Kyoto University has 18 Graduate Schools. To learn about the available programs, please visit each School's website.
| Graduate School website | Degree Programs | Courses | Academic staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Letters | Master's Doctoral | Literature, Philosophy, History, Behavioral Studies, and Contemporary Culture | List of academic staff |
| Master's | Joint Degree Master of Arts Program in Transcultural Studies | ||
| Education | Master's Doctoral | Educational Studies, and Clinical Studies of Education | List of academic staff |
| Law | Master's Doctoral | Legal and Political Studies | List of academic staff |
| Professional | Law School | List of academic staff | |
| Economics | Master's Doctoral | Economics | List of academic staff |
| Master's | International Joint Master Degree Program in Global Markets, Local Creativities | ||
| Science | Master's Doctoral | Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Chemistry, and Biological Sciences | Search page |
| Medicine | Four-year doctoral | Medicine | List of academic staff |
| Master's Doctoral | Medical Science | ||
| Professional Doctoral | Public Health | List of academic staff | |
| Master's Doctoral | Human Health Sciences | List of academic staff | |
| Four-year doctoral | Kyoto-McGill International Collaborative Program in Genomic Medicine | List of academic staff | |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences | Four-year doctoral | Biomedical Sciences | List of academic staff |
| Five-year doctoral | Medicinal Frontier Sciences | ||
| Master's Doctoral | Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bioinformatics and Chemical Genomics (not accepting new students) | ||
| Engineering | Master's Doctoral | Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Urban Management, Environmental Engineering, Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Science, Micro Engineering, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nuclear Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Science and Engineering, Material Chemistry, Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Molecular Engineering, Polymer Chemistry, Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering | Divisions |
| Agriculture | Master's Doctoral | Agronomy and Horticultural Science, Forest and Biomaterials Science, Applied Life Sciences, Applied Biosciences, Environmental Science and Technology, Natural Resource Economics, and Food Science and Biotechnology | Divisions |
| Human and Environmental Studies | Master's Doctoral | Department of Human and Environmental Studies | List of academic staff |
| Energy Science | Master's Doctoral | Socio-Environmental Energy Science, Fundamental Energy Science, Energy Conversion Science, and Energy Science and Technology | List of academic staff |
| Asian and African Area Studies | Five-year doctoral | Southeast Asian Area Studies, African Area Studies, and Global Area Studies | List of academic staff |
| Informatics | Master's Doctoral | Informatics | List of academic staff |
| Biostudies | Master's Doctoral | Integrated Life Science, and Systemic Life Science | Search page |
| Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability | Five-year doctoral | Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability | List of academic staff |
| Global Environmental Studies | Doctoral | Global Environmental Studies | List of academic staff |
| Master's Doctoral | Environmental Management | ||
| Government | Professional | Public Policy | List of academic staff |
| Management | Professional | Business Administration | List of academic staff |
| Doctoral | Management Science |
Unified academic staff database (partially in Japanese):
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Awarding of degrees
1. Master's degrees
Master's degrees are awarded to those who have successfully completed two or more years of required course work and research, passed the required examination, and have had a thesis accepted.
2. Professional degrees (other than from the Law School)
Professional (master's) degrees are awarded to those who have successfully completed two or more years of required course work.
3. Professional degrees from the Law School
Juris Doctor degrees (professional degrees) are awarded to those who have successfully completed three or more years of required course work at the Law School.
4. Doctoral degrees
Doctoral degrees are awarded to those who have successfully completed three or more years of required course work and research, passed the required examination, and have had a thesis accepted.
5. Doctoral degrees from a four-year program at the Graduate School of Medicine or Pharmaceutical Sciences
Doctoral degrees are awarded to those who have successfully completed four or more years of required course work and research, passed the required examination, and have had a thesis accepted.
6. Doctoral degrees from a five-year program at the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS), or Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability (GSAIS)
Doctoral degrees are awarded to those who have successfully completed five or more years of required course work and research, passed the required examination, and have had their thesis accepted.
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