Request for Certificates

Certificates are issued in the following three ways:

With the Automatic Certificate Dispenser (current students only)

Current students can obtain following certificates on-the-spot with the automatic certificate dispenser:

Your PIN for the automatic certificate dispenser is included with the "Notice of the UT-mate password".

Location: Location Map of the automatic certificate dispensers ( PDF, 538KB ) * in Japanese

In person at the GraSPP office

Please come to our office and lodge your request after filling in the "Application for Certificate" form. Applications are processed within 24 hours, but shall not processed on weekends, public or office holidays. English language certificates take approximately one week.
The following items are necessary when lodging an application at the office:

Office hours:9am-5pm
Location:6F at Administration Bureau Bldg.2, room 617

Via post

Please send an "Application for Certificate" form with a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) to the address below. Please enclose an International Reply Coupon (equivalent to a 130 yen stamp in Japan if you don't have Japanese stamps) when sending the application from abroad.

When you are unable to download the Application for Certificate form (PDF), please include the following details printed on an A4 size piece of paper.
* Name and surname
* Date of birth
* Address
* Telephone number
* Permanent e-mail address
* Purpose and submitting destination
* Entrance month and year
* Type of certificate and number of sheets requested

Address:
Graduate Student Affairs Section
Graduate School of Public Policy
The University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan

Application forms will be processed within 24 hours of receipt except when part of that 24 hours falls on weekends, public or office holidays.

Rough estimate of weight

Up to 3 copies: 25 grams
Up to 8 copies: 50 grams