Please read the Application Guideline carefully as ADMISSION QUALIFICATIONS and REQUIREMENTS differs for each selection.
Important Reminder: Special Selection for International Students is ONLY applicable for non-Japanese citizen residing outside of Japan.     

Admissions policy
Category of Selection
Language Test Score Certificate
Access to Past Exam
Requesting an Application Form for Enrollment

Master's Program

Note: (*1) Some Applicants are required to undergo a preliminary evaluation of admission requirements.
              For detailed information with preliminary evaluation, please refer the Application Guideline.

Information for Joint Japan/World Bank Scholarship Program(JJ/WBGSP)

Doctoral Program

 Note: (*1) Some Applicants are required to undergo a preliminary evaluation of admission requirements.
              For detailed information with preliminary evaluation, please refer the Application Guideline.

IDEC is one of the host institutions for the regular Master’s program of the Joint Japan/World Bank Scholarship Program(JJ/WBGSP).

Outline and necessary procedures for October 2013 Enrollment

Outline for Admission to IDEC with JJ/WBGSP

Application Procedures and Selection Process

Eligibility for JJ/WBGSP

Application for Admission to Graduate Study (JJ/WBGSP)

For detailed information of JJ/WBGSP, refer to www.worldbank.org/scholarships.

All applicants except for applicants for Special Selection for Senior Citizens are required to submit a language ability certificate.

Master's Program
Applicants are required to submit an official score certificate of language test as specified below. The scores must be fewer than two years old at the time of IDEC entrance examination.
Those who choose English
    Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC(R))
    Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL(R)) - either TOEFL-iBT, TOEFL-PBT or TOEFL-CBT
     International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
Those who choose Japanese
    Japanese Language Proficiency Test
    Japanese Examination of Japanese University Admission for International Student (EJU)
    The Final Examination of Preparatory Education to the Foreign Government-sponsored Students granted by the Japanese
government in China and Malaysia
    J.Test.

TOEIC-IP or TOEFL-ITP results can be accepted those for examinations taken within a university or an equivalent organization.

In case an applicant can not submit any of the above score certificates, IDEC will accept an official document made by the university which certifies that the medium of instruction in the foreign institution which the applicant has attended/is attending is English. Applicant must submit this official document instead of the certificate of Japanese/English language test score.

Doctoral Program
Applicants are required to submit a language ability certificate as specified below:
    TOEFL(R) or other equivalent English language test
    Japanese Language Proficiency Test or other equivalent Japanese language test
    Other official documents certifying the language ability

TOEFL(R) code number for IDEC, Hiroshima University is 7318. Use the code when you request Educational Testing Service(ETS) to send the Official Score to us.
We DO NOT accept a photocopy of test score documents as valid application materials.
 

Past exam (Last 3years) are available at IDEC Student Support Office from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on our business day.
You can take photocopies at your own expense at the Univ. Coop. on campus. There is no mailing service on request.

You may download several application documents (Reason for Application, Research Proposal, International Cooperation Statement, Summary of Master's Thesis) from here. Applicants for Special Selection for International Students, however, need to contact to IDEC Student Support Office to obtain the prescribed forms.
For obtaining other necessary documents, please send a letter for IDEC Student Support Office indicating a course (Master's or Doctoral), selection category and enrollment period you are going to apply with a return-envelope.
 

Return-envelope: Approximately 24 cm ×33 cm sized, with your name, address, and postal code written clearly.
Attach a 200-yen stamp on the envelope (This amount is applicable for domestic postal services in Japan.)

Please contact to the IDEC Student Support Office.

Student Support Office
Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC)
Hiroshima University
1-5-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8529　JAPAN
koku-gaku（at）office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp