The Doctoral Course

Important Notice (Updated 2025.10.17) 

1. Doctoral programmes offer both the enrollment in April or in October, but selection for international students is conducted solely for enrollment in the October.
2. Applicants are required to make contact with a preferred academic advisor before submitting application materials. Contact information of each professor is listed on the “Staff” page.
3. 【for General Admissions applicants】 
   Applicants are required to take English proficiency (TOEIC, TOEFL, etc.) test in advance.
   Please make sure to request the application guidelines (booklet) when applying.
   The application guidelines (booklet) will be available from mid-November.
4. 【for General Admissions applicants and International Students】
   We would like to inform you about the official English certificate for applications after the 2023 entrance examination.
   Since advanced language skills are required for research activities achieved in Japan or overseas through Wandervogel training and for presenting research at international conferences after enrolling in the Graduate School of Global Food Resources. the following scores are desirable as an effort target. Please try to get more than a point.
   　・ TOEIC L & R 700 points or more
   　・ TOEFL-iBT 72 points or more
   　・ IELTS band score 5.5 points or higher
   * The above is an outline, and details should be confirmed in the application guidelines for each selectio

※Note

1. Applicants who have graduated from university (including prospects)  are not required to apply for a preliminary examination. For details, please check on the application guidelines.

2. “International students” means individuals whose regidents are not in Japan, and whose circumstances make it difficult to come to Japan to take the entrance examination.

2026 October Enrollment

(Information will be released in late April, 2026)
Preliminary review period:
Application Period:
Examination Period:
Application Guidelines (GA 1st)
Application Form

Requesting the Application Guidelines (booklet) _{*in Japan only}

The application guidelines (booklet) of general category are available at the address below.
If you request the guidelines by mail, send an envelope with “Request for the application guidelines for the Master’s Course of the Graduate School of Global Food Resources” written in red ink on the envelope to the address below. The envelope should contain a self-addressed stamped envelope (24 cm × 33.2 cm; be sure to write your zip code, address and name, and use stamps to the value of 270 yen for standard mail or 570 yen if you would like express mail).

【Address】
Student Affairs Section, Administrative Office of Agriculture and Global Food Resources, Hokkaido University
Kita 9, Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan