Post-graduation Statistics

1. Number in brackets [ ] indicates the number of newly employed graduates in the private sector in Hokkaido.

2. Number in parentheses ( ) indicates the percentage of newly employed graduates in the private sector in Hokkaido

*Elementary or secondary education teacher, Teacher of a technical school, specialized training college, or other kind of school.

Undergraduate Courses

Faculty/School/DepartmentNumber of Graduates FY2023Proceeding to Higher EducationNewly Employed GraduatesClinical ResidentOther
Letters18738139 [41(29.5%)]010
Education661639 [12(30.8%)]011
Law20833140 [37(26.4%)]035
Economics and Business19119152 [34(22.4%)]020
Science28924335 [11(31.4%)]011
Medicine11410 [0(0.0%)]106113
Health Sciences1786784 [58(69.0%)]027
Dental Medicine5101 [0(0.0%)]4750
Pharmaceutical Sciences (4 yrs)50455 [1(20.0%)]00
Pharmacy (6 yrs)30525 [11(44.0%)]00
Engineering65054485 [16(18.8%)]021
Agriculture21115734 [11(32.4%)]020
Veterinary Medicine40732 [8(25.0%)]01
Fisheries Science19115030 [9(30.0%)]011
TOTAL2,4561,325801 [249(31.1%)]153330

Master’s Courses

Faculty/School/DepartmentNumber of Graduates FY2023Proceeding to Higher EducationNewly Employed GraduatesOther
Law25613 [4(30.8%)]6
Fisheries Sciences931180 [9(11.3%)]2
Environmental Science1463294 [16(17.0%)]20
Science1332994 [18(19.1%)]10
Agriculture16419135 [16(11.9%)]10
Life Science1233879 [8(10.1%)]6
Education461027 [13(48.1%)]9
Int’l Media, Communication and Tourism Studies60834 [7(20.6%)]18
Health Sciences42524 [15(62.5%)]13
Engineering35639302 [23(7.6%)]15
Chemical Sciences and Engineering13625105 [6(5.7%)]6
Economics and Business32320 [3(15.0%)]9
Medicine25518 [8(44.4%)]2
Medicine(Public Health, One-year Course)430 [0(0.0%)]1
Biomedical Science and Engineering1459 [2(22.2%)]0
Global Food Resources17210 [1(10.0%)]5
Humanities and Human Sciences983251 [21(41.2%)]15
Information Science and Technology18937151 [13(8.6%)]1
TOTALTOTAL3091,246 [183(14.7%)]148

Professional Courses

Faculty/School/DepartmentNumber of Graduates FY2023Proceeding to Higher EducationNewly Employed GraduatesOther
Law3801 [0(0.0%)]37
Economics and Business21016 [3(18.8%)]5
Public Policy26220 [5(25.0%)]4
TOTAL85237 [8(21.6%)]46

Doctoral Courses

Faculty/School/DepartmentNumber of Graduates FY2023Proceeding to Higher EducationNewly Employed GraduatesClinical ResidentOther
Law906 [6(100.0%)]03
Fisheries Sciences1309 [2(22.2%)]04
Environmental Science34030 [12(40.0%)]04
Science33024 [7(29.2%)]09
Agriculture37031 [12(38.7%)]06
Life Science37036 [10(27.8%)]01
Education907 [3(42.9%)]02
Int’l Media, Communication and Tourism Studies19010 [5(50.0%)]09
Health Sciences18010 [9(90.0%)]08
Engineering46039 [18(46.2%)]07
Chemical Sciences and Engineering42038 [6(15.8%)]04
Economics and Business905 [3(60.0%)]04
Medicine66063 [58(92.1%)]03
Dental Medicine42035 [29(82.9%)]07
Veterinary Medicine706 [2(33.3%)]01
Biomedical Science and Engineering807 [3(42.9%)]01
Infectious Diseases404 [4(100.0%)]00
Global Food Resources402 [0(0.0%)]02
Humanities and Human Sciences38127 [13(48.1%)]010
Information Science and Technology43138 [6(15.8%)]04
TOTAL5182427 [208(48.7%)]089

For more details, see Hokkaido University Guidebook (p. 42).