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 11, 2025 (10 a.m. JST) – September 17, 2025 (10 a.m. JST)
  • January to February Selection Process： February 13, 2026 (10 a.m. JST) – February 19, 2026 (10 a.m. JST)

The examinee numbers of the successful applicants will be posted on the website.

Letter of Acceptance will be issued online.
An email will be sent to the email address registered for the application from 10:00 a.m. on the day of acceptance announcement sequentially.
Please follow the instructions in that email to download Letter of Acceptance.

Enrollment Procedure

  1. The information on Admission Procedures will be sent to successful applicants to the email address registered for the application. Please follow the instructions in that email to conduct the admission procedures.
      【Date to send email: for entrants in April 2026】
      Sent out in two instalments.

    • Mid-January to Mid-February 2026 (scheduled)
      (Successful applicants for except the January-February Selection Process)
    • February 13 (Fri.) 2026
      (Successful applicants for the January-February Selection Process)
      【Date of dispatch: for entrants in October 2026】

    • Late June 2026

    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 2026 (late August 2026 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.”