Application Period: April 1st – 30th, 2025 for both the Graduate School of Arts and the Graduate School of Music.

* Applicants for the Graduate School of Arts need to submit some documents by April 18th.

(For the Graduate School of Music, a preliminary review is required. Deadline for the preliminary review: March 31st, 2025.

Applicants need to contact the Kyoto City University of Arts Admission Office by E-mail by March 20th.

Please read the guideline on the bottom. )

Non-degree research students are able to:

Receive instruction in practical skills from faculty members.

Use the studio spaces and practice studios.

Use the library (and borrow books).

Follow the honka-ryugakusei program and sit the entrance examination for the Master’s Course (only for students in the Graduate School of Music).

Non-degree research students are NOT able to:

Attend regular course lessons. (With permission from faculty members, this is possible in some cases).

Have their credits recognized.

Obtain a degree. *The university is able to issue a Certificate of Enrollment or Certificate of Enrollment Period.

Use the student discount systems offered by public transportation, including JR.

For more information, please refer to the following application guidelines.

(Graduate School of Arts: revised February 2025, Graduate School of Music: revised February 2025)