This application guideline is the archive of previous year.

Degree Programs in Comprehensive Human Sciences

Doctoral Programs / Three-year Doctoral Programs
(Art and Sport, Interdisciplinary Sciences)

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 Hints for Examinees” for details.

Announcement of Acceptance

  • August Selection Process： Thursday, September 16, 2023
  • January to February Selection Process： Thursday, February 15, 2024

The examinee numbers of the successful applicants will be posted on the website.
An acceptance letter will be sent to successful applicants on the same day by registered mail.
Note: If you are not at home on the day of delivery, an ‘absentee delivery notice’ will be left in your post box. Please make sure you receive it within a week, for example by requesting re-delivery from the post office.

Enrollment Procedure

Enrollment Procedure Guidelines (which include documents to be submitted before entrance) will be sent out to successful applicants. Follow the direction in the Guidelines.

    Date of dispatch: for entrants in April 2024
    Sent out in two instalments.

  • November 1 (Wed.) 2023
    (Successful applicants for the July, August and October Selection Process)
  • February 15 (Thu.) 2024
    (Successful applicants for the January-February Selection Process)
    Date of dispatch: for entrants in October 2024

  • Late June 2024

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.

The documents should be mailed . The deadline will be mentioned in Enrollment Procedure Guidelines.

Estimated Expenses Upon Entrance

  1. (a)Entrance fees are 282,000 Japanese Yen (nonrefundable).
  2. (b)Tuition: The tuition for the first semester of the academic year (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)
  1. (1)If fees are revised before entrance or while enrolled in this Graduate School, the revised tuition fees will be applied.
  2. (2)However, the Entrance fees are exempted for those who are.
    1. 1)The Government-Sponsored(Japanese Government Monbukagakusho scholarship).
    2. 2)Who have completed the University of Tsukuba Master’s Program and will continue on to the University Doctoral Program within one year of the completion date.
      * Those who complete the program in March and enroll in April of the following year will be required to pay the examination fee.

    3. 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.

    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”.