Application Procedure (Master's Program)

List of faculty members in charge of the master's program

For a list of faculty members in charge of majors and fields, please refer to the list of faculty members in charge of the master's program and five-year doctoral program at the Graduate School of Engineering in 2026.

For details on recruitment, please check the student recruitment guidelines. For how to request, please refer to the request for materials.

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Fields of Study and Authorized Student Enrollments

System Safety Engineering field will not conduct exams for international students or selection for September enrollment.

International Students(April enrillment Ⅰ,Ⅱ,Ⅲ)

Qualifications for Application

The following qualifications are required for applicants.
* Only the applicants who satisfy (A) can apply for the “April Enrollment Ⅲ”.
(A) Non-Japanese who hold a resident visa status permitting enrollment to the Graduate School under the Immigration Control and Recognition of Refugee Status Law.
(B) Non-Japanese who are expected to obtain the above status after enrollment in the Graduate School under the Immigration Control and Recognition of Refugee Status Law.
Those who satisfy either (A) or (B) are further required to meet one of the following qualifications:

1.  Be a university graduate, or be expected to graduate by the end of March, in Japan.
2. Have successfully obtained a bachelor’s degree at the National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education (NIAD-QE), or be expected to do so by the end of March, in Japan.
3. Have successfully completed a 16-year course of school education abroad, or be expected to do so by the end of March.
4. Have completed, in Japan, the correspondence course of an overseas educational institution and completed a 16-year course of school education, or be expected to do so by the end of March.
5. Have successfully completed a course at an overseas educational institution in Japan which requires graduates to have completed a 16-year course in the school education system, which is deemed to have university courses in that system, and which is specifically recognized by the Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, or be expected to do so by the end of March.
6. Those who have a degree equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree or expect to obtain such a degree by the end of March, from a university or school in a country other than Japan by completing a course of study for at least 3 years by a correspondence course, provided by a school of that country, in Japan, or from an educational institution recognized as being part of the educational system of the country and that is specifically designated by the Minister of Education, Sports, Science and Technology. The university or school must be evaluated on the comprehensive quality of the education and research activities by the authorized persons of the government or relative institution of the country or must be restricted to an institution specifically designated by the Minister of Education, Sports, Science and Technology.
7. Have completed a specialized course of training recognized by the Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology at a Senshu School (Specialized School), or be expected to do so by the end of March. 
8. In the case of an applicant from a foreign country where the completion of college level education does not require 16 years of school education, satisfy the following 2 conditions and be deemed by the graduate school of engineering at Nagaoka University of Technology to have academic ability equal to or higher than a graduate of a Japanese university.
   
   1. Have spent one year or more as a research student or research fellow at a university or research institute in Japan or abroad after successfully obtaining a bachelor’s degree, or be expected to do so by the end of March.

   2. Be 22 years old or older as of March 31.

9. Have studied at a university three years or more or be expected to do so, or have completed 15 years of school education abroad or be expected to do so, by the end of March.
       Be deemed by the graduate school of engineering at Nagaoka University of Technology to get or have gotten an excellent record.
10. Be deemed by the graduate school of engineering at Nagaoka University of Technology to have academic ability equal to or higher than a graduate of a Japanese university, based on the submitted documents.
    Be 22 years old or older as of March 31.

Screening/ Examination Procedure

The applicants will be judged on three components: oral examination, an interview, and the application documents. 

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Qualifications

Non-Japanese who are expected to obtain a resident visa for enrollment to the Graduate School under the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and satisfy all of the following conditions:

1.  Those who are enrolled at the time of application and expected to graduate by the end of August  from a university with which our university shares a 'memorandum for exchange of students' (hereafter "exchange agreement university"), among universities with which our university has an academic cooperation agreement.
2. Meet one of the following requirements:
   
   1. Have successfully be expected to complete a 16-year course of school education abroad by the end of August.
   2. Those who are expected to obtain a degree equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree by the end of August, from a university or school in a country other than Japan by completing a course of study for at least 3 years.
   3. Be deemed by the graduate school of engineering at Nagaoka University of Technology to have academic ability equal to or higher than a graduate of a Japanese university, based on the submitted documents.
3. Those who possess a high academic rank at school and are acknowledged as excellent both in character and in study by the president or the head of the department of the applicant's university and by the prospective academic supervisor of Nagaoka University of Technology.
4. Those who can submit all the following documents at the time of application.
   
   1. Recommendation letter of the president or the head of the department of the applicant's university. (Appendix 1)
   2. Recommendation letter of the prospective academic supervisor of Nagaoka University of Technology. (Appendix 2)

Screening Procedure

The screening will be done on the basis of the submitted application documents.