CfA, Kyushu University Master and Doctorate program (IMAP & IDOC)

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Jan 6, 2026, 12:19:34 AM (6 days ago) Jan 6

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Dear PMJS Community,

I hope you all had a good start into the Fire-Horse Year.

As every year around this time, I would like to direct your attention to the upcoming application window for Kyushu University's International MA Program and Doctorate in Japanese Humanities (IMAP / IDOC, 広人文学コース).

Our faculty of five offers specializations in Japanese history, literature, religion, and art/architectural history.

We offer a rigorous curriculum, close supervision (current ratio is 5 professors to 26 students), and a thriving community. We conduct frequent day excursions in Kyushu and a mandatory fieldwork week for MA first years with destinations in all of Japan.

All classes are taught in English. The program is run by a department of the same name (広人文学講座) that is fully embedded to the Graduate School of Humanities (人文科学府) and has excellent working relationships with our Japanese colleagues.

Applicants have to possess Japanese proficiency equivalent to JLPT N3 for MA, N2 for PhD (we do not ask for a formal JLPT score, documentation of courses taken suffices).

Also applications for shorter sojourns at our program as a research student (研究生) are possible.

Applications for entry in the fall of 2026 are being accepted during the period from March 2 to 16, 2026.

For application materials and further information, please consult the program's website at

https://www.imapkyudai.net/

and the brochure at

https://www.imapkyudai.net/application.

Please distribute this CfA widely.

With kind regards,

Anton Schweizer

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Anton Schweizer, PhD

Professor (Art History)