Prospective Students

The Graduate School of Human Development and Environment offers the following degrees and educational programs. Degree-seeking prospective students are required to take examinations which are given on campus. For more details, please check the corresponding selection methods.

Degree-seeking Students (Regular Students)

Status	Degrees	Selection methods
Graduate students	Master's Degrees (Arts, Education, or Science) are conferred on those who have completed the required curricula for the Master's programs in the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment.	[Master's programs] General Selection (including Selection for Foreign Students) (in Japanese) [1] Kobe University / 2-year master's programmes [2]
Graduate students	Doctorate Degrees (Arts, Education, or Science) are conferred on those who have completed the required curricula for the Doctorate programs in the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment.	[Doctorate Programs] General Selection　(including Selection for Foreign Students) (in Japanese) [3] Kobe University / 3-year doctoral programmes [4]

Non-degree-seeking Students

Classification	Explanation	Selection Methods
Research Students	Research students pursue their research on specific topics under supervision of faculty members.	[Master's Programs] Research Students (in Japanese) [5] [Doctorate Programs] Research Students (in Japanese) [6]
Credit-seeking Students	Credit-seeking students take specific classes for credits.	[Master's Program] Credit-seeking Students, Auditors (in Japanese) [7]
Auditors	Auditors take specific classes but not for credits	[Master's Program] Credit-seeking Students, Auditors (in Japanese) [7]

For more details on admissions, please check the following information:

Kobe University > Admission [8]

Exchange Students

Kobe University > Exchange Programs [9]