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Admissions for Doctoral Course
Application Guidelines and Schedule for 2025-2026
| Application Guidelines and Application Forms |
1st Recruitment (Zip 1MB) |
2nd Recruitment (Zip 1MB) Published on Oct. 18, 2024 |
| Enrollment Date | Late September 2025 or April 1, 2025 Applicants who wish to enroll on April 1, 2025, please see “IV. Enrollment Dates, p.2” of the Application Guidelines. | Late September 2025 or April 1, 2026 |
| Application Period | From 10:00 a.m., November 15, 2024 to December 13, 2024, 5pm (JST) | From 10:00 a.m., April 7, 2025 to May 9, 2025, 5pm (JST) |
| Announcement of Candidates to be interviewed | January 29, 2025, 2pm (JST) | May 30, 2025, 2pm (JST) |
| Interview | February 7 and February 10, 2025 | June 6 and June 9, 2025 |
| Announcement of Admitted Candidates | February 19, 2025, 2pm (JST) | June 18, 2025, 2pm (JST) |
Application Procedures
・Application must be completed through the Web Application System during the application period above. Notification of how to apply through the Web Application System will be posted on this page on Tuesday, October 29th, 2024.
・We do not accept applications by E-mail, fax or by submitting paper documents.
How to Apply (Posted on October 29, 2024)
Account registration will be available through the Web Application System from Tuesday, October 29 at 10:00 a.m. (JST), prior to the application period.
| STEP1 |
・Download the Application Guidelines and Forms from the link above and read through them carefully. |
| STEP2 | Register and create an account through the Web Application System before starting application. Account registration will be available from 10:00 a.m., October 29th, 2024 (JST). |
| STEP3 | Enter all the application information and upload necessary documents through the Web Application System. A request for a letter of reference will be sent to the referee through the Web Application System. Please note that applicants cannot submit or complete applications until the referee has uploaded or submitted the letter of reference through the Web Application System after receiving the request e-mail. |
| STEP4 | Submit and complete the application through the Web Application System during the application period. We do not accept late submission outside the application period. |
| STEP5 | Application number will be notified via e-mail after the application submission is completed. |
・For those who graduated from universities within mainland China (excluding Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan), submission of the following degree verification documents is also required during the enrollment procedure. As it may take time from the application to the issuance, please prepare well in advance.
<Degree Verification Documents>
Obtain a PDF file of the English version of the ‘Online Verification Report of Higher Education Degree Certificate’ issued by China Higher Education Student Information Network (CHSI), which is managed by Center for Student Services and Development (CSSD), and ensure it can be submitted during the enrollment procedure. Please note that documents issued by CHSI Japan Agency will not be accepted.
Admissions for Graduate Research Students Program
| 2025_1st recruitment | 2025_2nd recruitment [CLOSED] | |
| Application Guidelines and Application Forms |
(Zip, 334KB) Published on June 20, 2024 Updated on August 2, 2024 |
(Zip, 248 KB) Published on April 4, 2025 |
| Enrollment Date | April 2025 or October 2025 | October 2025 or April 2026 |
| Application Period |
MEXT Scholarship applicants : July 19, 2024 to August 1, 2024 NOON (JST)[CLOSED] * The application deadline for MEXTScholarship for Chinese Students applicatns (中国赴日本国留学生): August 30, 2024 NOON (JST)[CLOSED] Other applicants : September 4, 2024 to October 2, 2024 NOON (JST)[CLOSED] |
April 21, 2025 to May 23, 2025 NOON |
| Announcement of Successful Applicants by e-mail |
MEXT Scholarship applicants: August 28, 2024 Other applicants: November 20, 2024 |
June 23, 2025 |
Contact Information
PhD Desk, Graduate School of Public Policy University of Tokyo ppin.j[at]gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp