Overview

We offer a Veterinary Medicine degree at the Hokkaido University. The development of preventive and curative medicine and the promotion of preventive measures have made it possible to control certain infectious diseases.

Features

At the same time, however, emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases have successively occurred, posing a threat to humankind. In addition, health hazards to people and animals due to chemical substances and the destruction of the ecosystem constantly occur as people enjoy the conveniences of life.

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

Veterinary Medicine

Key information

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-07-12 00:00:00
Starting 2026-04-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-06-06 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

75

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Veterinary Medicine

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

75

Student insurance

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Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
Liability
Home contents and baggage
Accidents
Legal aid

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Other requirements

General requirements

The WISE Program for One Health Frontier Graduate School of Excellence is a doctoral program (four years), and the admission limit is 20 people.

Of successful applicants of the Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine (up to 16 people) and the Graduate School of Infectious Diseases (up to 12 people), applicants for this program will be screened through an essay, a research plan, and an interview just after admission to either graduate school. For more information, see the website.

Veterinary School has abolished its own English test as a method of evaluating the foreign language (English) ability required for study from the 2020 entrance examination, and has shifted to using external test (TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS, etc.) scores.

Tuition Fee

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International

356400 JPY/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 356400 JPY per year
National

356400 JPY/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 356400 JPY per year

Living costs for Sapporo

111200 - 165260 JPY /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.