ADMISSIONS

Please check each application guideline and appendix materials (FY2025/FY2026 common) ,and submit each document by the due date in the designated method.
FY2026 Application Guideline
FY2027 Application Guideline

Please download the application form and other documents from below;
FY2026 Application form (JPN)
FY2026 Application form (ENG)

FY2027 Application form (JPN)
FY2027 Application form (ENG)

Evaluation Report (JPN)
Evaluation Report (ENG)

※Do not use past application forms.
※No applications will be submitted or modified after application period.
※Students those who currently enrolled in master’s programs at other universities or Kyushu University graduate school’s research students are not eligible for this recruitment.
※K²-SPRING Regular Recruitment will be scheduled around the middle of November. Please wait for the detail of the Regular Recruitment if you are not eligible this time.

Those selected by K²-SPRING must fulfill all of the following obligations from 1 to 8.

1.  Students must take three compulsory subjects and one elective subject in the career development and training content offered in this program to cultivate not only research skills, but also a bird’s eye view, interdisciplinary and international mindset, and a wide range of advanced transferable skills.
2.  Students must devote themselves to study and research based on their own K²-SPRING research plan determined in advance.
3.  Students must submit a yearly report to the Project Director on the progress of the course work and research, including a description of research expenses. When requested by the Project Director, students must report as required on matters such as the progress of the research and the use of research expenses.
4.  When conducting research, students must comply with the rules and regulations established by the University and strive to carry out research activities that meet the trust and expectations of society, in accordance with their own conscience and decency. Furthermore, students must fully recognize that the source of research funds is public funds, comply with relevant laws and regulations, and strive to carry out research efficiently.
5.  Students must attend research ethics education and compliance education classes as designated by the University.
6.  When presenting the research results obtained through the Project, students must indicate that the research was subsidized under the Project.
(Note) Examples of acknowledgments in the treatise (Grant No. is JPMJSP2136).
【Example】This work was supported by JST SPRING, Grant Number JPMJSP2136.
7.  In order to verify the training effect of the curriculum, students must cooperate with the career tracking survey for approximately 10 years after the completion of this program.
8.  Students must register for a job-based research internship.

(1)　Students must take lectures provided by “Future-Creation (MIRAI)” Course (the Fusion-of-intelligence courses and Research Proposals are compulsory subjects and other two elective subjects).　In addition to their excellent research abilities, students must strive to develop a bird’s-eye view, interdisciplinary research skills, internationality, and a wide range of advanced transferable skills by actively participating in course subjects.
(2)　Students must devote themselves to study and research based on a predetermined research plan.
(3)　Students must submit a yearly report to the Project Director on the progress of the course work and research, including a description of research expenses. When requested by the Project Director, students must report as required on matters such as the progress of the research and the use of research expenses.
(4)　When conducting research, students must comply with the rules and regulations established by the University and strive to carry out research activities that meet the trust and expectations of society, in accordance with their own conscience and decency. Furthermore, students must fully recognize that the source of research funds is public funds, comply with relevant laws and regulations, and strive to carry out research efficiently.
(5)　Students must attend research ethics education and compliance education classes as designated by the University.
※Research ethics education and compliance education classes in Kyushu University
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/ja/research/ethics/propulsion/
Please check “研究倫理教育及びコンプライアンス教育の実施について” in the above page.
(6)　When presenting the research results obtained through the project, students must indicate that the research was subsidized under the project.
※Examples of acknowledgments in the treatise
【Example】This work was supported by JST SPRING, Grant Number JPMJSP2136.
(7) In order to verify the effect of the career development and training content, students must cooperate with the career tracking survey for approximately 10 years after the completion of this course.

Deadline and selection schedule for K²-SPRING(FY2026/FY2027 Reservation Recruitment) are as follows.

Tuesday, June 17 to Monday, June 30, at noon: Pre-entry Period
Tuesday, July 1 to Friday, July 11, at noon: Application, Evaluation and Transcript Documents Submission Deadline
Wednesday, September 24: Initial Screening Results Notification
Friday, September 26: Conducting the Secondary Screening (Will be conducted only when necessary.)
Tuesday, September 30: Announcement of the Results

(Note) The dates are tentative and subject to change.
(Note) Pre-entry must be submitted before you apply. Application documents without pre-entry will not be accepted.
(Note) Upon announcement of the results, the student ID numbers of those selected for reserved positions will be published on the SPRING website.

Deadline and selection schedule for K²-SPRING (FY2025 Regular Recruitment) are as follows.

Friday, November 1st to Sunday, November 10th at 11:59 p.m.: Pre-entry Period
Tuesday, November 5th to Monday, November 11th at NOON: Submission period for the Application, Evaluation and Transcript
Tuesday, November 12th to Monday, January 27th, 2025: Conducting the Initial Screening
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025: Initial Screening Results Notification
Monday, February 3rd, 2025: Conducting the Secondary Screening
Friday, February 7th, 2025: Announcement of the Results

(Note) The dates are tentative and subject to change.
(Note) Pre-entry must be submitted before you apply. Application documents without pre-entry will not be accepted.

1. Research Aid: 200,000 yen per month
(Note) Includes 20,000 yen as a support for improving language skills.

2. Research Expenses: 350,000 yen per year
(Note) This research expenses is allocated to support the applicant’s own free, challenging, and interdisciplinary research activities in this program.
(Note) Additional research expenses may be allocated based on applications and selection for the Integrated Research Projects [Elective subject, refer to the curriculum].

3. Tuition Fee Exemption: Half of the tuition will be exempted
(Note) Theexemption of half of the tuition fee for this program does not interfere with the application for
Kyushu University’s tuition fee exemption (The Original System).
(Note) In the case of those who are judged to be in particularly high financial need during the screening process for tuition fee exemption (original system), there is a possibility that they will be judged to be eligible for full exemption. If you think that your family’s circumstances mean that you are in particularly high financial need, please apply for tuition fee exemption (original system).

If the payment of research aids is started or stopped in the middle of the month, the amount of payment for the month will be based on the standards set by the University.

The students who have been selected as Future-Creation (MIRAI) Course  are as follows.

Program Students for FY2021
Program Students for FY2022
Program Students for FY2023

K²-SPRING Program Students for FY2024
K-BOOST Program Students for FY2024

K²-SPRING Program Students for FY2025
K-BOOST Program Students for FY2025