National Institute for Basic Biology
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.
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Please see this page for details (internal access only).