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Graduate

Overview - Graduate Programs

Overall Goal

A key aspect of graduate education at the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Science (GSS) is that education is closely linked to research. Through the graduate school curricula, students learn how to carry out research effectively from faculty members who are active at the frontlines of research, thus enabling students to conduct advanced and creative research themselves. The overall goal of graduate education at the GSS is to develop and enhance the capabilities of researchers and educators possessing originality and ingenuity to conduct pioneering research at the frontlines of various scientific fields, act as core members of international and interdisciplinary research projects, and through their research and other activities, meet the needs of the industrial community and society at large.

Master's and Doctoral Degrees

A master's degree will be conferred to those who have completed a two-year period of residence, studied the compulsory subjects, earned the required number of credits specified by each department, and passed the thesis review and final examinations under the requisite guidance of an academic supervisor.

A doctoral degree will be conferred to those who have completed a three-year period of residence, studied the compulsory subjects, earned the required number of credits specified by department, and passed the thesis review and final examinations under the requisite guidance of an academic supervisor.

Graduate Admissions Information

Special Selection for International Applicants (Master's and Doctoral Programs)

Instructions for application | FAQ

Master's Level Admission to the Global Science Graduate Course (GSGC)

Instructions for application | FAQ

Graduate International Research Student Program (Non-degree program)

This is a program admitting students to the Graduate School of Science to study a specific subject under the supervision of a professor. Note that no degrees or qualifications are conferred through this program.

How to Apply

Special Auditor Program

This program is for students enrolled in an overseas university that has concluded an academic exchange agreement with the University of Tokyo.

How to Apply