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National Institutes of Natural Sciences

National Institute for Basic Biology

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About PhD

Obtaining a Degree

To earn a doctoral degree, students must obtain a specified number of credits and successfully pass the doctoral dissertation examination. The dissertation must contain fundamentally new and advanced research findings, a significant portion of which must be published in peer-reviewed international journals.
The dissertation is initially reviewed by an evaluation committee, including external reviewers, followed by a public oral presentation that is judged by the program committee. Final approval from the Representative Committee of Life Science comprising representatives from multiple programs grants students the Doctor of Philosophy_(Japanese: Rigaku 理学 or Gakujutsu 学術).
In the five-year doctoral program, a master's degree can also be earned under certain conditions.
 

Requirements for Graduation

Please see the SOKENDAI web page.
 

Schedule regarding the Procudures for the Doctoral Thesis Submission and Qualification for Master's Degree

Please see this page for details (internal access only).