1. Process and Internal Rules for awarding a PhD degree
Please make sure of following points first. / 始めに以下の点を確認しておくこと。
| (1) | 博士の学位審査に関する内規 / Internal Regulations for the Assessment and Award of Doctor of Philosophy (JP: 368KB), (EN: 147KB) |
| (2) | 「博士の学位審査に関する内規」についての申合わせ事項 学生周知用（一部抜粋）/ Agreement on the Internal Regulations for the Assessment and Award of Doctor of Philosophy – excerpt for students – (JP: 236KB), (EN: 57KB) |
| (3) | 博士課程修了までの流れ / Process of Award of Doctor of Philosophy (JP: 298KB), (EN: 214KB) |
| (4) | Format for Proposal Review (as of 25 January, 2018) (45KB) |
2. Guidelines for Thesis submitted by PhD Candidates
Please make sure of rules and regulations related scientific research when writing theses. Students are requested to read carefully the following guidelines. / 論文執筆の際は下記ガイドライン等を熟読し、研究倫理について遺漏のないようにすること。
| (1) | Guidelines for Thesis Submission <To be Implemented in AY2023> (updated on May 16, 2023) (JP: 645KB, Separate documents Zip 3MB) , (EN: 483KB , Separate documents Zip 2MB) |
| (2) | Code of Conduct for Research(294KB) |
| (3) | Guide for Doctorate Theses and Copyrights(1.32MB) |
| (4) | Guidelines for Writing Academic Papers, Graduate School of Public Policy (JP: 517KB) , (EN: 124KB) |
| <For reference> | |
| (5) | Guidelines for Theses, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics (JP: 401KB) , (EN: 258KB) |
| (6) | Guidelines for Theses, Graduate School of Economics (JP: 436KB) , (EN: 299KB) |
3. Documents to be Submitted for the Doctoral Thesis
Candidates who intend to obtain permission from their supervisor to conduct the Final Review should also prepare the following documents. / Final Reviewの実施について指導教員の許可を得ようとしている者は、下記の書類についても準備をしておくこと。
Please refer to the “Guidelines for Thesis Submission” above when submitting the following documents. / 下記の書類の提出に際しては上記の”Guidelines for Thesis Submission” を参照すること。
| Items to be Submitted BEFORE the Final Review | |
| (1) | Title of Doctoral Thesis / 論文題目届 (20KB) |
| (2) | Doctoral Thesis : digital data / 論文の電子データ |
| (3) | Thesis Summary : digital data / 論文の内容の要旨の電子データ_Sample / 例 (24KB) |
| (4) | Résumé / 履歴書 (EN: 28KB) , (JP: 39KB) |
| (5) | Thesis Table of Contents / 論文目録 (EN: 27KB) , (JP: 30KB) |
| (6) | Statement of Commitment / 誓約書 (22KB) |
| <Followings are documents to be submitted if applicable.> | |
| (7) | Letter of Consent and Acceptance / 同意承諾書 (EN: 36KB) , (JP: 35KB) |
| (8) | Reference Articles : digital data/ 参考論文の電子データ |
| Items to be Submitted AFTER the Final Review | |
| (1) | Doctoral thesis (Full version in a hardbound form) / 博士論文（本製本） |
| (2) | Doctoral thesis (Full version in PDF format) / 博士論文（全文PDF） |
| (3) | *Doctoral thesis (Abridged, in PDF format) / 博士論文（要約PDF） |
| (4) | Printed front cover of Doctoral thesis / 博士論文（PDF）表紙_Sample / 例 (21KB) |
| (5) | Checklist for Web-Based Publication of Doctoral Thesis / 博士論文のインターネット公表に関する確認票 (EN: 24KB) , (JP: 35KB) |
| (6) | *Application for Publication of Thesis under Special Circumstances / 博士論文公表方法に関する特例申請書 (EN: 18KB) , (JP: 32KB) |
| (7) | *Document explaining in detail the “unavoidable circumstances” /「やむを得ない事由」を具体的に説明する資料 |
| (8) |
Letter of Authorization / 許諾書 (EN: 33KB) , (JP: 32KB) Appendix “Registration of Doctorate Thesis on the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global” / 別紙「ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Globalへの博士論文データの登載について」 (EN: 196KB) , (JP: 201KB) |
| (9) | Letter of authorization for copy / 製本論文の使用に関する許諾書 (22KB) (English sample: 596KB) |
*Not required if your doctoral thesis will be full publication. / 全文公表の場合は不要。