Graduate Admissions
Admission to Master’s Program
for the entrance of 2012/Oct or 2013/Apr
Important notice Please make sure to contact the potential supervisor you wish to work under before applying. |
1. Type of Examination
- General Examination: for foreign students who have graduated (or are expected to graduate by March 31, 2013) from a university in Japan as well as Japanese students.
- Special Admission Examination: for foreign students who have graduated (or are expected to graduate by March 31, 2013) from a foreign university.
2. Important Dates
<Schedule A>
| Application Period Examination Notification of Results |
July 2 - July 10, 2012 August 27-August 28, 2012 September 10, 2012 |
<Schedule B>
Special Admission Examination will also be held on January 30, 2013.
Be sure to ask your expected supervisor about details, including schedule and prerequisites.
3. Subjects of Entrance Examination
(1) Written Examination
Examination Subject |
Remarks |
1) English(TOEFL ITP®) |
Those who submit an official score of TOEFL PBT® or TOEFL iBT®, need not take this. *1 |
2) Specialized subjects |
i) A (Science English); AND
i) 3 problems from B group and 3 problems from C group; OR 2 problems from B group and 4 problems from C group. |
*1: For more information see
Notes on submitting official TOEFL® scores
(2) Oral Examination
General questions from Chemistry and Biotechnology
For more information, refer to the website of School of Engineering.
Admission to Doctral Program
for the entrance of 2012/Oct or 2013/Apr
Important notice Please make sure to contact the potential supervisor you wish to work under before applying. |
1. Type of Examination
- General Examination: for foreign students who have received (or are expected to receive by March 31, 2013) a master’s or professional degree from a university in Japan as well as Japanese students.
- Special Admission Examination: for foreign students who have received (or are expected to receive by March 31, 2013) a Master’s or professional Degree from a foreign university.
2. Important Dates
<Schedule A>
for the entrance of 2012/Oct or 2013/Apr
Application Period Examination Notification of Results |
1st 2nd 1st 2nd |
July 2 - July 10, 2012 August27 and August 29, 2012 February 2013 (The time and place will be announced later.) September 10, 2012 February 20, 2013 |
<Schedule B>
for the entrance of 2013/Apr
Special Admission Examination will also be held on January 30, 2013.
Be sure to ask your expected supervisor about details, including schedule and prerequisites.
3. Subjects of Entrance Examination
I. 1st stage
(1) Written Examination
| Examination Subject | Remarks |
1) English(TOEFL ITP®) |
Those who submit an official score of TOEFL PBT® or TOEFL iBT®, need not take this. *1 |
2) Specialized subjects
(I) A. Science English (1 problem) B. General problems in Chemistry (3 problems mainly from physical chemistry, but including inorganic chemistry, analytical chemistry, chemical engineering, physics, mathematics, and so on). C. Specialized problems in Chemistry and Biotechnology (8 problems— 4 problems from organic chemistry and polymer chemistry; and 4 problems from biochemistry and biotechnology) |
General examinees must answer: A (Science English); AND
2 problems in total (out of 11) either from B group or C group. Examinees of special admission examination must answer: 2 problems in total (out of 11) either from B group or C group. |
3) Specialized subjects (II) |
Description examination on specialized subjects |
*1: For more information see
Notes on submitting official TOEFL® scores
(2) Oral Examination
General questions on Chemistry and Biotechnology and research work for their master’s thesis
II. 2nd stage
Successful candidates from stage one will take an oral examination in February on their master’s thesis. The time and place will be announced later.
For more information, refer to the website of School of Engineering.
Scholarships
1. MEXT Scholarship with Japanese Embassy Recommendation
Scholarship recipients are recruited and initially screened by the Japanese embassy (or consulate general, depending on the country) in the applicant's home country. If you want to apply for it, please inquire at the Japanese in your home country.
For more information see
http://www.studyjapan.go.jp/en/toj/toj0302e.html
The next step after you passed the preliminary selection by embassy see
http://ois.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/admission/embassy_R_eng.html
2. MEXT Scholarship for the current Students with Self-supporting
The School of Engineering screens academically and individually excellent students and recommend them as government-sponsored scholarship candidates to MEXT.
http://ois.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/admission/kokunaisaiyo.html
3. Private Scholarship
There are two types of c; scholarships which require a recommendation from the university and scholarships which students can apply for directly.
The School of Engineering has registration systems for students who will apply for private scholarships which require a recommendation from the university.
http://ois.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/students_life/selfsupported.html
(Information on scholarships which students can apply for directly is also available from this site.)
Notes on submitting official TOEFL® scores
You can submit an official TOEFL® score (Schedule A: a score of an examination held in or after September 2010; examination given in the winter: a score of an examination held in or after February 2011) instead of taking the foreign language (English) examination. Please note that if you submit an official TOEFL® score, you cannot take the foreign language (English) examination.
If you prefer to submit an official TOEFL® score, you should do the following two things when you submit your application form:
1: Submit, together with your application form, a duplicate “Examinee Score Report” from TOEFL iBT® or TOEFL PBT® sent from ETS (Educational Testing Service); AND
2: Have ETS send the “Official Score Report” to “U Tokyo Engineering: DI (Designated Institution) code 8596 (Department code 99)”.
- Do NOT have ETS send the “Official Score Report” to “U of Tokyo: DI code 9259”. The report will not be received by the Graduate School of Engineering.
- We do NOT accept TOEFL ITP® scores.
- The “Official Score Report” should be submitted together with your application form. Be sure to take the TOEFL® examination well before you apply.
- Scores other than TOEFL® cannot be accepted as a substitute for the foreign language (English) examination.
- If you take examination in the winter, you must submit an official TOEFL® score.