Degree Programs in Life and Earth Sciences

Master’s Programs

7. Testing Location, Announcement of Acceptance, and Enrollment Procedure

Testing Location

University of Tsukuba (1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken)
Refer to “10. Information and Instructions for Examinees” for details.

Announcement of Acceptance

  • August Selection Process： September 12, 2024 (10 a.m. JST) – September 18, 2024 (10 a.m. JST)
  • January to February Selection Process： February 14, 2025 (10 a.m. JST) – February 20, 2025 (10 a.m. JST)

The examinee numbers of the successful applicants will be posted on the website.

Letter of Acceptance will be issued online.
An email will be sent to the email address registered for the application from 10:00 a.m. on the day of acceptance announcement sequentially.
Please follow the instructions in that email to download Letter of Acceptance.

Enrollment Procedure

  1. An enrollment packet (which contain documents to be submitted before entrance) will be sent to successful applicants.
      【Date of dispatch: for entrants in April 2025】
      Sent out in two instalments.

    • October 31 (Thu.) 2024
      (Successful applicants for the July and August Selection Process)
    • February 14 (Fri.) 2025
      (Successful applicants for the January-February Selection Process)
      【Date of dispatch: for entrants in October 2025】

    • Late June 2025

    Note: The successful applicants need to notify us in advance if they are moving house permanently before the date above or travelling when the documents are expected to be delivered.

    All applicants with a full-time job need a document or a letter (e.g., an order for a training course, a letter for a leave of absence, or an approval letter) from the employer to prove that they are available to complete the program.

  2. The documents should be mailed using a designated envelope (which will be sent to you together with the Enrollment Procedure Guidelines) by early March 2025 (late August 2025 for October entry) The deadline will be shown in Enrollment Procedure Guidelines.
  3. Estimated Expenses Upon Entrance
    1. (a)Entrance fees are 282,000 Japanese Yen (nonrefundable).
    2. (b)Tuition: The tuition for the first semester (April-September) is 267,900 Japanese Yen. The tuition for the second semester (October-March) is 267,900 Japanese Yen. (Yearly Amount: 535,800 Japanese Yen)
        (Note)

      1. (1)If fees are revised before entrance or while enrolled in this Graduate School, the revised tuition fees will be applied.
      2. (2)The Government-Sponsored (Japanese Government Monbukagakusho scholarship) foreign students, as well as students enrolling in a Secondary Major (Master’s Program) of a Dual Degree Program are exempted from paying the entrance fees.
  4. International applicants must acquire a Status of Residence suitable for entrance to a Graduate School, in accordance with the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Cabinet Order No. 319 of 1951), before beginning the enrollment procedures. Those who wish to enter this Graduate School as an international student must acquire Status of Residence as a “Student.”