Prospective Students
Admissions Information for Graduate School
Special Admission
Application through the University of Tokyo
For overseas applicants, to enter a graduate school under Japanese government scholarship: MEXT (Japanese Ministry of Education Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) Scholarship, students generally enroll as an international research student.
Particularly, the Graduate School of Engineering has ‘special graduate programs in English’, aided by the MEXT Scholarship to enter the Master's or Doctoral program.
The application is carried out through the University of Tokyo. Students should submit the application to each course, and receive the primaly evaluation based on academic qualification. Several top ranked students in each course will be supported by the MEXT Scholarship.
Applicants who pass the primaly selection but are not in ranked high enough to receive the MEXT Scholarship can be accepted as self-supporting students or supported by the Graduate School of Engineering.
Please contact each course directly.
| Course | Department / Requirement |
|---|---|
| Civil Engineering program | Civil Engineering |
| Urban Engineering program | Urban engineering |
| Systems Innovation program | Systems Innovation Nuclear Engineering and Management Precision Engineering |
| MEM program | Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering and Information Systems Materials Engineering Aeronautics and Astronautics Chemical System Engineering |
| G30 Special English Course | Bio Engineering Architecture Technology Management for Innovation |
| Special Application for students from SNU and Tsinghua Univ. | For student of SNU(South Korea) and Tsinghua Univ.(China) |
| Chikyu-kibo and Asia-Kyosei | Thank you for asking OIS for details! |
Application through Japanese Embassy
This is a graduate program fully conducted in English, aided by Japanese government scholarship: MEXT (Japanese Ministry of Education Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) ScholarshipApplication is in 2 steps
- 1. Applicants will take the preliminary selection in the Japanese Embassy in their country.
- 2. After passing the preliminary selection, they will be further evaluated by School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo for acceptance.
The Next step after you passed the preliminary selection by embassy. -Official administrative Step- We need some documents as below for the judgment of acceptance. Please refer to the following URL
China Scholarship Council(国家建设高水平大学公派研究生项目)
For October, 2013 AdmissionApplication Period: from November 1 (Thu),2012 through January 10 (Thu),2013
Doctoral Program ( Phd. Course )[PDF] [Word]
Special Research Student[PDF] [Word]
On-Line Application for International Graduate Program
The on-line application, T-cens, is applicable to the limited numbers of international graduate programs listed below.If you are interested in other programs which this on-line application is not applicable to, please visit the relevant home pages and follow the instructions.
- Programs applicable to on-Line application
Please learn about application eligibility, financial arrangements, and other important information from the homepage of each program you are applying for.
-Civil Engineering program
- Urban and Environmental Studies Program
- Special Graduate Program in Engineering for Systems Innovation / Nuclear Engineering and Management
-G30 Special English Course
-Special Application for students from SNU and Tsinghua Univ. - How to apply:
To apply online, please follow the steps below.
- Click T-cens icon on the bottom of this page and follow the instruction.
- You will then receive email from us for accessing T-cens online application page.
- Once you logon to T-cens, please read the instruction carefully and fill out all required fields. You will be given your application number which will be used for the rest of your application process. Your application will not be processed until you submit all required informations on T-cens. The deadline for the online application varies from each program. For details on application deadlines, please visit the website of programs selected.
- In addition to completing T-cens, all supporting documents must be submitted via registered express mail by the application deadline specified by the programs selected. Please make sure to add your application ID number on all application forms which can be downloaded from T-cens.
Please start your on-line application from here

- Click T-cens icon on the bottom of this page and follow the instruction.

