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Completion Requirements

Last update: 2023-12-14

【 Requirements for the completion of the doctoral program 】
Students who satisfy the requirements of (1) to (5) below shall be deemed to have completed the program of “the Kyoto University Shishu-Kan” (selected for a Program for Leading Graduate Schools), and accordingly a Doctor of Philosophy degree shall be awarded to such students.
(1) It is necessary to successfully complete Human Survivability Studies II.
(2) It is necessary to successfully complete Overseas Internship and PBR.
(3) It is necessary to receive research guidance approval for courses taken at the “Kyoto University Shishu-Kan” (selected for a Program for Leading Graduate Schools).
(4) It is necessary to be equipped with required language skills.
(5) It is necessary to pass the degree-awarding evaluation.
* If you wish to withdraw from school after satisfying (1) to (4), you will withdraw with research
guidance approval and the provisional completion of the leading program will be accepted. In order to
be awarded a doctoral degree, the degree must be awarded within 3 years after withdrawal with
research guidance approval (however, 3 years includes the period if the student has repeated a year).

(Instructions)
* (1) Human Survivability Studies II
1) It is necessary that a senior academic supervisor, an assistant supervisor, and the student maintain close communication among themselves to confirm the progress status of the student’s research and courses taken.
2) As a general rule, it is necessary to attend the transdisciplinary research group at least 6 times in a
half year, and make presentations at least 3 times.
3) It is necessary to announce the structure of a PhD dissertation in a three-party meeting or another occasion about six months before its submission. It is also necessary to submit a pre-doctoral thesis of the PhD dissertation on that occasion. The pre-doctoral thesis must specify the theme and structure of the dissertation, as well as give a brief description of its thesis.
* (2) Overseas Internship and the PBR
1) In the middle of Overseas Internship, it is necessary to submit a midterm report (in English, up to 5 sheets of A4-sized paper) and have a meeting with a supervisor at the internship host organization, while at the same time holding regular discussions with the senior academic advisor and assistant supervisor(s).
2) It is necessary to promptly prepare and submit a working paper (in English or Japanese, up to 20 sheets of A4-sized paper) after the completion of Overseas Internship and the PBR and receive the evaluation by making a presentation at the Working Paper results presentation session.
*Attendance at international education seminars three times within each year from the first year to the
third year is a requirement for credit recognition. If the total attendance is less than 9 times from the
1st year to the 3rd year, attend at least 9 times in total after the 4th year.
* (3) Research guidance approval for the leading program
It is necessary to receive an evaluation from the research guidance review board consisting of a senior academic supervisor and assistant supervisor(s) based on the research guidance records (5/5) (prepared by the senior academic supervisor) regarding courses taken at the “Kyoto University Shishu-Kan” (selected for a Program for Leading Graduate Schools) and to receive research guidance approval from the steering committee for the Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program.
* (4) Language abilities
It is necessary to obtain a TOEFL-iBT score of 100 points or IELTS overall band score 7.0.
* (5) PhD dissertation
1) At least one peer-reviewed paper has been published or accepted in an academic journal.
2) The results of Overseas Internship and PBR shall be summarized in working papers and also included in the PhD dissertation.
3) Matters required for the evaluation of a dissertation such as the minimum number of words (characters) required for the PhD dissertation, the appropriate forms, the submission deadline, and the evaluation method shall be separately determined at the Meeting of the Graduate School.

Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability,
Kyoto University

1 Nakaadachi-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku,
Kyoto 606-8306, JAPAN
TEL +81-75-762-2001 / FAX +81-75-762-2277
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