Overview of Entrance Examination (updated 2025/4/3)


Overview of the entrance examination for the academic year 2026. All the examinations are done online using Zoom.

Courses Master's Program (Quota) Only Schedule A (25)
Doctoral Program (Quota) Schedule A and Schedule B (11 and a few, Regular admission only)
Application Period Schedule A 2025.6.5-6.11 23:00 (Japan time)
Schedule B 2025.11.11-11.17 23:00 (Japan time)
Examination Period Master's Program
(Schedule A)		 2025.7.18: Announcement of the Results of the Document Screening (tentative)
2025.8.4: Rehearsal starting at 1 PM (tentative)
2025.8.19: Paper Examination starting at 1 PM (tentative) (may be postponed to 8.20 in case of network issues)
2025.8.22: Announcement of the Results of the Paper Examination (tentative)
2025.8.25: Oral Examination
2025.9.3: Announcement of the Results (tentative)
Doctoral Program
(Schedule A)		 2025.7.18: Announcement of the Results of the Document Screening (tentative)
2025.8.4: Rehearsal
2025.8.18: Oral Examination
2025.9.3: Announcement of the Results (tentative)
Doctoral Program
(Schedule B)		 2025.12.19: Announcement of the Results of the Document Screening (tentative)
2026.1.23: Rehearsal
2026.1.26: Oral Examination.
2026.2.11: Announcement of the Results (tentative)
Examination Subject Master's Program The applicants go through the following three-step screening process.

Document Screening

The screening is based on a comprehensive evaluation of the following essay and the other documents submitted at the time of the application.

Format and submission procedure of the essay
(A) Describe your aspirations after enrolment from the folowing perspectives: (1) The research theme you wish to pursue and the reasons for your interest in that theme. (2) Research and exchanges you would like to conduct beyond your first-choice laboratory or group, both within and outside the Department of Complexity Science and Engineering. (3) From a long-term perspective, how do you intend to contribute to society and science?
(B) Self-promotion: Based on your experiences in academic studies, research, and extracurricular activities, describe your strengths that can be utilized in your studies and research during the master's program.
(C) List research keywords of interest: Include not only those related to your desired laboratory but also other topics of interest.
This essay wil be evaluated based on the folowing criteria: originality and creativity, the breadth and depth of knowledge, logical thinking ability, and alignment with the department. The combined length of sections (A) and (B) should be approximately 1,000 words, while section (C) has no word limit.

Paper Examination

Applicable to those who passed the Document Screening. The applicant’s academic ability is evaluated together with the TOEFL iBT or TOEIC L&R score. The score must be submitted even if you are a native speaker of English.
  • You must attend both of rehearsal and paper examination. (About 2 hours and about 5 hours for each.)
  • There are two slots in the paper examination as shown below:
    • 1st slot: Calculus
    • 2nd slot: Linear algebra, Probability and Statistics, Mechanics, Electromagnetism
    Solve “Calculus” in the 1st slot. In the 2nd slot, choose two from “Linear algebra”, “Probability and Statistics”, “Mechanics” and “Electromagnetism”. You will be able to choose the problems to answer during the examination. The specific contents of these subjects are as follows.
    • Calculus: limits, continuous functions, differential, integral, ordinary differential equations, partial differential, multiple integral, etc.
    • Linear algebra: matrices, determinants, linear spaces, inner product, eigenvalues, etc.
    • Probability and Statistics: probability distributions, point estimation, interval estimation, statistical hypothesis testing, regression, etc.
    • Mechanics: point mass motion, rigid body motion, oscillations, etc.
    • Electromagnetism: static electric and magnetic fields, electromagnetic induction, electromagnetic waves, charged particle motion, electric circuits, etc.
  • The examinees for the paper examination must attend the rehearsal. PC, microphone, webcam and smartphone are required. Details on what to prepare, how to connect, timetable, etc. will be provided to those who passed the Document Screening.

Oral Examination

Applicable to those who passed the Paper Examination. The examination takes about 6 minutes per person. The applicant is asked about the content of the essay, the basic academic ability and the research motivation.
Doctoral Program The applicants go through the following two-step screening process.

Document Screening

The screening is based on a comprehensive evaluation of the following Research Plan and the other documents submitted at the time of the application.

Format and submission procedure of the Research Plan
Write an essay describing your research plan in the doctoral program on an A4 sheet (in English or in Japanese) and make its PDF-format file. Upload the file with the other required documents at the time of online application.

Oral Examination

Applicable to those who passed the Document Screening. The examination takes about 30 minutes per person. The applicant is then requested to explain the progress of the research in the master’s program using presentation materials within about 20 minutes, and is asked about the basic academic ability, research themes, and the research motivation in the chosen language. The applicants who are not writing and have not written a master’s thesis or those who completed the master's program a long time ago should contact the person in charge of the entrance examination in the department.