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Please note that you are requested to contact the faculty member to whom you wish to apply in advance. Contact information for each staff can be found on this page.
If you are unable to contact the faculty member whom you wish to supervise prior to application, please contact
the following address for Inquiry about Application Guidelines.
Enrollment April 2026 (February 2026 entrance examination）
- Guidelines for Applicants were published in November 2025.
- Guidelines for Applicants (Japanese PDF)（1009.1 KB）
- CV (Japanese PDF)（21.37 KB）
- Summary for the Thesis (Japanese PDF)（17.08 KB）
- Research Plan at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Japanese PDF)（17.16 KB）
Enrollment October 2026(May 2026 entrance examination)
(*This is the admission for foreigners who do not live in Japan.)
Special Selection for International Students
・Guidelines for Applicants were published in August 2025.
・Some of the Special Selection Programs for International Applicants at Hiroshima University require applicants to register an account with the HU-IAAS（Hiroshima University International Admissions Assistant (IAA) System） in addition to the procedures described in the application guideline. Please note that the Economics Program does not require any procedures through the HU-IAAS.
・A major update to UCARO will be implemented in the 2026 academic year, and the associated migration work is scheduled for Tuesday, May 5, and Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
Please note that during the migration period, services for UCARO (applicant site, administrator site, and parent site), online application (applicant site and administrator site), and the payment site will be suspended.
- Guidelines for Applicants (Japanese / English PDF)（2.12 MB）
- Information about Degree Obtained, Educational Background, and Employment History（24.75 KB）
- Research Plan at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences（22 KB）
- Summary of the Thesis（18.58 KB）
- Reference Letter Form（20.34 KB）
Enrollment October 2026 (August 2026 entrance examination) (planned)
General Selection, Admission by Recommendation and Special Selection for Senior Citizens
・Guidelines for Applicants will be released around late May 2026.
Inquiry about Application Guidelines
Support Office for the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University (Economics Program) 1-2-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8525
e-mail：syakai-gaku-sien
Tel: +81-(0)82-424-7189
・To send e-mail, type “@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp” after the portion of the respective e-mail address.
