Requirements for Graduate Students

A minimum of two-semester (four-quarter) enrollment for EU-DP is required to complete.

Graduate Schools providing EU-DPs subjects (as of April 2024)：Law, Economics, Humanities, Engineering, Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Integrated Sciences for Global Society, Design

In order to be awarded a certificate, you are required to earn 4 credits or more from the coursework offered for EU-DP.

Some coursework completed in the past (i.e., courses which currently appear on the list of EU-DPs courses) may be used toward the EU-DPs. However, the programme requirement cannot be fulfilled only with the previously completed subjects. After programme entry, graduate students are required to submit a research paper.

When several courses are provided in the same course name with different teachers, you can register only for the course with the specified teacher as listed on the EU-DPs Course List.

EU-DP courses can be taken until graduation.

NEW!! Credits earned at a university in an EU Member State and accredited by your graduate school (or by a　graduate school to which courses can be transferred) can be included as the course titled ‘Study in the EU’ for up to 4 credits to complete the EU-DPs. Click here for more details (only Japanese version available) 

A research paper must be submitted to complete their requirements for the Graduate Diploma in EU Studies. This paper must focus on an EU- or Europe-related matter and be discussed within the context of one or more academic disciplines. In lieu of a separate research paper, students may submit a master’s thesis if it is EU- or Europe-related.

Doctoral students can apply for the EU-DP Graduate Course by submitting a “Letter of Acceptance for the EU Studies Diploma Programmes (EU-DPs) Enrollment” with the signatures of advisors of both your doctoral thesis and your EU-DPs research paper. Doctoral students who fulfill all the requirements can acquire an EU-DP Graduate Diploma.