Enrollment Period

Standard Enrollment Period

Students are required to study at RU for the minimum numbers of years indicated below in order to earn a degree from Ritsumeikan University.

College

＜Departments Other Than the Department of Pharmacy in College of Pharmaceutical Sciences＞

Student Type	Minimum Number of Years
Students who enrolled from their 1st year	4 years
Students who transferred directly to their 2nd year	3 years
Students who transferred directly to their 3rd year	2 years

＜Department of Pharmacy in College of Pharmaceutical Sciences＞

Student Type	Minimum Number of Years
Students who enrolled from their 1st year	6 years
Students who transferred directly to their 2nd year	5 years
Students who transferred directly to their 3rd year	4 years

Graduate Schools

Program	Standard Period of Study
Master's Degree Program	2years
Doctoral Degree Program	3 years
Integrated Doctoral Program	5 years
4-Year Doctoral Program	4years
Professional Degree Program	School of Law／3years
	Graduate School of Management/Graduate School of Professional Teacher Education／2years

Enrollment Period Limit

The enrollment period limit is the maximum number of years students can enroll and study at RU, and students cannot enroll at the University for longer than this period. Semesters during which a student takes a leave of absence, withdraws from the University, or is removed from the student registry shall not count toward the total enrollment period. However, if the day a student withdraws from the University or is removed from the student registry falls on the last day of the semester, that semester will count toward the total enrollment period.

College

＜Departments Other Than the Department of Pharmacy in College of Pharmaceutical Sciences＞

Student Type	Enrollment Period Limit
Students who enrolled from their 1st year	8 years
Students who transferred directly to their 2nd year	7 years
Students who transferred directly to their 3rd year	6 years
Students who re-enrolled	A total of 8 years, including the enrollment period before the student re-enrolled
Students who transferred to a college or department other than the Department of Pharmacy in College of Pharmaceutical Sciences	A total of 8 years, including the enrollment period before the student transferred
Students who transferred to the Department of Pharmacy in College of Pharmaceutical Sciences	A total of 12 years, including the enrollment period before the student transferred
Students who transferred from the Department of Pharmacy in College of Pharmaceutical Sciences	A total of 8 years, including the enrollment period before the student transferred
Students who were readmitted	A total of 8 years, including the enrollment period before the student withdrew from the University or was removed from the student registry

＜Department of Pharmacy in College of Pharmaceutical Sciences ＞

Student Type	Enrollment Period Limit
Students who enrolled from their 1st year	12 years
Students who transferred directly to their 2nd year	11 years
Students who transferred directly to their 3rd year	10 years
Students who re-enrolled	A total of 12 years, including the enrollment period before the student re-enrolled
Students who transferred to another college or department	A total of 8 years, including the enrollment period before the student transferred
Students who transferred from another college or department	A total of 12 years, including the enrollment period before the student transferred
Students who were readmitted	A total of 12 years, including the enrollment period before the student withdrew from the University or was removed from the student registry

Graduate Schools

Program	Maximum period of enrollment
Master’s Degree Program	4years
Doctoral Degree Program	6years
Integrated Doctoral Program	*10years
4-year Doctoral Program	8years
Professional Degree Program	School of Law／5years
	Graduate School of Management/ Graduate School of Professional Teacher Education／4years

*The maximum period of enrollment for students who entered the integrated doctoral program in or before AY 2009 and those who transferred into the third year of the integrated doctoral program in or before AY 2011 will be eight years