Degree Programs in Comprehensive Human Sciences

Master’s Programs (Human Sciences)

We will determine the students to be admitted by evaluating the submitted documents and their academic skills as a whole:

Refer to the schedule below.

February		Wednesday, January 29
Subject		English (200 points)	Specialized Subject (200 points)	Oral Examination (200 points)
Program	Time	10:00-12:00	13:00-15:00	15:30-17:00
Education (Subprogram in Education Sciences)		English; provided however, that for the International Students, the English and Japanese examinations will be carried out simultaneously. (For both the English and Japanese examinations, dictionaries cannot be used.)	Common issues and sectoral issues of education	It will be given based on the research plan submitted with your application. The examination will be administered individually. (Refer to Note 1.)

The research plan (within 2,000 characters up to two A4 sized papers; can be in English (up to two A4 sized papers)) shall provide a description of the following items: ① title, area of study of your choice, and academic advisor of your choice, ② awareness of the issues, ③ purpose of research, ④ research approach, ⑤ state of previous research, and ⑥ prior research (or research plan up to graduation from the undergraduate level) and research plan in graduate school. The oral examination will be held in Japanese and each 5-minute presentation will be concluded with a question and answer session.
For details on the Subprogram in Education Sciences, Master’s Program in Education, refer to the website at : http://www.human.tsukuba.ac.jp/kyouikuzenki/
Furthermore, you should establish preliminary contact with a faculty member of your choice before the submission of the application documents.

February		Thursday, January 30		Friday, January 31
Subject		English (200 points)	Specialized Subject (200 points)	Announcement of Admission Results of the First Stage Examination	Oral Examination (200 points)
Program	Time	10:00-12:00	13:00-15:00	9:00	10:00-17:00
Psychology		English (Check the reading comprehension and expressiveness in English. Dictionaries cannot be used.)	Psychology (Grounding in psychology; Check the elementary knowledge of psychology in general.)		It will be given based on the research plan submitted with your application. The examination will be administered individually.

For the application, you should establish preliminary contact with a faculty member of your choice.
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The specialized subject has common issues of the Subprogram in General Psychology and Subprogram in Clinical Psychology and problems with the subprogram of your choice.
The first stage examination (foreign language and specialized subject) will be held and the second stage examination (oral examination) will be held for those who passed the first. For those who passed the first stage examination, attendance will be confirmed at 9:50 on the day of the second stage examination so gather at the waiting room for the oral examination at that time. If your attendance is not confirmed, you cannot take the second stage examination (oral examination).
There is no looking at a copy of your research plan while taking the oral examination.
The admission decision for both the first stage examination and second stage examination will be based on each subprogram.

February		Thursday, January 30
Subject		Specialized Subject (200 points)	English (200 points)	Oral Examination (200 points)
Program	Time	10:00-11:30	13:00-14:30	15:30-17:00
Disability Sciences		Examination on issues related to disability sciences	English Examination on disability sciences and basic issues related to relevant areas English and Japanese examinations for international students (For the English examination, an English-Japanese dictionary and for the Japanese examination, a Japanese-mother language dictionary can be used; provided however, that electronic devices with dictionary function, etc. cannot be used.)	Examination on the research theme and research goal The examination will be administered individually. It will be given based on the research plan, etc. submitted with your application.

For the application, you should establish preliminary contact with a faculty member of your choice.
For the contact information for inquiries on this program :
dsdc#@#human.tsukuba.ac.jp (Delete “#” before the e-mail is sent.)
※Send the e-mail titled as “Inquiry on the Examination (applicant name)”.

February		Thursday, January 30
Subject		Specialized Subject (200 points)	Oral Examination (200 points)
Program	Time	10:00-11:30	13:00-17:00
Disability Sciences		Examination on issues related to disability sciences	The examination on the research plan, knowledge related to specialization, etc. will be administered individually. (Notes)

A 100-point evaluation of the research plan is included in the 200-point allocation of the oral examination.
For the application, you should establish preliminary contact with a faculty member of your choice.
For the contact information for inquiries on this program :
dsdc#@#human.tsukuba.ac.jp(Delete “#” before the e-mail is sent.)
※Send the e-mail titled as “Inquiry on the Examination (applicant name)”.