Degree Application & Thesis Submission for Current Students / Forms for a Master’s Thesis / Forms for a Doctoral Thesis
Degree Application & Thesis Submission (Master / Doctoral) for Current Students
Schedule of Master’s and Doctoral Thesis Review for Graduation in September 2025 (2025.4.18 updated)
Schedule of Master’s and Doctoral Thesis Review for Graduation in March 2025 (2024.6.21 updated)
Please read the notification distributed by OSIPP’s Educational Affairs Section and submit the “Registration Form of Thesis Title” by the specified deadline.
Registration Form of Thesis Title (for Master’s Thesis)
Registration Form of Thesis Title (for Doctoral Thesis)
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In case the thesis title is changed, please be sure to submit the following form.
Notification Form of Change of Thesis Title
*However, the title cannot be changed after the submission deadline of the thesis.
When submitting these documents, please send an email to your supervisor with the file attached,and then he/she will forward it to the Educational Affairs Section (Kyomu-Kakari).
*For submission by e-mail, your supervisor’s seal is not necessary.
Forms Required for Applying for a Master’s Thesis
Students must submit a written “Pledge” and “Master’s Thesis Copy Permission Form”, when submitting your thesis in accordance with the thesis review schedule.
Please sign your name in your own handwriting.
Pledge_MCMaster’s Thesis Browsing and Copying Consent Form（for OSIPP Library）
Forms Required for Applying for a Doctoral Thesis
The documents required for a doctoral thesis application (for download)
Please fill out the form after referring to the sample. Form1-4 Example (PDF)
These application forms (Form 2 to 4) should be checked before submitting, so please send them to the Educational Affairs Section (Kyomu-Kakari) by email.
- Application for Academic Degree (Form1) (学位申請書. Japanese format Only) (1 copy)
- *Only for students enrolled from 2025 onwards who are applying for a degree other than “International Public Policy”: Application for Academic Degree (Form1_Other than International Public Policy)
- List of Thesis (Form2) (1 copy)
- Abstract of Thesis (Form3) (1 copy)
*As a general rule, Form 3 is limited to two sheets of a single-sided printed document. - Applicant History (Form4) (1 copy)
- Pledge (Handwritten original required) (1 copy)
- Doctoral Thesis Internet Publication Confirmation (Form10) (1 copy)
*Please see “ Important Notice for Recipients of Doctorate Degree from Osaka University” for the details. - Updates on the reasons of Doctoral Thesis’s Internet Publication Suspension Form (Form11) (1 copy/only when applicable)
*Please see “ Important Notice for Recipients of Doctorate Degree from Osaka University” for the details. - The Cover page of Doctoral Dissertation
PDF file of the full doctoral thesis
Regardless of whether your thesis can be published on the Internet or not, please submit a PDF file of the full thesis.
