Doctoral program, Foreign graduates, January exams, April start

For details of the application documents and examination method, please refer to the website of AMS

1. Eligibility

Applicants who have completed upper secondary education and an undergraduate program outside of Japan, and have obtained or are expecting to obtain a Master’s degree or equivalent outside of Japan by the end of March 2023 are eligible to apply for the January exam schedule for Special Selection for Foreign Graduates.

This schedule is not available for graduates of domestic undergraduate programs.

Additional eligibility requirements can be found in the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences Guidelines for Applicants.

2. Application Period

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 – Monday, November 21, 2022.

3. Application Materials

Please submit application documents on the online application site. For details of required documents and the online application site, please check the websites of GSFS and AMS.

Please refer to the application document list.

Please download a pdf format of Inquiry Sheet(Doctoral Program) from the Department's website, fill out the form, and submit the pdf file to the online application site. For English translation, please refer to this page.

Read the 2023 Guidelines for Applicants to the Doctoral Program of the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, contact the faculty of the group of interest, and discuss possible research projects.

The applicant must contact the faculty of the laboratory of interest prior to applying. However, such conversations are prohibited after application submission.

Foreign language

Applicants must submit a TOEFL score report in lieu of the foreign language examination. As for TOEFL-iBT, we do not accept the MyBest score but use the Test Date score.

4. Examination

1. Subject areas, written examination

The applicants will take an individualized subject examination.

Special Selection applicants can receive English translations of the exam questions and have the option to answer in English.

2. Oral Examination

Applicants should be prepared to make a 20-minute presentation on their Master’s thesis research. Each applicant should submit a copy of their Master’s thesis and a 3-page (A4 paper) research summary.

Examination Schedule

The subject and oral examinations will be administered at the end of January 2023.

Details of the examination venue will be announced.

5. Admission decision

Admitted applicants will be able to begin the study program in April 2023.

6. Inquiries

For general questions related to the application procedures, fees, tuition costs, and schedules, refer to the entrance exam information page of the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences.

Additional information for prospective international students is available from the International Liaison Office.

For questions regarding the entrance examination of the Department of Advanced Materials Science, please contact Professor Tsuyoshi KIMURA (email: tkimura@edu.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp). For all other department-related inquiries, please contact the Department Office (phone: +81-(0)4-7136-3821).

For inquiries related to the entrance examination of the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, Guidelines for Applicants, and other required documents, please contact the Student Affairs Section of the Graduate School (phone: +81-(0)4-7136-4092) or the International Liaison Office (phone: +81-(0)4-7136-4561) (contact information).