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

3years

Integrated Doctoral Program

5years

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

4 years

Doctoral Degree Program

6 years

Integrated Doctoral Program

*10 years

 4-year Doctoral Program

8 years

Professional Degree Program

School of Law

5 years

Graduate School of Management/ Graduate School of Professional Teacher Education

4 years

*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


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