{"id":2267,"date":"2022-03-28T17:19:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T08:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/?page_id=2267"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:18:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T04:18:05","slug":"information-for-doctoral-couse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/information-for-doctoral-couse\/","title":{"rendered":"For Doctoral Course Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2359 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/210824_08-02.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p>This page provides important information on classes, thesis application, school life, etc. for students of the Master\u2019s Course of the Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Please check the latest information before registering for classes or submitting applications.<\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Important Notice<br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>Important notices on academic matters are posted here for graduate students of the doctoral course.<\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Notice on Registration for Presentations at Research Seminar<br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>The Research Seminar 2024 will be offered online (MS Teams). Please note that it is not possible to make presentations during a leave of absence from the university. Be sure to complete a procedure for returning to the university in the month of your presentation scheduled. However, it is acceptable to apply to make a presentation even when you are on a leave of absence from the university. For more information on &#8220;Registration for Presentation&#8221; and &#8220;Registration of Candidate Commentators,&#8221; please refer to Class Information below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Important Notice on Doctoral Dissertation Examination<br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>Degrees are conferred twice a year, in September and March. Degree applications (=doctoral dissertation application) are offered four times a year. Please refer to the Doctoral Dissertation Application webpage below for the schedule and other information. In addition, please note that the application procedure and schedule for review differ from research fields (Medicine, Dentistry, or Pharmaceutical Sciences).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Orientation for New Graduate Students Enrolling in April 2024<br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>The orientation for the doctoral course will be held via online. (Moodle)&nbsp;<br \/>\nOkadai ID and password are required.<\/p>\n<p>Moodle URL: https:\/\/moodle.el.okayama-u.ac.jp\/<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Class Information<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">[Important] Befo<em>re Taking Classes<\/em><br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>&nbsp;Classes are being offered in person, online, and in a hybrid mode of in-person and online with measures against COVID-19 taken in order to prevent the spread of the pandemic. Before taking an online lecture, be sure to sign the confidentiality Pledge and submit the original of the pledge. Once you submit the pledge after your enrollment, it will be valid until your graduation. Online lectures are offered via Moodle, POSGRA, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Stream, Zoom, etc. To attend a lecture via a tool other than Zoom, you need your Okayama University ID (Okadai ID) and password to log in on those tools. If you have any questions about the Okadai ID or related matters, please check the information indicated in the above <em>Gate for Each<\/em> <em>System<\/em> to contact the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.okayama-u.ac.jp\/user\/citm\/limiting\/eng\/\">Center for Information Technology and Management<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/a_Confidentiality-Pledge_J-E.pdf\">Pledge<\/a><br \/>\nTo protect the rights of intellectual property, personal information, etc., only students who have submitted the Pledge in advance will be allowed to take classes.<br \/>\nThose who have already submitted the form do not need to resubmit it.<br \/>\n*Only the original is valid (no photocopies, no email attachments).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/a_Explanation-materials-on-intellectual-property_J-E.pdf\">Explanatory Materials on Intellectual Property<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/When-attending-classes_EN.pdf\">Attending Online Lectures<\/a><br \/>\nLive or on-demand video lectures are offered via tools such as Moodle, MS Teams, Zoom, POSGRA, etc. Please refer to the above &#8220;<em>Gate to Each System<\/em>&#8221; webpage to find how to connect to those tools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Student Handbook<br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>The content varies depending on the year of enrollment. Be sure to check the version for the year of your enrollment.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li>Registration Guide<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/09084094a988be5c11a5d94c523fb471-1.pdf\">AY2026 ver.<\/a> \/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/558f5543756f5e7a414fc8d0cf351d8c.pdf\">AY2025ver.<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/45fa5e3e0791ca9095ad5d86856d99f9-1.pdf\">AY2024ver.<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/doctoral_course_2023.pdf\">AY2023ver.<\/a>\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/doctoral_course_2022.pdf\">AY2022 ver.<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/doctoral_course_2021.pdf\">AY2021 ver.<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/doctoral_course_2020.pdf\">AY2020 ver.<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/doctoral_course_2019.pdf\">AY2019 ver<\/a>. \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/risyuuannai30.pdf\">AY2018 ver.<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/risyuuannai29.pdf\">AY2017 ver.<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/risyuuannai28.pdf\">AY2016 ver.<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/risyuuannai27.pdf\">AY2015 ver.<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/risyuuannai26.pdf\">AY2014 ver.<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/risyuuannai25.pdf\">AY2013 ver.<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/risyuuannai24.pdf\">AY2012 ver.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>School Life Guide<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8951d88e264a01fbb49c5e45f554738a-1.pdf\">AY2026 ver.<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/6fe18b252820785d1522c663deee2add.pdf\">AY2025ver.<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2149dad9c2fe1291ea2ddb4472209467-1.pdf\">AY2024ver.<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/student_life_2023.pdf\">AY2023ver.<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/student_life_2022.pdf\">AY2022<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/student_life_2021-1.pdf\">AY2021<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/student_life_2020.pdf\">AY2020 ver.<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/student_life_2019-1.pdf\">AY2019 ver.<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gakuseiseikatu30.pdf\">AY2018 ver.<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gakuseiseikatu29.pdf\">AY2017 ver.<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gakuseiseikatu28.pdf\">AY2016 ver.<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gakuseiseikatu270401.pdf\">AY2015 ver.<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gakuseiseikatu26.4.pdf\">AY2014 ver.<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gakuseiseikatu25.pdf\">AY2013 ver.<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gakuseiseikatu24.pdf\">AY2012 ver.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Student Handbook<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/34240c0196fca69914e91ff98e37d1a7.pdf\">AY2026ver.<\/a>\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Syllabus Search<br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/kyomu.adm.okayama-u.ac.jp\/Portal\/Public\/Syllabus\/SearchMain.aspx\">here<\/a> to search syllabus online<br \/>\nWhen searching, select \u201c<em>71<\/em>: Doctoral Course, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences\u201d in the \u201cFaculty, etc.\u201d field.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Class Registration<br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>Do not use an online system for class registration. Instead, please fill out the designated form -Study Planning Sheet- in the month of your enrollment after consulting with your supervisor, and submit it to the office in charge. If you wish to change a registered class, bring your student ID card to the office and complete the necessary procedure there as soon as possible. If you do not register a class expected to be taken in a designated academic year for some reason, the class will be automatically carried over to the following academic year. In this case, no extra procedure is necessary.<br \/>\nThe<span style=\"background-color: #ffffff\"> Study Planning Sheet<\/span> varies according to the degree program you have selected on your enrollment. Please download and use the appropriate<span style=\"background-color: #ffffff\"> from <\/span>below.<\/p>\n<h3>Study Planning Sheet (Medicine)<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/3c629edc32e23275b5217e0097276e3f.pdf\">Doctoral Degree Program in Medicine<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/5a17c17575f2797f8d1c24cba652a166.pdf\">Refer to an Entry Example<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/190880cdeac6a36bb4a2d1bb0e161b8d.pdf\">Comprehensive Cancer Research Training Program\/ Research Specialist Course<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Study-Planning-Sheet_03_Physician-Specialist.pdf\">Comprehensive Cancer Research Training Program\/ Physician-Scientist Course<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/db8b86bbb7d832b265d789576d9f6bdf-1.pdf\">Glocal Medical Professional Training <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/b713ec12937dc720c88cd9a10edded75.pdf\">Program Medical Data Science Innovator Training<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/fa08d88170e637188479be7546dcad28.pdf\">Program\/ Big Data Analytics Course &nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&lt;Note&gt;<br \/>\nIf you cannot provide all your classes in your Class Registration Plan due to limited space, use an Additional Registration Sheet and submit it.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Study-Planning-Sheet_99_Additional-Sheet.pdf\">Additional Registration Sheet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Study Planning Sheet (Pharmaceutical Sciences)<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/d847c7222b379885a470fd0109bc7c69.pdf\">Doctoral Degree Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>All students excluding those who are on temporary leave from school and studying abroad are supposed to prepare an Annual Plan and Report for Research once a year and submit it to the Academic Affairs Committee through the graduate school office.<br \/>\nThe graduate school office will send a request to submit an Annual Plan and Report for Research to students through their departments every May to June. Students are supposed to discuss their annual research plan with supervisors and then fill out the designated form, excluding the field \u201cResearch Guidance Plan\u201d. Subsequently, students\u2019 supervisors will fill in their \u201cResearch Guidance Plan.\u201d The chief supervisor will thoroughly read through these fields and provide the necessary guidance to the student and other supervisors. The Annual Plan and Report for Research should be submitted to the office after completing all of the above steps.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li>Annual Plan and Report for Research Form <u>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Annual-Plan-and-Report-for-Research_DC_PDF.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/u> <u>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Annual-Plan-and-Report-for-Research_DC_Word.docx\">Word<\/a>]<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Division Common Subjects \/ Common Core Subjects &#8211; Introduction to Basic \/ Clinical Medical Sciences, and Special Lectures and Conferences Recognized as Lectures of Introduction to Basic \/ Clinical Medical Sciences<br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>There are two types of lectures: &#8220;face-to-face&#8221; and &#8220;on-demand&#8221;. Lectures to be offered on demand will be made available on the e-learning platform POSGRA as they become ready. Note that the schedule is subject to change depending on the future situation, so please check the latest information on the website before taking a lecture.<\/p>\n<p>Due to content update work, the distribution period is from early June to the end of February.<\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Manual for Taking a Lecture on POSGRA (On-Demand Streaming)<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/posgra_instruction_mp.pdf\">For student enrolling in Medicine \/ Pharmaceutical Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/posgra_instruction_den.pdf\">For student enrolling in Dentistry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Schedule<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<h3>Introduction to Basic Medical Sciences<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/274e6d701b9b8a68666386c44a2a3e49.pdf\">Basic Medical Sciences Schedule AY2026_<\/a>(2026.03.31update)<\/li>\n<li>Handouts and other materials, if available, are posted on Moodle.<br \/>\nMoodle Course: <a href=\"https:\/\/moodle.el.okayama-u.ac.jp\/course\/view.php?id=262408\">[2026710101] Introduction of Basic Medical Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp; \u3000\u3000\u30fbMouse\/Rat practical skill class(September)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u3000Mouse and Rat Workshop Information\uff08A-18-1, A-18-2)<br \/>\nApplication is required for participation. Please check the Animal Resources Division website.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cc.okayama-u.ac.jp\/~animal\/index.html\">Animal Resources DivisionHP<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<h3>Introduction to Clinical Medical Sciences<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/674f1ca68ff2f20f8220d557721d2f24.pdf\">Clinical Medical Sciences ScheduleAY2026_<\/a>(2026.05.08update)<br \/>\nHandouts and other materials, if available, are posted on Moodle.<br \/>\nMoodle Course: &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/moodle.el.okayama-u.ac.jp\/course\/view.php?id=262411\">[2026710104] Introduction of Clinical Medical Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The subjects of Introduction to Clinical Medical Sciences vary depending on the Course for students enrolling in and before AY2022.<br \/>\nIf you are a student of the General Course, the Clinical Specialist Course (Dentistry), the Cancer Professional Course (Medicine)*, the Molecular Imaging Science Course, or the Academic General Practitioner (GP) Course, check the schedule above and take the necessary subjects.<br \/>\n* Only if enrolled in and after AY2018<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">If you are a student of the Clinical Specialist Course (Medicine), the Cancer Professional Course (Medicine)*, or the Cancer Professional Course (Pharmacy), take Introduction to Clinical Medical Sciences (Epidemiology, Medical Statistics, and Practical Course in Clinical Research and Preventive Medicine).<br \/>\n* If enrolled in or before AY2017<br \/>\n* If you are enrolled by AY2019, take Introduction to Clinical Medical Sciences(Epidemiology, Medical Statistics, and Practical Course in Clinical Research and Genome Informatics).<br \/>\nFor the schedule, check the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.okayama-u.ac.jp\/tp\/student\/syllabus_link.html\">online syllabus<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Introduction to Basic and Clinical Medical Sciences (Pharmaceutical Sciences)<\/h3>\n<p>These classes will be held in Tsushima Campus<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4eca4601831c058d9597af1d205918eb.pdf\">Schedule of Basic and Clinical Medical Sciences for Pharmaceutical Sciences AY2025 (2026.4.8 update)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Special Lectures and Conferences Held on\/off Campus Recognized as Lectures of Introduction to Basic\/Clinical Medical Sciences<\/h3>\n<p>For those who attend a special lecture or conference recognized by the Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee as equivalent to a lecture of Introduction to Basic Medical Sciences \/ Introduction of Clinical Medical Sciences, their attendance will be counted. If you attend such an event, have the organizer\u2019s seal affixed to your attendance card. Attendance at such events up to five times can be counted toward the necessary number of subjects to be taken for each of Introduction to Basic Medical Sciences and Introduction to Clinical Medical Sciences. Check the latest schedule below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/special_lecture_20260408-1.pdf\">Special Lectures&nbsp; and Conference Held on \/ off Campus 2026<\/a>(2026.04.08 update)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Number of Attendance and Confirmation of Attendance<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li>\n<h3><em>Number of Attendance \/ Credits<br \/>\n<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>The necessary number of attendances for Introduction of Basic Medical Sciences \/ Introduction of Clinical Medical Sciences varies depending on the degree program or course. Please check the following list carefully.<\/p>\n<h5>Students enrolling in and after AY2023<\/h5>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 166px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 72px\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.9055%;text-align: center;height: 72px\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Degree Program Name<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.4085%;height: 72px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Introduction of Basic Medical Sciences<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>No. of Attendance (Credits) *<sup>1<\/sup><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 26.6859%;height: 72px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Introduction of Clinical Medical Sciences<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>No. of Attendance (Credits) *<sup>1<\/sup>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.9055%;height: 24px\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Doctoral Degree Program in Medicine<br \/>\nComprehensive Cancer Research Training Program \/ Research Specialist Course<br \/>\nBorderless Dental Research Training Program<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.4085%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">20 lectures or more<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(4 credits)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 26.6859%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">20 lectures or more<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(4 credits)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.9055%;height: 24px\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Comprehensive Cancer Research Training Program \/ Physician-Scientist Course<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.4085%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">5 lectures or more<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(1 credits)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 26.6859%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">10 lectures or more<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(2 credits)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 22px\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.9055%;height: 22px\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Glocal Medical Professional Training Program<br \/>\nMedical Data Science Innovator Training Program \/ Big Data Analytics Course<br \/>\nMedical Data Science Innovator Training Program \/ Medical AI Application Course<br \/>\nDoctoral Degree Program in Dentistry<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.4085%;height: 22px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">10 lectures or more<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(2 credits)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 26.6859%;height: 22px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">10 lectures or more<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(2 credits)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.9055%;height: 24px\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Doctoral Degree Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.4085%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">15 lectures or more<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(3 credits)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 26.6859%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">15 lectures or more<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(3 credits)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5>Students enrolling in and before AY2022<\/h5>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 97.2711%;height: 168px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 158.017px;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Course Name<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 192.6px;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Introduction of Basic Medical Sciences<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit\">No. of Attendance (Credits) *<\/span><sup style=\"font-family: inherit\">1<\/sup><\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 311.85px;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Introduction of Clinical Medical Sciences<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit\">No. of Attendance (Credits) *<\/span><sup style=\"font-family: inherit\">1<\/sup>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 158.017px;text-align: center;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">General Course<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Molecular Imaging Science Course<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 192.6px;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">25 lectures or more<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(5 credits)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 311.85px;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">20 lectures or more<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(4 credits)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 158.017px;text-align: center;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Clinical Specialist Course (Medicine)<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 192.6px;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">15 lectures or more<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(3 credits)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 311.85px;height: 48px;text-align: center\" rowspan=\"2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Take Introduction of Clinical Medical Sciences (Introduction to Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics,&nbsp; and Clinical Research &amp; Preventive medicine, which are commonly referred to as the three subjects for Introduction of Clinical Medical Sciences).<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Refer to the note*<sup>2<\/sup>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 158.017px;text-align: center;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Cancer Professional Course (Pharmacy)<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 192.6px;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">25 lectures or more<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(5 credits)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 158.017px;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Cancer Professional Course (Medicine)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Clinical Specialist Course (Dentistry)<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 192.6px;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">10 lectures or more<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(2 credits)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 311.85px;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">10 lectures or more<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(2 credits)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 158.017px;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Academic General Practitioner (GP) Course<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 192.6px;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">20 lectures or more<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(4 credits)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 311.85px;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">20 lectures or more<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(4 credits)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 158.017px;text-align: center;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Clinical Artificial Intelligence (AI) Course<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 192.6px;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">20 lectures or more<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(4 credits)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 311.85px;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">20 lectures or more<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(4 credits)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 176px\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%;height: 176px\">\n<ul>\n<li>*1: If you attend an on-campus or off-campus research conference, lecture, or another event recognized as equivalent to a subject of Introduction of Basic Medical Sciences \/ Introduction of Clinical Medical Sciences (including a lecture held at an academic conference), your attendance will be counted for credit accreditation. Attendance at such events up to five times can be counted toward the necessary number of subjects to be taken for each of Introduction of Basic Medical Sciences and Introduction of Clinical Medical Sciences.<\/li>\n<li>*2: Introduction of Clinical Medical Scien<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">ces (Introduction to Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics,&nbsp; and Clinical Research &amp; Preventive medicine) will<\/span> be held as intensive lectures on Saturdays from April to September. The lecture schedule and syllabi are available on the website. Be sure to check the latest schedule before taking the lectures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><em>Attendance Confirmation<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Attendance at Introduction of Basic Medical Sciences \/ Introduction of Clinical Medical Sciences is counted based on the attendance card submitted. <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">When taking a class in person<\/span>, bring your attendance card for Introduction of Basic Medical Sciences \/ Introduction of Clinical Medical Sciences and have the lecturer of the class sign or affix his\/her seal on your card to confirm your attendance at the end of the class. <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">In case of online classes<\/span>, fill in only the box &#8220;Count your attendance in current year&#8221; on the back side of the attendance card. The period for submitting the card is scheduled <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">by October 31 or February 28<\/span> every year.<br \/>\nWhen attending an on-campus or off-campus special lecture or other conferences including a lecture held at an academic conference, it will also be counted as attendance up to 5 times. Regardless of whether in-person or online attendance, please have the lecturer&#8217;s signature or stamped on the box &#8220;Attendance Record for Lectures and Conferences Held as Lectures of Introduction of Medical Sciences&#8221; on the back of the attendance card.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Attendance-Card_Basic-MS_2023.pdf\">Attendance Card for Introduction of Basic Medical Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Attendance-Card_Clinical-MS_2023.pdf\">Attendance Card for Introduction of Clinical Medical Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>[Notes on Entry]<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Since each attendance card has been designed to enter all the times you have attended, submit an original copy of the &#8220;Attendance Card&#8221; to the designated office when the number of required attendance lectures for each program (course) has been reached. Submission by post is acceptable.<\/li>\n<li>In case of online classes, submit a Record of E-Learning Class Attendance (PDF), which needs to be downloaded on POSGRA, and the original of your attendance card.<\/li>\n<li>Take a copy for yourself before submitting the original.<\/li>\n<li>Note in advance that if you misplace your attendance card, your attendance cannot be confirmed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>[Confirmation of the Attendance Counting Result]<br \/>\n<\/em>Please check your attendance card to see how many lectures you have attended.<br \/>\nAfter submitting your attendance card, please check your grades in the Academic Affairs System.<br \/>\nPlease refer to the above \u201c<strong>Gate to Each System<\/strong>\u201d webpage to find how to connect to those tools.<br \/>\nIf you submitted your attendance card prior to AY2022, please check with the copy of your attendance card that you kept on hand. If you have lost your copy, please bring your student ID card and confirm the counting result at the office in charge. Those who live in a distant place and cannot do so are allowed to confirm the result through their department staff. In case of making an inquiry by e-mail, use your Okadai Gmail, whose account is provided by the university. Also, to verify your identification, scan your student ID card, protect the data with a password, and send an e-mail together with the data.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><em>Inquires on Lectures<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>If you have any inquiries on instructions from a faculty member or on a lecture, use the designated form <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Work-Sheet-for-Introduction-of-Medical-Sciences.pdf\">Work Sheet<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Specialized Subjects (Research Work) \/ Common Core Subjects -Research Seminar for Doctoral Degree<br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<h5>Beginning this year, the Theme Research Seminar will be held in<span style=\"color: #e03e2d\"> either a face-to-face<\/span> or <span style=\"color: #e03e2d\">online format.<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>\u2605On the day of the face-to-face seminar, attendance will be confirmed by showing your student ID card.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Please be sure to bring your<\/strong>&nbsp;<span style=\"background-color: #ffcc00\">student ID<\/span><strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<\/strong><u>check in at the reception<\/u><strong>&nbsp;desk before participating.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100.456%;height: 204px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 132px\">\n<td style=\"width: 16.3394%;border-style: dotted;background-color: #e0dada;height: 132px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Face-to-face method<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.8822%;height: 132px\">\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 1rem;font-weight: 400;text-align: initial\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"color: #323232\">Location: Lecture Room 2, Clinical Education Building.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72.5117%;height: 132px\">\n<h5><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: 400;text-align: initial\">10\/17\uff08\u91d1\uff09,10<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: 400;text-align: initial\">\/<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: 400;text-align: initial\">21\uff08\u706b\uff09,10<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: 400;text-align: initial\">\/<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: 400;text-align: initial\">24\uff08\u91d1\uff09,10\/29\uff08\u6c34\uff09<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 72px\">\n<td style=\"width: 16.3394%;border-style: dotted;background-color: #e0dada;height: 72px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Online method<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.8822%;height: 72px\">by Teams<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72.5117%;height: 72px\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: 400;text-align: initial\">10\/8\uff08\u6c34\uff09,10\/9\uff08\u6728\uff09,10\/10\uff08\u91d1\uff09,10\/15\uff08\u6c34\uff09,10\/16\uff08\u6728\uff09,&nbsp; 10\/22\uff08\u6c34\uff09,10\/23\uff08\u6728\uff09,10\/28\uff08\u706b\uff09,10\/30<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: 400;text-align: initial\">\uff08\u6728\uff09<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Number of Attendance \/ Credits<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>In summer and fall, the graduate school offers the Research Seminar for Doctoral Degree, where students are expected to give presentations on their research results. First-year and 2nd-year students of the Doctoral Course are supposed to attend Research Seminars for Doctoral Degree. Please follow the list below to attend the seminars.<\/p>\n<h5>Students enrolling in and after AY2023<\/h5>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 48px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 30.7377%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Degree Program<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.4754%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">No. of<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">credits<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 57.7868%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Attendance regulations&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 30.7377%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">All Degree Programs<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.4754%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">4<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 57.7868%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Attend at least five seminars (including one seminar at which you give a presentation).<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>*At the time of presentation, a &#8220;Basic Research Skills Screening&#8221; must be conducted and a passing grade must be received.<\/p>\n<h5>Students enrolling in and before AY2022<\/h5>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 98.6483%;height: 120px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 31.2246%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Course<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 11.2716%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">No. of<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">credits<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 64.4959%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Attendance regulations&nbsp;<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 31.2246%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">General Course<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Clinical Specialist Course (Medicine)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: 10pt\">Molecular Imaging Science Course<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 11.2716%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 64.4959%;height: 24px;text-align: left\" width=\"198\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Attend at least six seminars (including one seminar at which you give a presentation).<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>[Medicine]<br \/>\n<\/em>Give a presentation by the time of completing your course (applying for a degree).<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>[Dentistry]<br \/>\n<\/em>Give a presentation in the final academic year in general.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em style=\"font-family: inherit\">[Pharmacy]<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"font-family: inherit\">Give a presentation by the time of completing your course (applying for a degree).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 31.2246%;text-align: center;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Clinical Specialist Course (Dentistry)<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 11.2716%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">6<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;text-align: center;width: 64.4959%\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Attend at least six seminars (including one seminar at which you give a presentation).<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">* Attend seminars, including the Research Design Workshop to be attended in the 1st or 2nd year.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">* Give a presentation in the final academic year in general.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 31.2246%;text-align: center;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Cancer Professional Course (Pharmacy)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Academic General Practitioner (GP) Course<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: 10pt\">Clinical Artificial Intelligence (AI) Course<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 11.2716%;height: 24px;text-align: center\" width=\"189\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">4<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 64.4959%;height: 24px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Attend at least four seminars (including one seminar at which you give a presentation).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 31.2246%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Cancer Professional Course (Medicine)<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 11.2716%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 64.4959%;height: 24px;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Attend at least five seminars (including one seminar at which you give a presentation).<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%\">* It is desirable to attend seminars every year during the three years, from the 1st year to the 3rd year. If you cannot attend any seminar unavoidably in an academic year, however, attend the necessary number of seminars by the time of completing your course.<\/p>\n<p>* (Dentistry): You need to attend at least two seminars (including one organized by your chief supervisor\u2019s laboratory and the other organized by another laboratory related to your research) per year. Give a presentation (in the final academic year) by the time of completing your course. You need to attend at least 6 seminars.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Guideline of the Research Seminar AY2025<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>The 2025 Proposal Research Seminar will be held either in person or online (Teams) on each date. Abstracts and presentations in English are welcome.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/e7b3db30d89d45a51a009bc258c26f52.pdf\">Instruction for Presentation at Research Seminar<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/f23f7ac30ac84f553cb9475553b264f0.pdf\">Summer Seminar Schedule<\/a>\u30fb<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/4470e27fdcbafbd2242f63758910f2ca.pdf\">Fall Seminar Schedule<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Presentation Registration and Commentator Candidate Registration<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Students cannot give a presentation while they are on temporary leave from school. Those who are on temporary leave from school must surely return to school by the month of presentation (i.e. July or October). However, students may submit applications during the period of temporary leave from school.<br \/>\nThe time allocated to each presenter is a total of 20 minutes: approximately 15 minutes for the presentation and approximately 5 minutes for a Q&amp;A session including comment presentation by a commentator.<\/p>\n<p><u><em>Selection of Presenter&#8217;s Commentator<\/em><br \/>\n<\/u>Presenters are expected to receive comments from a pre-appointed commentator after giving a presentation on the day of the seminar. After consulting with your supervisor, students who wish to make a presentation are supposed to find a commentator and obtain his\/her consent in advance.<br \/>\nCommentator should be an assistant professor or another faculty member with a higher position registered with the Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences or Okayama University Hospital. However, even if the commentator candidate is a faculty member of your department, a faculty member from the same research field of your department, or an assistant professor or another faculty member with a higher position registered with Okayama University Hospital, the candidate cannot serve as a commentator if he\/she has the status of a graduate school student. If a faculty member of another graduate school of Okayama University is selected as a commentator, the selection will be deliberated by the Academic Affairs Committee. For more information, refer to the above Introduction for Presentation at Research Seminars.<\/p>\n<p><em><u><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;background-color: #ffff00;font-size: 14pt\">How to Register a Presentation <\/span><\/strong>* Download&nbsp; a Registration Form (Excel)<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Please fill out the registration form below and send it as an attachment to an e-mail to the graduate school staff by the submission deadline. If you wish to present your research through the online method (Teams), please submit the \u201cApplication for Online Presentation of Research Project (Seminar)\u201d as well. If you do not receive a confirmation email within 3 days (except for weekends, holidays, and Bon holidays), please contact the graduate school office (086-235-7986\/7996 ext. only: 7987).<br \/>\nPlease indicate your preferred dates from 1st to 3rd choice. Please note that if there is a bias in the dates, we will decide on a first-come, first-served basis.<br \/>\n(*Receipt of applications will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, August 1, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>About registration for presentations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Please fill out the registration form and submit it by the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>To facilitate smooth scheduling, please cooperate by filling in your first, second, and third choices as much as possible.<br \/>\nIf your preferences are concentrated on a specific date, please note that presentation registrations will be decided on a first-come, first-served basis.<br \/>\nOnce registration is complete, an automatic reply email will be sent.<br \/>\nIf you do not receive a reply email within three days (excluding weekends, holidays, and the Obon period), please contact the graduate school office.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table class=\" tbl_responsive\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 93.7078%;height: 322px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 60px\">\n<th style=\"width: 31.4516%;text-align: left;height: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp;form<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 106.076%;height: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/17GGBKyM2m\">Register here<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>\u3000\u203b2025.8.1\uff08Fri\uff0910:00\u301c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 134px\">\n<th style=\"width: 31.4516%;text-align: left;height: 134px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">online<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 106.076%;height: 134px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong style=\"font-size: 0.9375rem\"><span style=\"font-size: 0.9375rem;font-weight: 400\">Please upload the \u201cResearch Project (Seminar) Online Presentation Application Form\u201d to the registration form.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp; &nbsp;<a class=\"modButtonPdf\" style=\"font-family: inherit\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5a0374476f46bee813d067d3a950facf.pdf\">\u8ab2\u984c\u7814\u7a76\uff08\u30bb\u30df\u30ca\u30fc\uff09\u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3\u767a\u8868\u7533\u8acb\u66f8<\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u3000<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp;<a class=\"modButtonDoc\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5a0374476f46bee813d067d3a950facf.docx\">\u8ab2\u984c\u7814\u7a76\uff08\u30bb\u30df\u30ca\u30fc\uff09\u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3\u767a\u8868\u7533\u8acb\u66f8<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-size: 0.9375rem\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 0.9375rem\">\u3000\u3000\u203bSignature or seal of supervising professor and signature of student required.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 96px\">\n<th style=\"width: 31.4516%;height: 96px;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">deadline<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 106.076%;height: 96px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><del>Summer\uff1a2025.5.1\uff08Thu\uff09\uff5e2025.5.23\uff08Fri\uff0917:00\u307e\u3067\u3000<\/del><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Autumn\uff1a2025.8.1\uff08Fri\uff0910:00\u3000\uff5e2025.8.22\uff08Fri\uff0917:00\u307e\u3067<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: #ffff00\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;color: #ff0000\"><strong>\u3000\u3000\u203b<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Registrations submitted after the deadline will not be accepted for any reason.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 79px\">\n<th style=\"width: 31.4516%;text-align: left;height: 32px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Contact Us (Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy)<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 106.076%;height: 32px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">\u5927\u5b66\u9662\u62c5\u5f53\u3000kdf7986<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/at.png\" alt=\"\u3000\" width=\"15\" height=\"18\">adm.okayama-u.ac.jp<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>About registering abstracts<\/h3>\n<p>Enter your abstract in the registration form and submit it by the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Once your abstract has been registered, you will receive an automatic reply email.<br \/>\nIf you do not receive a reply email within three days (excluding weekends, public holidays, and the Obon holiday period), please contact the graduate school office.<br \/>\nIf you change the text of your abstract, please re-enter it in the form and submit it again.<\/p>\n<table class=\" tbl_responsive\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 92.686%;height: 264px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 60px\">\n<th style=\"width: 30.5463%;text-align: left;height: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp;form<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 66.4564%;height: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/L4LwYELWCq\">Register here<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>\u3000\u3000\u203b2025.8.1\uff08Fri\uff0910:00\u301c<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 134px\">\n<th style=\"width: 30.5463%;text-align: left;height: 83px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">character count requirement<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 66.4564%;height: 83px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">\u30fbJapanese: 400-800 characters<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">\u30fbEnglish: Approximately one A4 page<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp; &nbsp; \u203bAn English abstract and presentation are welcome.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 96px\">\n<th style=\"width: 30.5463%;height: 96px;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">deadline<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 66.4564%;height: 96px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><del><del>Summer<\/del>\uff1a2025.5.1\uff08Thu\uff09\uff5e2025.6.20\uff08Fri\uff09<del>17:00\u307e\u3067<\/del><\/del><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp;Autumn\uff1a2025.8.1\uff08Fri\uff09\uff5e2025.9.19\uff08Fri\uff0917:00\u307e\u3067<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-size: 10pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3000\u3000\u203bRegistrations submitted after the deadline will not be accepted for any reason.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px\">\n<th style=\"width: 30.5463%;text-align: left;height: 25px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Contact Us (Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy)<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 66.4564%;height: 25px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">\u5927\u5b66\u9662\u62c5\u5f53\u3000kdf7986<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/at.png\" alt=\"\u3000\" width=\"15\" height=\"18\">adm.okayama-u.ac.jp<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 148px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 100%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">What Needs to Be Registered for Presentation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%;height: 24px\">Your presentation date, student ID number, name, department, e-mail address for future contact, presentation title, and commentator candidate\u2019s name<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit\">* If you have a request on your presentation time, provide that request on the form and submit it. Note that you cannot change the date\/time of your request after the submission deadline.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 100%;height: 28px;text-align: left\">Submission Deadline<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%;height: 24px\">Summer: Thursday, May 1, 2025 through Friday, May 23, 2025 at 17:00<br \/>\nFall: Friday, August 1, 2025 at 10:00 through Friday, August 22, 2025 at 17:00<br \/>\n* Registrations received after the submission deadline will not be accepted for any reason.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 100%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">Where to Submit<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%;height: 24px\">Graduate School Office<br \/>\nkdf7986(a)adm.okayama-u.ac.jp<br \/>\nTo prevent junk mail, we have replaced the @ mark with (a) in the e-mail addresses below. For inquiries, please contact us by replacing (a) with the @ mark.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit\">* When sending an e-mail, the subject of the email should be \u201cResearch Seminar_Presentation Registration_Student ID No. _Presenter\u2019s Name\u201d.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><u>Abstract Registration<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em>Before giving a presentation, you need to submit an abstract (presentation summary).<\/p>\n<p><em>&lt;How to Submit Your Abstract&gt;<br \/>\n<\/em>Please add or change your abstract to the presentation registration format and send it as an attachment to an e-mail to the Graduate School Office by the submission deadline. Once receiving your Abstract Registration e-mail, the officer will send you a reply mail for confirmation. If there is no reply e-mail even after a few days excluding a weekend, the obon-vacation period, and other holidays, please contact the Graduate School Office.<br \/>\nIf you have changed the title, please make sure to indicate the revised part.<\/p>\n<p>* Submit your file after changing its name as follows: [Presentation Date_Student ID Number_Name](E.g. 0726_71501999_Taro Shikada).<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 144px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 100%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">Number of Characters\/Words<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%;height: 24px\">Japanese: approximately 400 &#8211; 800 characters \/ English: approximately A4 size 1 page<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit\">* English abstracts and English presentations are welcome.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 100%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">Submission Deadline<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%;height: 24px\">Summer: Thursday, May 1, 2025 &#8211; Friday, June 20, 2025 Fall: Friday, August 1, 2025 &#8211; Friday, September 19, 2025<br \/>\n* Registrations received after the submission deadline will not be accepted for any reason.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 100%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">Where to Submit<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%;height: 24px\">Graduate School Office<br \/>\nkdf7986(a) adm.okayama-u.ac.jp<br \/>\nTo prevent junk mail, we have replaced the @ mark with (a) in the e-mail addresses below. For inquiries, please contact us by replacing (a) with the @ mark.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit\">* When sending an e-mail, the subject of the email should be \u201cResearch Seminars_Abstract Registration _Student ID No. _Presenter\u2019s Name\u201d.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Attendance Card<br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>* After taking a class, be sure to have the lecturer stamp his\/her seal or signature on the card to confirm your attendance.<br \/>\n* Make a copy of your attendance card and keep it as a copy for yourself.<\/p>\n<h5>Students enrolling in and after AY2025<\/h5>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li>\u201cIntroduction of Basic Medical Sciences\u201d and \u201cIntroduction of Clinical Medical Sciences\u201d<br \/>\n*Please refer to the above \u201cDivision Common Subjects \/ Common Core Subjects \u2013 Introduction to Basic \/ Clinical Medical Sciences, and Special Lectures and Conferences Recognized as Lectures of Introduction to Basic \/ Clinical Medical Sciences\u201d webpage.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Attendance-Card_Specialized-Subjects.pdf\"><u>Specialized Subjects<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Attendance-Card_AcademicGP-Integrated-course.pdf\">Academic GP Integrated course of General Medicine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Students enrolling in and before AY2022<\/h5>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li>\u201cIntroduction of Basic Medical Sciences\u201d and \u201cIntroduction of Clinical Medical Sciences\u201d<br \/>\n*Please refer to the above \u201cDivision Common Subjects \/ Common Core Subjects \u2013 Introduction to Basic \/ Clinical Medical Sciences, and Special Lectures and Conferences Recognized as Lectures of Introduction to Basic \/ Clinical Medical Sciences\u201d webpage.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Attendance-Card-for-Elective-Programs-2021.pdf\"><u>Elective Programs<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Attendance-Card-for-Intergrated-Course-2021.pdf\">Integrated course<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><u>Attendance for other subjects<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em>Follow the instructions of the faculty member of the relevant elective Course. Refer to web syllabus for more information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Credit Accreditation for Presentations at International Conferenses<br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>For more information, please refers to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/globalpresentation_EN.pdf\"><u>Agreement on Accreditation for Students of the Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Okayama University Who Have Made Presentations at International Academic Conferences<\/u><\/a> .Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/Form_Application-of-Credit-Accreditation.pdf\">here<\/a> for Credit Accreditation Application.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Grading<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Grading System<br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>With the maximum possible score set as 100 points, 60 points or more are deemed \u201cPass\u201d and 59 and below \u201cFailure.\u201d<br \/>\nMarks are shown below. Depending on the class subject, however, grades might be described as \u201cComplete\u201d or \u201cFailure.\u201d<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 144px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Grade<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Score<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Criteria<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">A+<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">90-100<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Fully achieved the goals with extremely excellent results.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">A<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">80-89<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Achieved the goals with excellent results.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">B<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">70-79<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Achieved the goals with good results.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">C<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">60-69<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Almost achieved the goals.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">F<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">0-59<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Failed to achieve the goals.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Grading Criteria<br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>At the Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, your grade is determined based on a comprehensive evaluation of the result of the test to be taken at the end of each class subject, your efforts demonstrated during class, such as your commitment to presentation and discussion in lectures, your report, quiz results, research accomplishments, etc. Based on such a comprehensive evaluation, 60 points or more shall be the criterion for credit accreditation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">How to check the credits earned<br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>The grades for the main courses in your department are registered around the end of February each year. And those for Introduction of Medical Sciences (Basic and Clinical) taken at POSGRA are registered at the end of November and March and one month after the end of lectures for rest of the courses.<\/p>\n<p>Students can check their earned credits by the following ways.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Check the credits earned on the Academic Affairs System.<br \/>\nGo to the <a href=\"https:\/\/kyomu.adm.okayama-u.ac.jp\/Portal\/\">Academic Affairs System<\/a>&nbsp; to check your transcript. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.okayama-u.ac.jp\/up_load_files\/jyoho-pdf\/gsystem\/gakumutebiki_e.pdf\">here<\/a>&nbsp; for instructions on how to use the system.<br \/>\nGrades for major subjects of your department are scheduled to be registered around the end of each February. Grades for other subjects are scheduled to be registered around 1 month after the final lecture of those subjects.<br \/>\nPlease note that attendance counts are not available on the Academic Affairs System for the following subjects &#8211; &#8220;Introduction of Basic Medical Sciences&#8221;, &#8220;Introduction of Clinical Medical Sciences&#8221;, and &#8220;Research Seminar&#8221;. Please check your attendance card.<br \/>\nIf you have lost a copy of your attendance card after submitting it, follow the ways below to check the attendance counts for those subjects.<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Check the credits earned at the graduate school office.<br \/>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%\">\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha\">\n<li>In case of checking by an applicant, his\/her student ID card will be required.<\/li>\n<li>In case of checking by an attorney on behalf of the applicant, the applicant&#8217;s student ID card, the attorney&#8217;s personal identification, and a Power of Attorney (POA) will be required. The POA will be any format but including the following: I, Applicant\u2019s Name hereby appoint Attorney\u2019s name as attorney for confirming my credits earned and attendance counts. Date and applicant\u2019s signature should also be included.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li>Check credits earned by e-mail.<br \/>\nUse your Okadai Gmail account to send a request to the email account of the graduate school office with a photocopy of your student ID card attached. Please kindly note that only a request sent from student&#8217;s Okadai Gmail is acceptable.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Inquiries regarding Grading<br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<ol>\n<li>If you have a question regarding your grade, you can ask the faculty member of the relevant class or the Administrative Office regarding the evaluation method and other details.<\/li>\n<li>If you cannot obtain a convincing answer from the relevant faculty member, etc., you can bring the case to the attention of the Academic Affairs Committee.<\/li>\n<li>In this case, the Academic Affairs Committee shall make the necessary coordination and other efforts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Doctoral Dissertation Application (Medicine)&nbsp; <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">\uff0f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/current-students-graduates\/doctor\/dissertation\/\">Click here<\/a>\u2605<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Version 2026 In preparation<\/span>\u2605<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Important Matters Related to Completion and Degree Acquisition for Doctoral Degree Programs in Medicine<br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p><em>Be sure to read the following before your dissertation application.<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Degrees have been conferred only twice per year: September 25 and March 25. However, dissertation application and review are available four times per year. For more information, refer to the guidelines.<\/li>\n<li>For your degree application, prepare the necessary documents in accordance with the <span style=\"background-color: #ffff99\">Degree Application<\/span> <span style=\"background-color: #ffff99\">Guidelines<\/span> for the academic year of your application. Applicants are supposed to submit not only the designated forms but also other documents for degree application, so prepare a complete set of the necessary documents.<\/li>\n<li>Confirmation of your application documents before application periods is available as needed. Applicants who wish to have their documents checked in advance should submit the application other than the application periods after checking the documents using the \u201cChecklist&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>In some cases, individual deliberation might be necessary for application eligibility or a dissertation. If there are any questions, contact the Graduate School Office as soon as possible.<\/li>\n<li>No application documents submitted by post are accepted. Applicants who cannot submit their applications in person should submit them through their departments.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">[Important]<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Points-to-Note-in-Writing-of-a-Dissertation-and-Checking-of-the-Status-of-Credit-Acquisition.pdf\">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Doctoral Degree Application<\/a> (Updated in April 2021)<\/li>\n<li>Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.okayama-u.ac.jp\/eng\/ToolstoFind\/EJEBDB.html\">Okayama University Libraries\u2019 Life Science Database and Link Collection<\/a> (on-Campus Only)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/certificate-issuance\/\">Issuance of a Certificate of Research Period<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/current-students-graduates\/doctor\/dissertation\/confirmation-2\/\">How to Check Published Dissertations, etc.<\/a> (Updated in August 2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">1.How to Search for Information on Degree Holders\u2019 Dissertation, etc. on the Website<br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><em>How to Search from the Website of the Okayama University Libraries<\/em><br \/>\nYou can check dissertation abstracts and review result summaries (Kou \/ Otsu) under the new degree system (after degree conferral as of March 31, 1959).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%\">\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha\">\n<li>Access <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.okayama-u.ac.jp\/index_e.html\">the website of the Okayama University Libraries<\/a> .<\/li>\n<li>Click the banner \u201cScientific Achievement Repository\u201d at the bottom of the website\u2019s home page.<\/li>\n<li>Click \u201cKeyword Search\u201d at the top of the left menu.<\/li>\n<li>Enter \u201cThesis AND Keyword\u201d in the search field and click the search button.<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The same search result will be obtained even if a space is inserted instead of \u201cAND.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If you would like to perform a search extensively, click the search button every time you enter a keyword<\/li>\n<li>A search result list will be displayed, so click the title of the thesis that you would like to check.<\/li>\n<li>A detailed screen will be displayed. If you would like to check further details, click the PDF file title of the full-text URL, and the abstract of the thesis will be displayed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>How to Search from the National Diet Library Online Search and Request Service<br \/>\n<\/em>You can search and browse theses.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%\">\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha\">\n<li>Access the <a href=\"https:\/\/ndlonline.ndl.go.jp\/#!\/\">National Diet Library Online Search and Request Service<\/a> .<\/li>\n<li>Click the List of Online Services at the center of the screen.<\/li>\n<li>On the next screen, select the online service that you would like to use.<br \/>\nTo provide its online services, the National Diet Library has revised<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndl.go.jp\/en\/aboutus\/privacy\/index.html\"> \u201cHandling of Personal Information\u201d<\/a><span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit\">. If you are new to the system, be sure to read it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">2.<a href=\"https:\/\/ousar.lib.okayama-u.ac.jp\/ja\">Okayama University Scientific Achievement Repository<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Handling-of-Personal-Information-of-Degree-Recipients.pdf\">Handling of Personal Information of Degree Recipients<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Overview of Course Completion Requirements<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Course Completion (Medicine)<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Requirements for Completing the Doctoral Course<br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>A student needs to be registered in the course for at least four years (excluding any period of temporary leave from school), earn at least 30 credits, receive the necessary research guidance, and then pass the courses\u2019 thesis review and final examination.<br \/>\nFor the period of the registration in the course, however, a student with excellent research results can complete the course as long as he\/she is enrolled for at least three years.<br \/>\nDegree: Doctoral (Medicine)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Credits<br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>Introduction to Basic Medical Sciences, Introduction to Clinical Medical Sciences, Research Seminars for Doctoral Degree, Specialized Subjects, etc.<br \/>\nThe schedules, schedule changes, the amount of necessary attendance, and other information are posted on the website, so check them as needed to earn the necessary credits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Degree Application&nbsp;<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>If you are enrolled in April and complete your course in the standard period of study (4 years), the date of your course completion (the date of your degree conferral) will be March 25.<br \/>\nIf your registration period exceeds four years, you can apply for a degree to be conferred either as of September 25 or March 25.<br \/>\nYou need to apply for a degree four months before the month of your degree conferral. Since the period of receiving degree applications varies depending on the academic year, confirm with the Degree Application Guidelines for the relevant academic year.<br \/>\nIf you are on temporary leave from school, you cannot apply for a degree. In such a case, you need to complete the procedure of returning to school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Periods of Temporary Leave of Absence from School, Registration, and Tuition Fees<br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>The period of your enrolment in the Graduate School shall not exceed 8 years (excluding the period of temporary leave from school). Also note that the total duration of temporary leave from school shall not exceed three years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Early Completion (Less than 4 Years)<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p><em>&lt;Excerpts&gt; Agreement on the Special Course Term of Less Than Four Years at the Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Requirements<br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<ol>\n<li>The course term of more than three years and Less than four years is applicable.<\/li>\n<li>The thesis for degree application shall fulfill the requirements below.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/9afa5653849222fdde51956c6fc8a7de.pdf\">**** (For students enrolling in 2025 or later, the application rules will change.)<\/a>\u3000&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%\">\n<ul>\n<li>The thesis shall be an original article by the applicant with single authorship or co-authorship. If the thesis is co-authored, however, the applicant shall be the first author.<\/li>\n<li>The thesis shall have been published in a distinguished English journal. It also shall be complete as a degree thesis in terms of format and contents. The definition of \u201ca distinguished English journal\u201d is, in principle, IF3.0 or more. If the journal is less than IF3.0, a Reason Statement shall be submitted to the Academic Affairs Committee for deliberation.<\/li>\n<li>If the thesis is co-authored, at least one chief supervisor or direct supervisor (a faculty member of the graduate school) shall be included in the co-authors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Review for Degree Application Eligibility<\/span><br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>When a student fulfilling the aforementioned requirements applies for a degree, the student shall submit the following documents and undergo a review for degree application eligibility by the Academic Affairs Committee.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;Documents to Be Submitted&gt;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Main thesis<\/li>\n<li>Statement on the journal where the thesis is published<\/li>\n<li>Resume<\/li>\n<li>Research Achievement List<\/li>\n<li>Letter of recommendation from the chief supervisor<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>* The period of applying for a degree application eligibility review varies depending on the date of degree conferral and is set as follows. However, the period might be changed depending on the academic year, so be sure to make the necessary confirmation.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 98.2853%;height: 65px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px\">\n<th style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 31px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Date of Degree Conferral<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 31px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">September 25<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.7314%;height: 31px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">March 25<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 104px\">\n<th style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 10px;text-align: center\" width=\"224\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Eligibility confirmation application<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 10px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">May<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.7314%;height: 10px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">November<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Degree Application<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">June<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.7314%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">December<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Dissertation and Review<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Dissertation Requirements<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>The dissertation shall be an original article by the degree applicant. In principle, the dissertation shall be single-authored.<br \/>\nEven if co-authored, however, the dissertation will be accepted as long as it fulfills the following conditions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The degree applicant shall be the first author, and the number of co-authors shall be commensurate with the dissertation contents, preferably 10 or less.<\/li>\n<li>The dissertation shall have been published in an English journal indexed in any of [Current Contents], [EMBASE] and [Pubmed].<\/li>\n<li>A letter of consent from all the co-authors regarding the use of the dissertation for degree application shall be submitted.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Degree Review<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>A review will be performed by the Degree Review Committee.<br \/>\nThe Degree Review Committee comprises three professors or associate professors from divisions excluding the degree applicant\u2019s division. (The applicant\u2019s co-authors are excluded.)<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>One principal referee<\/li>\n<li>Two referees<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Review Schedule, etc.<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p><em>Schedule example: Kou, degree conferral as of March 25, 2026<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 179px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">Degree Application<\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">December 1, 2025 &#8211; December 5, 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px\">\n<th style=\"width: 50%;height: 11px\">The members of the Degree Review Committee fixed<\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 11px\">Early January 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">The committee members\u2019 schedules checked and arranged<\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">Middle January 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">Review date fixed<\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">Late January 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">Review by the Degree Review Committee<\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">January 2026 to February 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">Degree Review by the Faculty Council<\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">Scheduled for early March 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">Report to the University President<\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">Scheduled for middle March 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">Degree conferral<\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">March 25, 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>In Case Submitting a Paper by Multiple First Authors as a Dissertation for Degree Application&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/7f56d80eb135332513dfbbacdef42cf8.pdf\">equal_contribution<\/a>\u3000(Amended on 2025.01.20)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li>Agreement on Submitting a Paper by Multiple First Authors as a Dissertation for Degree Application.\u3000<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/eec69304a9bda49a42a83738268efd69.doc\">Pledge Form<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Request form if deliberation is required.\u3000<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/4d7578b51ebf5cc6da07b5fd608e19df.doc\">Form of Request for Deliberation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Pe<span style=\"color: #000000\">riod of Receiving Degree Applications<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>Check the list below showing the period of receiving degree applications, and complete the necessary procedure within the relevant period.<\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Doctoral Degree (Course) [Graduate Students]<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li>Eligibility: Graduate students enrolled for at least four years<br \/>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 140px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 80px\">\n<th style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 44px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Date of Degree Conferral<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 44px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Period of Receiving Application Documents<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 44px;text-align: center\" width=\"151\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Scheduled period of Review<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">September 25, 2025<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px\" width=\"302\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">June 9 (Monday)&nbsp; &#8211; June 13 (Friday), 2025<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">August<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">March 25, 2026<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">September 8 (Monday) &#8211; September 12 (Friday), 2025<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">November<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">March 25, 2026*<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">December 1 (Monday) &#8211; December 5, (Friday), 2025<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">February<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">September 25, 2026<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">March 9 (Monday) &#8211; March 13 (Friday), 2026<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">May (Note)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>*\u3000If you have been enrolled since April 2022 without taking temporary leave from school, this means that you fulfill the requirement of the standard period of study (four years), allowing you to apply for degree conferral as of March 25, 2026.<\/li>\n<li>Eligibility: Graduate students who would like to complete the course with their enrolment period being three years or three and a half years<br \/>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 73px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 25%;height: 25px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Date of Degree Conferral<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 25%;height: 25px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Period of Receiving Eligibility Confirmation Documents<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 25%;height: 25px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Period of Receiving Application Documents<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 25%;height: 25px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Scheduled period of Review<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">September 25, 2025<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">May 12 (Monday) <span style=\"font-family: inherit\">&#8211; May 16 (Friday), 2025<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">June 9 (Monday) <span style=\"font-family: inherit\">&#8211; June 13 (Friday), 2025<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">August<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">March 25, 2026<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">November 10 (Monday) &#8211; <span style=\"font-family: inherit\">November 14 (Friday), 2025<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">December 3 (Wednesday) <span style=\"font-family: inherit\">&#8211; December 5 (Friday), 2025*<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">February<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>*\u3000The period of receiving applications for early completion is set as above in consideration of the schedule of the necessary meeting.<br \/>\n*\u3000For early completion, not only documents for degree application but also documents for an eligibility confirmation review need to be submitted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Doctoral Degree (Dissertation) [Research Students, etc.]<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li>Eligibility: Research students, etc.<br \/>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 112px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 120px\">\n<th style=\"width: 25%;height: 46px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Date of Degree Conferral<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 25%;height: 46px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Period of Receiving Eligibility Confirmation Documents<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 25%;height: 46px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Period of Receiving Application Documents<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 25%;height: 46px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Scheduled period of Review<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 128px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 42px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">September 25, 2025<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 42px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">May 12 (Monday) <span style=\"font-family: inherit\">&#8211; May 16 (Friday), 2025<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 42px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">June 9 (Monday) <span style=\"font-family: inherit\">&#8211; June 13&nbsp; (Friday), 2025<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 42px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">August<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">March 25, 2026<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">November 10 (Monday) &#8211; <span style=\"font-family: inherit\">November 14 (Friday), 2025<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">December 3 (Wednesday) <span style=\"font-family: inherit\">&#8211; December 5 (Friday), 2025<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">February<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Dissertation Review Schedule\u3000<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u2605<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Updated August Degree Review Schedule.<\/span><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>Check the schedule each time and check the operation of your PC before your review.<br \/>\n\u25a0\u3000\u5b66\u4f4d\u8ad6\u6587\u5be9\u67fb\u65e5\u7a0b_Moodle\uff08\u8ab2\u984c\u7814\u7a76\uff09<a href=\"https:\/\/moodle.el.okayama-u.ac.jp\/course\/view.php?id=231614\">URL<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u2605<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">&nbsp; <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">In preparation.\/will be announced around late January.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Instructions on Doctoral Dissertation Application and Application Documents<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p class=\"body2\">Those who have earned the 30 credits required for completion of the doctoral course are supposed to carefully read the instructions on doctoral dissertation application and submit the application during the application period with the designated application forms.<\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">In Case of Completion of Standard Course of Study (4 Years) Excluding Any Period of Temporary Leave from School<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<h3>Instructions on Doctoral Dissertation Application (Guideline)<\/h3>\n<p>\u25a0Download the Application Guidelines from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/kou-tebiki_2025_06.27.pdf\">here<\/a>&nbsp;and check them.<\/p>\n<h3>Degree Application Forms<\/h3>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 361px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 20.2364%;height: 40px;text-align: center;background-color: #e6e3e3\" rowspan=\"2\">Forms<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 42.4715%;height: 16px;text-align: center;background-color: #e6e3e3\" colspan=\"2\">Forms to download<\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 24.7921%;height: 40px;text-align: center;background-color: #f2eded\" rowspan=\"2\">Entry Example in Japanese and English(PDF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 25.4298%;height: 24px;text-align: center;background-color: #e6e3e3\">Word\/Excel<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 17.0417%;height: 24px;text-align: center;background-color: #e6e3e3\">PDF<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 20.2364%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">Degree Application Form<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25.4298%;height: 131px\" rowspan=\"6\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/kou1-6_2025-_04.25.docx\">Form (Kou) -1 to Form (Kou)-6<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&lt;Note&gt;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-size: 10pt\">1.Japanese only. Please check entry examples on the rightmost row for their English translation for your reference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">2.If you are a Japanese national, provide your name in hiragana in the \u201cfurigana\u201d field. If you are not a Japanese national, provide your name in katakana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/a50e6cc0f28a885a6dcb84a6df097ce9.docx\">Form (Kou) 5<\/a> (in English)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.0417%;text-align: center;height: 24px\" width=\"144\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/kou1-6_2025-1.pdf\">Form (Kou) &#8211; 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 24.7921%;height: 24px;text-align: center;background-color: #f2eded\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/kou1-6-rei_e_2025_2-1_05.07.pdf\">Form (Kou) &#8211; 1 Entry example<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 20.2364%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">Abstract of Thesis<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">*<sup> 1<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.0417%;text-align: center;height: 24px\" width=\"144\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/kou1-6_2025-2.pdf\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Form (Kou) &#8211; 2<\/span><\/a>*<sup> 1<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 24.7921%;height: 24px;text-align: center;background-color: #f2eded\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/kou1-6-rei_e_2025_2-2-1.pdf\">Form (Kou) &#8211; 2 Entry example<\/a>*<sup> 1<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px\">\n<td style=\"width: 20.2364%;height: 25px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">List of Publications (1) (2)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.0417%;text-align: center;height: 25px\" width=\"144\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/kou1-6_2025-3.pdf\">Form (Kou) &#8211; 3<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 24.7921%;height: 25px;text-align: center;background-color: #f2eded\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/kou1-6-rei_e_2025_2-3-1.pdf\">Form (Kou) &#8211; 3 Entry example<\/a>\u3000<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/kou1-6-rei_e_2025_2-3_6_attention.pdf\">\u25c6attention<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 20.2364%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">Resume<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.0417%;text-align: center;height: 24px\" width=\"144\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/kou1-6_2025-4_04.25.pdf\">Form (Kou) &#8211; 4<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 24.7921%;height: 24px;text-align: center;background-color: #f2eded\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/kou1-6-rei_e_2025_2-4.pdf\">Form (Kou) &#8211; 4 Entry example<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 20.2364%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\"> Letter of Consent from Co-Authors<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.0417%;text-align: center;height: 24px\" width=\"144\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/kou1-6_2025-5.pdf\">Form (Kou) &#8211; 5<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 24.7921%;text-align: center;height: 24px;background-color: #f2eded\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/kou1-6-rei_e_2025_2-5.pdf\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Form (Kou) &#8211; 5 Entry example<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 20.2364%;height: 10px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\"> Applicant \/ Contact Information \/ Completion Requirements, etc.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.0417%;text-align: center;height: 10px\" width=\"144\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/kou1-6_2025-6.pdf\">Form (Kou) &#8211; 6<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 24.7921%;text-align: center;height: 10px;background-color: #f2eded\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/kou1-6-rei_e_2025_2-6.pdf\">Form (Kou) &#8211; 6 Entry example<\/a>\u3000<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/kou1-6-rei_e_2025_2-3_6_attention.pdf\">\u25c6attention<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 56px\">\n<td style=\"width: 20.2364%;height: 56px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">Applicants\u2019 Data<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">*<sup> 1<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25.4298%;height: 56px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/kou7_password7986_j_e_2025.07.04.xlsx\">Form (Kou)-7<\/a>*<sup> 1<\/sup><sup><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\">Enter 7986 to open the Excel file<\/span><br \/>\n<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.0417%;text-align: center;height: 56px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">&#8211;<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 24.7921%;text-align: center;height: 56px;background-color: #f2eded\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">&#8211;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 56px\">\n<td style=\"width: 20.2364%;height: 56px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">Agreement of Okayama Univ. Scientific Achievement Repository<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25.4298%;height: 56px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Form8_Repository.docx\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Form &#8211; 8<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Form8_Repository_e.docx\">Form &#8211; 8_e<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.0417%;text-align: center;height: 56px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">&#8211;<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 24.7921%;text-align: center;height: 56px;background-color: #f2eded\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">&#8211;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 54px\">\n<td style=\"width: 20.2364%;height: 54px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">Degree Examination Committee Member Preference Form<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">*<sup> 1<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25.4298%;height: 54px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/From9_11.13.xlsx\">From9<\/a>*<sup> 1<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.0417%;height: 54px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">&#8211;<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 24.7921%;text-align: center;height: 54px;background-color: #f2eded\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">&#8211;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 20.2364%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">Checklist for the Degree Application Documents<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 25.4298%;text-align: center\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.0417%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/2025-checklist_e_2025_05.27.pdf\">Checklist<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 24.7921%;height: 24px;text-align: center;background-color: #f2eded\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">&#8211;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 99.979%;height: 55px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">*1 <span style=\"color: #333333;font-size: 10pt\">Of the application documents, the \u201cThesis Abstract\u201d (Form(Kou)-2), \u201cDegree Applicant Data\u201d (Form(Kou)-7), and \u201cStatement of Desired Degree Examiner\u201d (Form 9) should also be submitted as data files via e-mail to the Graduate School Section, Academic Affairs Division.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 96.9396%;height: 72px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 37.2139%;text-align: center;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">E-mail to<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 59.7257%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">kdf7986(a)adm.okayama-u.ac.jp<br \/>\nTo prevent junk mail, we have replaced the @ mark with (a) in the e-mail addresses below. For inquiries, please contact us by replacing (a) with the @ mark.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 37.2139%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Subject of e-mail<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 59.7257%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Doctoral Degree Application \/ Student ID No. \/ Name\u201d<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 37.2139%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Name of Form&nbsp;<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 59.7257%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"color: #333333\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp;Form(kou)-2&nbsp; :&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Student ID No. \/ N<span style=\"color: #333333\">ame 0\/(<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Abstract of Thesis<\/span>)<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;Form(kou)-7&nbsp; :&nbsp; &nbsp;Student ID No. \/ Na<span style=\"color: #333333\">me\/ (<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">App<span style=\"color: #333333\">licants\u2019 Data<\/span><\/span>)<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;Form &#8211; 9&nbsp; :&nbsp; &nbsp;Student ID No. \/ Name\/ (Preference Form)<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li>For data for repository registration, please refer to the guide and send the data file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-size: 10pt\">Use the following forms only if necessary.<span style=\"font-family: inherit\">(Available in Japanese only)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 123px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 20.2364%;height: 44px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\"> Applicant\u2019s Notification of Change in the Thesis Title<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25.4298%;height: 44px;text-align: left\" width=\"166\">\u3000\u30fb<a class=\"modButtonDoc\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/27a75fd3d3123b78921eb0018479a983-1.docx\">Notfication Form<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 20.2364%;height: 45px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\"> Applicant\u2019s Notification of Change in His\/Her Name<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25.4298%;height: 45px;text-align: left\" width=\"166\">\u3000\u30fb<a class=\"modButtonDoc\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/27a75fd3d3123b78921eb0018479a983-1.docx\">Notfication Form<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 20.2364%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Reason Statement and Pledge related to the Thesis by Multiple First Authors<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25.4298%;height: 10px;text-align: left\">\u3000\u30fb<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/eec69304a9bda49a42a83738268efd69.doc\">Pledge Form<\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\">&nbsp; &nbsp; \u30fb<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/4d7578b51ebf5cc6da07b5fd608e19df.doc\">Form of Request for Deliberation<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">In Case of Completion of the Course in Three Years or Three and a Half Years (Early Completion)<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p>Those who are expected to complete their courses in three years or three and a half years (early completion) as a special case of the period of study, are supposed to undergo a review for degree application eligibility.<\/p>\n<h3>Guidelines for Eligibility Confirmation Review for Early Completion<\/h3>\n<p>Download the Instructions on how to apply for Review of Degree Application Eligibility for Early Completion from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/kou-souki-tebiki_2025_05.12.pdf\">here<\/a>&nbsp;and check them carefully.<\/p>\n<h3>Application Form<\/h3>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 152px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 25%;height: 43px;text-align: center;background-color: #e6e3e3\" rowspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Forms<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 50%;height: 19px;text-align: center;background-color: #e6e3e3\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Forms to download<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 43px;text-align: center;background-color: #f2eded\" rowspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Entry Example<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px;text-align: center;background-color: #e6e3e3\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Word\/Excel<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px;text-align: center;background-color: #e6e3e3\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">PDF<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 35px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Letter of Recommendation<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 85px\" rowspan=\"4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/kou-souki1-4_2025_05.16.docx\">Form 1 to Form 4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&lt;Note&gt;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">1.<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Japanese only. Please check entry examples on the rightmost row for their English translation for your reference.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">2.If you are a Japanese national, provide your name in hiragana in the \u201cfurigana\u201d field. If you are not a Japanese national, provide your name in katakana.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 35px;text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/kou-souki1-4_2025-1.pdf\">Form 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 35px;text-align: center;background-color: #f2eded\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/kou-souki1-4_rei_e_2025-1.pdf\">Form 1 Entry example<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 15px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Resume<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 15px;text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/kou-souki1-4_2025-2.pdf\">Form 2<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 15px;text-align: center;background-color: #f2eded\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/kou-souki1-4_rei_e_2025-2.pdf\">Form 2Entry example<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Applicant \/ Thesis \/ Contact Information \/ Completion Requirements<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;text-align: center;height: 10px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/kou-souki1-4_2025-3_04.25.pdf\">Form 3<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;text-align: center;background-color: #f2eded;height: 10px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/kou-souki1-4_rei_e_2025-3.pdf\">Form 3 Entry example<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/kou-souki1-4_rei_e_2025-3_attention.pdf\">\u25c6attention<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 25px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Research Achievement List<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 25px;text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/kou-souki1-4_2025-4_04.23.pdf\">Form 4<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 25px;text-align: center;background-color: #f2eded\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/kou-souki1-4_rei_e_2025-4.pdf\">Form 4 Entry example<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Data of the Applicant for Early Completion Eligibility Review<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">*<sup>2<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/kou-souki5_password7986_2025_07.04.xlsx\">Form 5<\/a>*<sup>2<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\">Enter 7986 to open the Excel file<\/span><br \/>\n<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&#8211;<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px;text-align: center;background-color: #f2eded\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&#8211;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 99.9205%;height: 24px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%;height: 24px\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">*2<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Please also submit the data file of the &#8216;Early Completion Qualification Review Applicant Information&#8217; (Form-5 [Early Completion]) via email to the Graduate School Affairs Section.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 96.9396%;height: 96px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 36.8193%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">E-mail to<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 60.1203%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">kdf7986(a)adm.okayama-u.ac.jp<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">To prevent junk mail, we have replaced the @ mark with (a) in the e-mail addresses below. For inquiries, please contact us by replacing (a) with the @ mark.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 36.8193%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Subject of e-mail<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 60.1203%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Doctoral Degree Application \/ Student ID No. \/ Name\u201d<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 36.8193%;height: 24px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Name of Form 5<\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 60.1203%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Student ID No. \/ Name<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-size: 10pt\">Use the following forms only if necessary.<span style=\"font-family: inherit\">(Available in Japanese only)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 123px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 20.2364%;height: 44px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\"> Applicant\u2019s Notification of Change in the Thesis Title<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25.4298%;height: 44px;text-align: left\" width=\"166\">\u3000\u30fb<a class=\"modButtonDoc\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/27a75fd3d3123b78921eb0018479a983-1.docx\">Notfication Form<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 20.2364%;height: 45px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\"> Applicant\u2019s Notification of Change in His\/Her Name<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25.4298%;height: 45px;text-align: left\" width=\"166\">\u3000\u30fb<a class=\"modButtonDoc\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/27a75fd3d3123b78921eb0018479a983-1.docx\">Notfication Form<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 20.2364%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Reason Statement and Pledge related to the Thesis by Multiple First Authors<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25.4298%;height: 10px;text-align: left\">\u3000\u30fb<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/eec69304a9bda49a42a83738268efd69.doc\">Pledge Form<\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\">&nbsp; &nbsp; \u30fb<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/4d7578b51ebf5cc6da07b5fd608e19df.doc\">Form of Request for Deliberation<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion\">\n<p><button class=\"modBlockAccordion__header\" type=\"button\">Doctoral Dissertation Application (Dentistry)<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modBlockAccordion__body\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\"><strong>Course Completion (Dentistry)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cd687cb22ab0e5399d66e0d0002a941f.pdf\">Instructions of Doctoral Dissertation(2026)<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Application Forms(2026)<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/01_2026_DE_checklist.doc\">Application Documents Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/02_2026_DE_gakuisinseisyo.doc\">Form 2 Degree Application Form<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/03_2026_DE_ronbunyoushi.doc\">Form 3 Abstract of the Doctoral Dissertation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/04_2026_DE_ronbunmokuroku.doc\">Form 4 List of&nbsp; 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