ADMISSIONS

Please check each application guideline and appendix materials and submit each document by the due date in the designated method.
Application Guideline

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

*Do not use past application forms.
*Applications, nor revisions will not be accepted after the respective deadlines.
*Application for the K-BOOST is not an application for admission to the doctoral courses of Kyushu University. In addition, the result of the K-BOOST selection is not linked to the result of the graduate school entrance examination.  Regarding the entrance exam for the doctoral course, please ask each graduate school.
*This recruitment also applies to individuals planning to enter Kyushu University’s doctoral program in April 2026 from outside the university.
Please note that no recruitment will be conducted after April 2026 following enrollment.
*K²-SPRING (FY2026 reserved recruitment) candidatesand those currently under review (FY2026 regular recruitment application submitted) are also eligible to apply.

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 K-BOOST (FY2026 Additional Recruitment)  are as follows.

Selection Schedule (Note1)

Wednesday, March 4 to Monday March 9, at 12:00 p.m. (noon): Application, Transcript, Thesis and Evaluation Report Submission period
Tuesday, March 10 -　: Conducting the document screening
Tuesday, March 24　: Announcement of acceptance (Note2)

(Note1) The dates are tentative and subject to change.
(Note2) Notification will be sent to the email address provided at the time of application

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

Saturday, November 1 to Monday, November 17 at noon: Pre-entry Period
Tuesday, November 4 to Tuesday, November 18 at noon: Submission period for the Application, Evaluation and Transcript
Wednesday, November 19 to Monday, February 2, 2026: Conducting the Initial Screening
Monday, February 2, 2026: Initial Screening Results Notification
Wednesday, February 4, 2026: Conducting Secondary Screening
Monday, February 9, 2026: 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].
(Note) The amount may increase or decrease from FY2027 onward.

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.

In addition, please be advised that, following the revision of the SPRING program, support for international students will be limited to research expenses only, instead of both research aid and research expenses, starting in FY2027.

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

K-SPRING Program Students for FY2021
K-SPRING Program Students for FY2022
K-SPRING 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

K²-SPRING Program Students for FY2026
K-BOOST Program Students for FY2026