(Notice)
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 October 2024 (August 2024 entrance examination)
General Selection, Admission by Recommendation and Special Selection for Senior Citizens
・Guidelines for Applicants were published in May 2024.
- Guidelines for Applicants (Japanese PDF)(1.12 MB)
- CV (Japanese PDF)(23.56 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 April 2025(November 2024 entrance examination),Enrollment October 2025(May 2025 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 September 2024.
・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.
- Guidelines for Applicants (Japanese / English PDF)(2.09 MB)
- Information about Degree Obtained, Educational Background, and Employment History(21.55 KB)
- Research Plan at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences(22 KB)
- Summary of the Thesis(18.55 KB)
- Reference Letter Form(20.34 KB)
Enrollment April 2025 (February 2025 entrance examination (planned))
- Guidelines for Applicants will be released around late November 2024.
- Please note that the selection process may be subject to change depending on the Infectious disease outbreak trends.
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.