Research Paper schedule (5150011 course code)
Two credit points will be conferred upon passing the final oral examination. Research Paper can be written during the first year and second year. You can gain up to 4 credits through the submission of a Research Paper.
Though you can register and write Research Paper and Thesis at the same semester, the title must be different.
The paper must be written under the academic supervision of a faculty member. Only those faculty members who teach course at GraSPP this academic year can be your supervisor. However, Visiting Lecturers and some of Visiting Professors/Visiting Associate Professors cannot be supervisors. If you want to ask Visiting Professor/Visiting Associate Professor to be your supervisor, please contact the GraSPP Office by 2 weeks before the registration period to confirm if he/she could be your supervisor.
■Faculty members at the GraSPP
https://www.pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/faculty/
※Faculties who do not offer any courses at the GraSPP in the registration academic year, Visiting Lecturers and some of Visiting Professors/Visiting Associate Professors cannot be supervisors.
Request for Supervision
When you contact a faculty member to request supervision, it is recommended that you fill and submit 【Thesis/Research Paper Request for Supervision】 to the desired supervisor well in advance (3 weeks prior to the registration period would be desirable).
Guidelines
Please refer to the “Guidelines for Writing Academic Papers“.
▼Research Paper Registration Period: January 07(Tue) – January 14(Tue), 2025 ※LAST UPDATE 2024/12/17
Students who wish to write Research Paper must first get a consent from one of the faculty members to become your Research Paper supervisor.
To register the research paper, please access to the link below and submit information through MS Forms.
If you are asked to sign in, use “10digit Common ID@utac.u-tokyo.ac.jp” and your UTokyo Account password.
Please enter required information correctly and submit on the period above.
Confirmation email will be sent automatically to you and your supervisor after your submission.
In case that you do not receive the confirmation email, the registration may not be completed, so please contact GraSPP Office (ppin.j@gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp).
If you have any questions, please contact GraSPP Office.
【Research Paper Registration Form】
※Research Paper will be registered as a 2 credit point course. Registration on UTAS will be done by our team. Please be aware that 2 credit points will still count as part of student’s annual credit point limit (maximum 38 per annum) even if you withdraw and does not submit a Research Paper (please refer to the Graduate School of Public Policy Regulations, Article 11, Section 2). In this case, the grade will be “M”.
※Withdrawal of Research Paper should be requested by notifying GraSPP Office via email including his/her supervisor in cc. Approval from the faculty must be obtained in advance.
▼Title Report Submission Period: March 11(Tue) – March 17(Mon), 2025 ※LAST UPDATE 2025/2/28
Approval from the supervisor must be obtained in advance.
To report research paper title, access to the link below and submit information through MS Forms. If you are asked to sign in, use “10digit Common ID@utac.u-tokyo.ac.jp” and your UTokyo Account password.
Please enter required information correctly and submit on the period above. Confirmation email will be sent automatically to your supervisor after your submission.
If you have any questions, please contact GraSPP Office (ppin.j@gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
【Research Paper Title Report Form】
※Title change after this submission period must be requested via MS Forms 【Thesis, Research Paper title change form】 after obtaining approval from the supervisor. Confirmation email will be sent automatically to you and your supervisor after sending the form. Title change is available until your Thesis submission.
If the Thesis you submit has a different title from the one you reported GraSPP Office, your Thesis will not be accepted.
▼Research Paper and Research Paper Summary Submission Period: June 03(Tue) – June 09(Mon), 2025
All documents are to be submitted by uploading PDF files.
Details for the submission will be added to this post by a week before the submission period.
※Research Paper can only be accepted during the submission period.
※We will check your documents upon receiving the files and get back to you after our double check. If you are asked to revise the documents by us, please complete the revision and re-upload the file by the designated time.
※If the title needs to be changed before the research paper submission, please inform us by sending the title change form by one day prior to the beginning of the research paper submission period.
[Notes regarding correction and resubmission after deadline]
You are not allowed to correct and resubmit your Research Paper after deadline. However, after oral examination, you can submit the revised version of your Research Paper after consulting with your supervisor and gain permission. When submitting the revised version, please send it by email to GraSPP Office cc’ing your supervisor.
■Research Paper
※Please be sure to check the “Guidelines for Writing Academic Papers“.
① Your research paper should not exceed 12,000 characters (Japanese) or 4,200 words (English). If it exceeds these limits, you must seek permission from your supervisor. No need to contact the GraSPP office on this matter.
② Please use word processing software to write your research paper. The maximum limit is 1,400 characters (Japanese) or 490 words (English) per page.
③ Must include a contents page that specifies page numbers.
④ Cover page must include Research Paper title, student ID No, and your Name.
⑤ UTokyo or GraSPP Logo is not available.
⑥ The first page should only be used for cover page. Contents page should start from the pages that follow.
⑦ Please use the research paper posted on GraSPP website as a reference to check your format. → https://www.pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/research/research-outputs/research-outputs-of-students/
⑧File name must be “(Student ID No.)ResearchPaper2024A”. (e.g.: 51xx0000ResearchPaper2024A)
■Research Paper Summary
⑨ The Research Paper Summary should not be longer than 3000 characters (Japanese) or 1,050 words (English).
⑩ Notes ②, ④, ⑤ and ⑥ also applies to Research Paper Summary.
⑪ Research Paper and Research Paper Summary must be in separate PDF. For Research Paper Summary , file name must be “(Student ID No.)ResearchPaperSummary2024A”. (e.g.: 51xx0000ResearchPaperSummary2024A)
NOTE：
- Students who have gained the prior approval of their supervisor are not required to follow the aforementioned format for the Research Paper and the Research Paper Summary. There is no need to notify GraSPP Office about the matters which are gained the prior approval of supervisor.
- Plagiarism is strictly prohibited. Plagiarism is a serious offence. If it is discovered, students may have credits cancelled or their degree revoked. This also applies to degrees that have already been conferred.
GraSPP response to Misconduct in Research
- For students who wish to continue with the PhD program with Graduate School of Public Policy or Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, “Thesis” is compulsory(Research Paper is not sufficient). As for the PhD programs of other departments/graduate schools, students are required to check the application criteria on their own.
▼Oral Examination Period: July 29(Tue) – July 31(Thu), 2025
Examination date and time will be fixed based on the agreement between students and judges. If necessary, it could be scheduled outside of the period above(but needs to be in time for the grade report). Please consult with your supervisor.