Doctoral program, Foreign graduates, October start

Application
June 9 - 15
2022
Written Exams
August 23
2022
Oral Exam
August 26
2022
Program Start
October
2022

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 September 2022 are eligible to apply for the Special Selection for Foreign Graduates.

Preference for October admission must be indicated on the Inquiry Sheet. Applicants who fail to graduate before Thursday, October 1, 2022 cannot enroll in October, even if they pass the entrance examination. Applicants wishing to change the October admission preference after submitting an application must notify the Department in writing prior to the Secondary oral examination and make an oral statement to that effect at the oral examination on August 26. After the oral examination, admission preferences cannot be changed.

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

2. Application Period

Thursday, June 9, 2022 – Wednesday, June 15, 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.

Use the provided checklist to verify that you have all the required application materials.

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.

Make sure to submit the Inquiry Sheet and indicate in the Questionnaire that you wish to use the Special Selection for Foreign Graduates.

Preference for October admission must be indicated on the Inquiry Sheet.

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.

4. Written Examinations

1: Foreign language

English proficiency will be assessed by the TOEFL ITP test. The TOEFL ITP test will be administered by the Department of Advanced Materials Science as an institution-specific assessment of English proficiency. The scores of this test will only be valid as part of the entrance examination for the Department and will not be released.

All applicants must take the TOEFL ITP test. TOEFL and TOEIC score reports will not be accepted.

2. Subject areas, written examination

The applicant may receive individualized questions or choose questions from the fields of physics, chemistry, and materials science. The type of examination will be announced.

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

Past subject examination questions in physics, chemistry, and materials science are available in Japanese on the Department’s website. Applicants can obtain English translations of past examination questions by contacting Professor Kohzo ITO (email: kohzo@k.u-tokyo.ac.jp).

Examination Schedule
Examination Date and Time Venue
1: Foreign Language August 23 (Tue.)
09:30 – 12:30
Kashiwa Campus
2: Subject Areas August 23 (Tue.)
13:40 – 16:40*
Kashiwa Campus

Details of the examination venue will be announced.

Allow sufficient time when traveling to the examination venue for the written examinations on August 23.

Details of the time and location of the oral examination will be announced.

5. 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.

Applicants wishing to change the October admission preference after submitting an application must notify the Department in writing prior to the oral examination and make a statement to that effect at the oral examination. After the oral examination, admission preferences cannot be changed.

Examination Schedule
Examination Date and Time Venue
Oral Examination Friday 26 (Fri.)
Between 13:00 and 18:00
Kashiwa Campus

Details of the time and location of the oral examination will be announced.

6. Admission decision

The admission decisions will mailed to the admitted applicants on Tuesday, September 6, 2022.

If accepting the offer, the admitted applicants must pay the enrollment fee and submit the appropriate documents between Tuesday, September 20 and Wednesday, September 21, 2022. Detailed instructions will be included in the acceptance documents. Please note that if the enrollment procedure is not followed during the specified period, it is assumed that the applicant declined the offer.

7. 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 Kohzo ITO (email: kohzo@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).