Application

Application Guidelines for the NGP students (Pre-Program students) enrollment for October 2025.
【Deadline: 14:00 (JST), June 11 , 2025】

※ The Japanese language version shall prevail English version.

Application Period:
May 2, 2025 ~14:00 (JST) June 11(Wednesday), 2025

Application requirements:

  • M1 students who entered the master’s course in the Graduate School of Medicine (Medical Sciences, Disability Sciences) and the Graduate School of Life Sciences (Integrative Life Sciences, Ecological Developmental Adaptability Life Sciences, Molecular and Chemical Life Sciences) in April 2025 and have an intention to advance to the doctoral course.
  • D1 students who entered or advanced to the Medical Sciences Course in the Graduate School of Medicine in April 2025.

    ※As an exception, the following students can apply for this program this time.
  • Students who entered master’s courses in both Graduate Schools in October 2024 and have an intention to advance to the doctoral course

    ※In principle, applicants should apply to JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists
    (Tokubetsu Kenkyuin) (DC).

Required application documents

Send your application documents to the Neuro Global office by the deadline.

Please fill in the forms and submit them as a PDF to the Neuro Global office by email. (The size of attached files should be less than 3MB.)
E-mail:
neuroglobal@grp.tohoku.ac.jp
To:
Office of Neuro Global International Joint Graduate Program
  1. Tohoku University NGP Application (Form A)

    (Word) Form A Download

    (PDF) Form A Download

  2. Statement of Purpose (Form B)

    (Word) Form B Download

    (PDF) Form B Download

  3. Recommendation Letter (Form C)

    (Word) Form C Download

    (PDF) Form C Download

  4. Undergraduate academic transcript and graduate academic transcript
  5. Copy of test scores for official English language skills (TOEFL®, TOEIC®, IELTS, etc.)

※) Recommendation Letter: You need the signature of an NGP Educational Affairs Committee Member on the application form.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

NGP office:

Email: neuroglobal@grp.tohoku.ac.jp

NGP Educational Affairs committee member

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Guidance video

You can watch the video of the online briefing on Youtube.

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