When submitting a master’s degree thesis or a research paper, students are required to obtain their academic supervisors’ approval, and submit it with a thesis abstract. The submission schedule in this academic year is described below. Please note that a thesis or a paper can be accepted only on the date and at the time indicated below. 

When students do not submit a master’s degree thesis or a research paper, they need to take one of the following procedures for the next academic year or semester: “repeating (extension of the period of enrollment),” “withdrawal from graduate school” or “absence from graduate school.”  Relevant students are required to notify the Education and Student Affairs, Kawagoe Campus by early July (for semester system Course students only) or early January.

＜AY2024 Submission deadline of master’s degree thesis (Research paper)＞

• Completion in September 2024：6/18 (Tue), 6/19 (Wed)

• Completion in March 2025：1/28 (Tue), 1/29 (Wed)

• Master’s degree thesis or research paper

• Abstract of the master’s degree thesis or the research paper

• Master’s Degree Thesis Review Fee Payment Certificate form: 5,000 yen

• Others (Refer to the submission guidelines.)

For further information on the submission of a master’s degree thesis or a research paper, students must refer to the “Master’s Degree Thesis/Research Paper Submission Guidelines,” which will be distributed in middle of May (for students expecting to complete their course in September) or in middle of November (for students expecting to complete their course in March).

A master’s degree thesis and its abstract should be prepared by PC. (For a research paper, see the pages in which the submission requirements provided by the relevant Courses.) The format, number of pages, and number of characters are described below. The “Master’s Degree Thesis/Research Paper Submission Guidelines” discloses further information on a master’s degree thesis and an abstract such as the required number of copies, how to bind the thesis, if you need to submit the hardcover thesis or not after submitting the temporal bound thesis, etc.

Notes on preparation of a master’s degree thesis and an abstract ( format/number of pages/number of words etc.) 【PDF】 

When accepting a master’s degree thesis, the graduate school committee elects an academic supervisor and 1 or more instructors in charge of courses related to the relevant thesis (an instructor in charge of research advising must be included) as thesis examiners. One of them is appointed as the chief thesis examiner and the rest of them as deputy thesis examiners through discussions among the committee members. Moreover, instructors in charge of courses related to the relevant thesis and other members (including adjunct lecturers) may be added as deputy thesis examiners through discussions among the committee members, if this is necessary for the review of the thesis.

1.  A final examination is conducted for students who have submitted a thesis.

2.  The final examination is conducted orally, dealing with not only the thesis but also courses related to the thesis.

3.  The schedule of the final examination is announced each time.

1. The pass-fail judgment of a master’s degree thesis or the research paper is made in a comprehensive manner based on the results of the review of the thesis or paper and the final examination.

2. For students whose thesis or paper has passed the review and the final examination, the pass-judgment is disclosed the students who have met the completion requirements through Toyo University Official Application, after the number of credits that they have earned is checked.

Submission requirements for a master's degree thesis【PDF】

Review criteria for a master's degree thesis【PDF】