Ordinary Examination (Schedule B) - Master's Course

Application Period

November, 2025
Please refer to the GSFS website. https://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/exam/info/
Applications will be accepted through online application system.

Eligibility

Please refer to item 2. Applicant Eligibility of "Guidelines for Applicants"

Application Documents

Please refer to item 6. Application Submission of "Guidelines for Applicants" and item 3. Application Documents of "Information on Entrance Examination".

All the documents must be submitted through the online application system.

Submission of Recommendation letters

Please ask your recommenders to directly submit the letter.
Please refer to item 3. Application Documents of "Information on Entrance Examination"
※ Please ask your recommenders to submit the recommendation letter during the application period.
We can't accept it outside the application period.

Score Report of English Proficiency Test

TOEFL or IELTS score report must be submitted. Please take TOEFL or IETLS test beforehand. For more detail, please refer to item 7. English Score Report of "Guideline for Applicants" and item 3. Application Documents of "Information on Entrance Examination".

Type of Examination

The ordinary examination of GPSS consists of document review and oral examination. For detailed information, please refer to item 1. Entrance Examinations of "Information on Entrance Examination".

The ordinary examination for the GPSS is conducted in English.

Notification of document screening results

The examinee numbers of those who pass the document screening will be posted on the website by Friday, January 9th, 2026.

Oral Examination

For those who have passed the document review, the oral examination will be held in the end of January, 2026, in principle by using internet video conference system. (see item 1. Entrance Examinations of "Information on Entrance Examination".

Please prepare the following conditions:

• Applicants must prepare equipment such as a web camera and the proper network environment for using Zoom for an oral exam, and must also demonstrate the proper functioning of the network and equipment for the oral examination to GPSS-GLI in a simulated test before the day of the actual oral exam.
• In order to verify the identity of the applicant participating in the oral exam video capability is required. A network connection with a sound-only capability is unacceptable and nullifies any such oral exam.

Date of Enrollment

April 2026 or October 2026

Please select either of them in the online application system.
Applicants residing overseas and who do not hold Japanese residency status at the time of application, cannot enroll in April due to time constraints associated with immigration procedures. Enrollment would be in October.

Eligibility for October enrollment is available on 4. Other Information of "Information on Entrance Examination".

No. of Accepted

Please refer to the GSFS website.　https://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/exam/past_entrance_exam/

Scholarship

• Japanese government (MEXT) scholarship with University recommendation
• Japanese government (MEXT) scholarship with Embassy recommendation
  https://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/exam/master/foreign_research_students/mext_scholarship/
• Asian Development Bank - Japan Scholarship Program（ADB-JSP）
  https://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/exam/master/foreign_research_students/adb_jsp/
• Other scholarship

Link

Information Entrance Examination of Graduate School of Frontier Sciences (GSFS)