Engineering Course Program
      (Postgraduate Integrated Course Program of Evolutionarily Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering / Postgraduate Integrated Course Program of Applied Mechanics / Postgraduate Integrated Course Program of Human Security Engineering)
    • Advanced Engineering Course Program
      (Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering or Department of Urban Management)