Student Bulletin Board
2011-06-24
Memorandum regarding the Research Paper
This schedule is for students who entered in October.
1) Two credit points will be conferred upon passing the final oral examination.
2) A maximum of four credits can potentially be gained through the submission of a research paper.
3) Students can write their research paper during both their first year and second year.
4) The paper must be written under the academic supervision of a faculty member.
Only those faculty members who teach a course/courses at the Graduate School of Public Policy are permitted to be supervisors.
Part-time lecturers cannot be supervisors.
Please refer to the research paper academic supervisor list for a list of faculty members who are able to become supervisors.
( PDF, 218KB ）
5) Students who intend to write a research paper must first gain the consent of a faculty member
from the research paper academic supervisor list to become their academic advisor.
Upon gaining consent students must submit a research paper enrollment form bearing the seal of their academic advisor
in early February as specified at the end of this document.
Students are permitted, upon gaining consent from a faculty member in advance,
to begin preparatory work on their paper before the submission of the research paper enrollment form.
6) Students must decide on their title and submit a research paper title report in late March.
7) Final submission of the research paper is due in late May.
8) The research paper should have an approximate character/words count of no more than 12,000 characters (Japanese) or 4,200 words (English).
Students must gain permission in advance from their academic advisor if they believe that their research paper will exceed these limits.
9) The research paper will be registered as a two credit point class upon enrollment.
Please be aware that these two credit points will still be included in a student's annual credit point total (maximum 38 per annum)
even if the student does not submit a paper (please refer to the Graduate School of Public Policy Regulations, Article 11, Section 2).
No registration in UT mate is required.
10) Below are the deadlines from enrollment through to submission:
| Wed. 8th Feb, 2012 - Fri. 10th | Enrollment period |
| Mon. 26th Mar, 2012 - Wed. 28th | Title submission period |
| By 4 p.m. Thu. 24th May, 2012 | Final submission (strictly observed) |
| Late July, 2012 | Oral examination |
- Research paper guidelines ( ZIP, 76KB )
※ Documents are also available at the administration office.