This application guideline is the archive of previous year.

Degree Programs in Life and Earth Sciences

Doctoral 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 14, 2023 (10 a.m. JST) – September 20, 2023 (10 a.m. JST)
  • January to February Selection Process： February 15, 2024 (10 a.m. JST) – February 21, 2024 (10 a.m. JST)

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

  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 2024】
      Sent out in two instalments.

    • November 1 (Wed.) 2023
      (Successful applicants for the July and August 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.

    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 2024 (late August 2024 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 entrance fees are exempted for those who are the Government-Sponsored (Japanese Government Monbukagakusho scholarship) foreign students or 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.
  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.”