Degree Program in Comprehensive Human Sciences

Master’s Programs (Informatics)

14. Requirements for Eligibility

In the case of applicants falling in category (1)-(4) of the Requirements for Eligibility shown below, eligibility screening* is necessary. Please contact us.

  1. (1) Individuals who have been recognized by Master’s Programs in Informatics in their individual qualification screening process as having an ability equivalent or superior to a university graduate and who are 22 years old or will be 22 years old by the end of March 2021 (September 2021, Special Selection of Global Individuals in English) in course
    Qualified person: Individuals who have graduated from a junior college or an upper secondary school as latest academic background, individuals who have graduated from a vocational school or a similar school as latest academic background, individuals who have graduated from a university of a foreign country that implements less than 16 years of a school curriculum
  2. (2) Individuals who have been enrolled in a Japanese university for more than 3 years (at the end of March 2021 (September 2021, Special Selection of Global Individuals in English) in course) and who have been recognized by Master’s Programs in Informatics as having an outstanding academic record.
  3. (3) Individuals who (at the end of March 2021 (September 2021, Special Selection of Global Individuals in English) in course) have completed a 15-year program of school education in a country other than Japan, who have completed a 15-year program of school education in Japan through a distance education program offered by a university in a country other than Japan, or who have completed a 15-year program of school education at a foreign country’s educational facility in Japan (that requires a 15-year education period for graduation, and that is recognized by the Japanese Minister of Education as a foreign country’s educational facility). Applicants should also be recognized by the graduate schools of the University of Tsukuba as having an outstanding academic record.
  4. (4) Individuals who have entered a graduate program and who are recognized by the graduate schools of the University of Tsukuba as having an appropriate academic ability in order to follow the graduate courses, as stipulated by Article 155, Paragraph 1, Item 7 of the Enforcement Regulation of the School Education Law.
【How to apply】

Please get the prescribed style from the following and send it to us by mail or e-mail with required certificates, your address, telephone number and e-mail address. Deadline is August 28, 2020 (October) or November 27, 2020 (February). Contact us before sending, please.
If you send your graduation certificate and academic transcript by e-mail, please convert it JPEG format or PDF file. After the eligibility screening, your application qualification is approved, please send the original these. We will tell you certification number.
(*) Eligibility screening means we will examine whether the applicant has more academic ability than who have graduated from university.

【Required Documents of Eligibility Screening】
  1. (a) Applicant Information
  2. (b) Curriculum Vitae
  3. (c) Resume
  4. (d) Graduation Certificate
  5. (e) Academic Transcript
  6. (f) Certificate of Research Activities (*)
  7. (g) Letter of Recommendation (**)

(*) Individuals who would like to apply with (1), who have been engaged in research for more than one year as a research student, researcher, etc. in national or international university or Inter‐University Research Institute after graduating from university in a country where the course until graduation is less than 16 years.
Or who are expected to work as a research student, researcher, etc. in national or international university or Inter‐University Research Institute for more than one year after graduating from university in a country where the course to graduation is less than 16 years by the end of March 2021(September 2021, Special Selection of Global Individuals in English.).
Non-degree Research students belonging to graduate school of University of Tsukuba can replace Certificate of Research Activities with a certificate of enrollment issued by University of Tsukuba. It can be issued by the certificate issuing machine in University of Tsukuba.

(**)Individuals who would like to apply with (2), Please submit a letter of recommendation written by your 3rd year class teacher or academic advisor.

If you have any questions, please contact us.