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Degree Programs in Comprehensive Human Sciences

Master’s Programs (Art and Sport, Interdisciplinary Sciences)

6. Screening Criteria

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

Examination Schedule and the Subjects

Refer to the schedule below:

If you would like to use the TOEFL iBT (including Home Edition) for the English Proficiency Test Score Sheet, please check the following URL.
TOEFL iBT test and TOEFL iBT Home Edition for Graduate School Entrance Examination for Academic Year 2025 of University of Tsukuba

Master’s Program in NeuroscienceMaster’s

●August Selection Process (General Selection Process)

●January to February Selection Process (General Selection Process)

1. Contact the faculty member of your desired research area in advance of the application.
   (Persons applying by the Cooperative Graduate School System should contact us together with a faculty member in a field related to this research area.)
2. See https://www.neurosci.tsukuba.ac.jp/ for more details.

Master’s Program in Physical Education, Health and Sport SciencesMaster’s

●October Selection Process
(General Selection Process)

(Special Selection Process for Working Individuals)

1. Contact the faculty member of your desired research area in advance of the application.
2. In the case of a foreign language, affix the original of the TOEIC Listening & Reading Test Official Score Certificate or the TOEFL Examinee (Test Taker) Score Report which is sent to the TOEFL examinee from ETS by postal mail to this department’s stipulated form, and submit it at the application. The TOEIC Official Score Certificate and TOEFL Examinee (Test Taker) Score Report must be taken within two years of the examination date. The submitted originals will not be returned.
3. If you are unable to submit the original on the application period, you must submit the original on the exam day. If the original is not submitted, your application will be taken as an incomplete, irrespective of the reasons, and you will be excluded from the candidates for selection.
4. Applicants who have taken the TOEIC Listening & Reading Test after April 2023 and have been issued the Digital Official Score Certificate should follow the instructions when submitting the web application, enter the URL and submit the printed copy of the Digital Official Score Certificate on the department’s stipulated form on the application. In this case, there is no need to submit the originals of the TOEIC Listening & Reading Test Official Score Certificate.
5. If the Digital Official Score Certificate is scheduled to be issued after the web application period, once the Digital Official Score Certificate is issued, please send the URL of the Digital Official Score Certificate and Degree program applied to Academic Service Office for the Art and Sport Sciences Area, University of Tsukuba (taigeiin.admission@un.tsukuba.ac.jp) by e-mail as soon as possible. In addition, please submit a printed copy of the Digital Official Score Certificate on the exam day.
6. Please do not submit photocopies of the TOEIC Official Score Certificate or the TOEFL Examinee (Test Taker) Score Report. Only originals are accepted. Please also note that we cannot accept, in any circumstance, any (original or photocopy) of the following: TOEIC SW Test Official Score Certificate, TOEIC Bridge Test Official Score Certificate, TOEIC Institutional Program (IP) Score Report, or TOEFL ITP Score Report.
7. The TOEIC or TOEFL scores will be evaluated on the basis of the below specifications. Scores above the specifications will be taken to be passes. Scores below the specifications will be converted.

TOEIC	TOEFL-iBT
879	100

8. In the Specialized Subject, one question from each of 37 research fields divided into three groups (Group A: Physical Education and Sport Studies, Group B: Health and Human Performance Studies, Group C: Coaching Studies) is given. Applicants are required to choose one question from each of the following groups A to C and answer it. As a specialized subject (1), you will choose one question from a group that includes desired research field and answer it. Choose one question from each of the remaining two groups that you did not choose as specialized subject (2) and (3), and answer it.
   • Group A: Philosophy of Physical Education and Sport / History of Physical Education and Sports / Sport Sociology / Theory of Martial Sports (Budo) / Management of Physical Education and Sport/ Administration and Finance of Physical Education and Sport / Leisure and Sport Industry / Sport Pedagogy / Special Physical Education / Psychology of Physical Education and Sport
   • Group B: Health Education / Sport Physiology / Sport Biochemistry / Sport Nutrition / Physical Fitness / Health and Physical Fitness for Active Living / Sport Medicine for Wellness / Sport Medicine for Motor System / Sport Biomechanics / Applied Anatomy
   • Group C: General Theory of Coaching and Training / Theory of Movement / Coaching in Gymnastics / Coaching in Sports Gymnastics / Coaching in Track & Field / Coaching in Swimming / Coaching in Volleyball / Coaching in Basketball / Coaching in Handball / Coaching in Soccer / Coaching in Rugby / Coaching in Racket & Bat Sports / Coaching in Judo / Coaching in Kendo / Coaching in Kyudo / Outdoor Pursuits and Education / Dance Studies
9. Write the answers for the specialized subject in Japanese.
10. The oral examination time may be extended depending on the application status.
11. Contact for information on the examination
    ・Master’s Program in Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences
    （e-mail　tg-taiikugaku@un.tsukuba.ac.jp）
    If you ask questions by email, title the message “Question about the examination (XX [applicant’s name])”.

Master’s Program in Sport and Olympic StudiesMaster’s

●January to February Selection Process
(General Selection Process / MEXT Scholarship Application)

1. Contact the faculty member of your desired research area in advance of the application.
2. Date and time for the Oral Examination will be scheduled by University of Tsukuba in principle.
3. Certificates for submission must be the original or certified copy (certified copy is a copy of a document that can be used instead of the original one because an official has checked it and formally approved it as a true and accurate copy by signing it).
4. When sending originals or certified copies of the documents to University of Tsukuba, please send it by registered mail or courier service which can be tracked down afterwards.
5. All the documents must be in ENGLISH or JAPANESE. If the language used in documents is other than English or Japanese, it must be translated to either language by registered translator.
6. Submitted documents will not be returned. Please note that this rule applies even when you submitted the original.
7. Contact us
   Master’s Program in Sport and Olympic Studies （email: tias-admin@un.tsukuba.ac.jp）
   If you have any questions, please contact TIAS Admission Office by email. When sending email, please put “TIAS Admission Inquiry (Your Name)” as subject.
8. See https://tias.tsukuba.ac.jp/ for further details

Master’s Program in ArtMaster’s

●October Selection Process　Two-Stage Selection Examination

We conduct a two-stage selection process for both the General Selection Process and the Special Selection Process for Working Individuals.

First Stage Selection

＜General Selection Process＞

＜Special Selection Process for Working Individuals＞

Second Stage Selection (Applicants that passed First Stage Selection)

＜General Selection Process＞

＜Special Selection Process for Working Individuals＞

※The examination method varies depending on the field of study. Please check the details of the examination methods below.

Examination Method (1):
Art History, Art Environment Support, Art and Design Science, Plastic Art and Mixed Media, Crafts, Visual Communication Design, Environmental Design

For details on the content of Examination Method (1) and what to bring to the examination, please click here.

Examination Method (2):
Western-style Painting, Printmaking, Japanese-style Painting, Sculpture, Sho-Calligraphy

For details on the content of Examination Method (2) and what to bring to the examination, please click here.

1. It is required to contact the faculty member of the desired research area in advance.
2. After the announcement of successful applicants for the First Stage Selection, Information about the designated delivery place of theses, works, etc., and various other information related to the examination will be sent to the registered e-mail addresses of the successful applicants. Be sure to check.
3. Refer to the following web page for information about this program:
   Master’s Program in Art
   https://www.geijutsu.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/msart/

Master’s Program in DesignMaster’s

●July Selection Process (Special Selection Process for Self-recommended Applicants (online)) Two-Stage Selection Examination

The number of applicants who pass the first stage selection is approximately twice the number of students to be admitted. The second stage selection will be conducted for those who have passed the first stage selection.

●October Selection Process (General Selection Process (on-site))

●January to February Selection Process (Special Selection Process for Overseas Residents (online))

1. Contact the faculty member of your desired research area in advance of the application. If you have two desired supervisors, please contact both of them.
   (Persons submitting applications by the Cooperative Graduate School System should contact one of full-time faculty members in relating research area together with a desired supervisor.)
2. Further information about the examination will be sent to your registered email address. Be sure to check your email.
3. Prepare the keynote file of your presentation for oral examination in advance. Estimated presentation time is approximately 7 minutes for General Selection Process and 10 minutes for Special Selection Process. Detail information about the presentation time will be sent to your registered email address. Be sure to check your email.

   In the oral examination conducted online, you will be asked to share your screen and show your keynote file.
   In the oral examination conducted on-site at Tsukuba campus, you will be asked to show your keynote file on a projector. Bring your own laptop computer with HDMI connectivity.

4. See https://www.geijutsu.tsukuba.ac.jp/dpd/ for more details.

Master’s Program in Heritage StudiesMaster’s

●August Selection Process (General Selection Process)

1. See https://www.heritage.tsukuba.ac.jp/ for more details.
2. Contact the faculty member of your desired research area in advance of the application.
3. Information about the oral examination will be sent to your registered email address. Be sure to check your email address.