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Admissions for Doctoral Course
Application Guidelines and Schedule for 2023-2024 [CLOSED]
Information for the next recruitment will be posted in October
| Application Guidelines and Application Forms | 1st Recruitment (Zip 1.2MB) Published on Oct. 20, 2022 |
2nd Recruitment (Zip 1.2MB) Published on Oct. 20, 2022 Updated on Jan. 20, 2023 Updated on Mar. 13, 2023 |
| Enrollment Date | Late September, 2023 or April 1, 2023
Applicants who wish to enroll on April 1, 2023, please see “IV. Enrollment Dates, p.2” of the Application Guidelines. |
Late September, 2023 or April 1, 2024 |
| Application Period | [CLOSED]
November 18 – |
[CLOSED]
April 3 – |
| Announcement of Candidates to be interviewed | February 1, 2023 2pm (JST) | June 2, 2023 2pm (JST) |
| Interview | February 10 and 13, 2023 | June 9 and 12, 2023 |
| Announcement of Admitted Candidates | February 22, 2023 2pm (JST) | June 21, 2023 2pm (JST) |
Application Procedures
Application documents must reach in PDF format during the application period above.
Also, documents in their original forms must be sent by post to the PhD Desk during the application period above.
| STEP1 | ・Download the Application Guidelines and Application Forms from the link above and read through them carefully. ・Prepare the necessary application documents. ・Read through FAQ before proceeding to STEP2. |
| STEP2 | Send the Application Form (Form#1 in Excel format) to the PhD Desk via e-mail. |
| STEP3 | After reviewing the submitted application form, the PhD Desk will notify the applicant via e-mail with an application number and a link to upload application documents. |
| STEP4 | Upload your application documents in one Zip file to the upload link provided. |
| STEP5 | Mail the original application documents to the PhD Desk. |
Admissions for Graduate Research Students Program NOW OPEN!
| 2024_1st recruitment [OPEN] | 2023_2nd recruitment [CLOSED] | |
| Application Guidelines and Application Forms | (Zip, 250KB) Published on June 28, 2023 |
(ZIP 242 KB) Published on April 5, 2023 |
| Enrollment Date | April 2024 or October 2024 | October 2023 or April 2024 |
| Application Period | MEXT Scholarship applicants [CLOSED]: August 1, 2023 to August 25, 2023 NOON (JST) Other applicants: |
[CLOSED]
April 24, 2023 to May 26, 2023 NOON |
| Announcement of Successful Applicants by e-mail | MEXT Scholarship applicants: September 27, 2023 Other applicants: |
June 26, 2023 |
Contact Information
PhD Desk, Graduate School of Public Policy
University of Tokyo
ppin.j[at]gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp