Master's program, Foreign graduates, April start

Application
June 9 - 15
2022
Written Exams
August 23
2022
Oral Exam
August 29
2022
Program Start
April
2023

1. Eligibility

Applicants who have completed or are expecting to complete by March 2023 both an upper secondary education and an undergraduate program outside of Japan are eligible to apply for the Special Selection for Foreign Graduates.

Foreign applicants who have completed upper secondary education (equivalent to a high school education in Japan) or university education in Japan (including those expected to complete university education by March 31, 2023) must take the corresponding examination for domestic graduates.

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(Master’s 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.

Make sure to rank your laboratory preferences after carefully reading the following notes:

Rank at least the top ten laboratories in order of personal preference, where 1 indicates the first choice. Do not use the same number twice.

If desired, more than ten laboratories can be ranked.

Once the Inquiry Sheet has been submitted, the order of preferences cannot be changed.

Applicants may contact faculty members about serving as an advisor and to discuss possible Master’s thesis research projects prior to submitting an application. However, such conversations are prohibited after application submission.

An agreement from a faculty member to serve as a thesis advisor does not guarantee that the applicant will be assigned to that particular laboratory. The laboratory assignment offer will be made to the applicants during the oral examination. The assignment depends on the laboratory preference ranking in the Inquiry Sheet and the scores of the written exam.

Reading the faculty introductions on the website of the Department of Advanced Materials Science is highly recommended. In addition, attending the entrance examination information sessions of the Department and the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences is encouraged. Details about the information sessions will be posted on the Department’s website. Interested persons may also schedule individual visits to specific laboratories.

4. Written Examinations

Exam 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.

Exam 2: Subject Areas

The subject examination will consist of three to four questions in each of the following three fields:

Physics (mechanics, electromagnetism, optics, quantum mechanics, thermal physics, statistical mechanics, solid-state physics, experimental physics, etc.)

Chemistry (physical, inorganic, analytical, organic, etc.)

Materials science (thermodynamics, phase diagrams, structures, transport phenomena, kinetics, materials physics, materials chemistry, materials processes, materials theory, materials design, etc.)

Applicants must answer a total of three questions from the above fields.

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*

*You can leave the examination room at around 16:55.

Details regarding the examination venue will be announced.

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

Exam results

The pass/fail results of the written examination will be posted on the website of the Department of Advanced Materials Science at 11:00 on Friday, August 26. Details regarding the posting on the website will be announced.

5. Oral Examination

An oral examination will be used to assess whether an applicant has sound knowledge and abilities to become a successful graduate student. Supplementary materials may not be used.

The oral examination will only be administered to applicants who have passed the written examination.

Examination Schedule

Examination Date and Time Venue
Oral Examination August 29 (Mon.)
Between 9:00 and 18:00
Kashiwa Campus

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

Exam results

The Department of Advanced Materials Science plans to unofficially announce the results on Monday, August 29 on the website of the Department of Advanced Materials Science and elsewhere.

6. Admission decision

The final admission decisions will be announced on Tuesday, September 6 after the entrance examinations and considerations have been completed by all departments in the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences.

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

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).