Entrance Examinations and Scholarships

  • Entrance Examination Orientations

We will hold entrance examination orientations for the 2023 Doctoral/Master’s Program in International Public Policy according to the following schedule. If you are interested in applying for the Program, or if you have any questions about the curriculum or life as a graduate student, we encourage you to participate.

Orientation 1

Date/Time:  August 30, 2022
Place: Zoom
Details: Click here

Orientation 2

Date/Time: TBA
Place: TBA

  • Admission Quotas and Entrance Examination Periods

2022 Entrance Examinations

July, Master’s Program (recommendation-based admission)

  • Publication of application guideline: now available
  • Application period: May 27, 2022 (from noon JST) – June 3, 2022 (by 3 p.m. JST)
  • Examination date: July 6, 2022
  • Announcement of results: July 15, 2022

October, Master’s Program (general admission)

  • Publication of application guidelines: now available
  • Application period: September 2, 2022 (from noon JST) – September 16, 2022 (by 3 p.m. JST)
  • Examination date: October 13-14, 2022
  • Announcement of results: November 1, 2022

January to February, Master’s Program (general admission) & Doctoral program (general admission)

  • Publication of application guidelines: now available
  • Application period: December 1, 2022 (from noon JST) – December 16, 2022 (by 3 p.m. JST)
  • Examination date: January 30-31, 2023
  • Announcement of results: February 15, 2023

  • Quatas and examination periods

Master’s Program

  • Admission quota: 29 students (recommendation-based admission: 7, general admission: 22)
  • Entrance examination period: recommendation-based admission (July), general admission (October)

Doctoral Program

  • Admission quota: 10 students
  • Entrance examination period: general admission (January to February)

  • Choosing the languages other than English or Japanese for the foreign-language examination

Statement must includes the following information

  • Which language you want to designate
  • Your name, university and department
  • Research Area and potential supervisor
  • Relevance between your research plan and the language you choose (no more than 400 words in English or 1200 characters in Japanese)
    *must fit in one page of A4 paper. You can write the statement in any format.

Submission

Send a printed copy of the statement with a stamped, self‐addressed envelope (for express mail) to the following address, AND send an electronic data to the following email address.

Postal Address

Doctoral/Master’s Program in International Public Policy (3K320)
University of Tsukuba
1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba,
Ibaraki, 305-8571 Japan
*Do not forget to write “Statement for the foreign language examination enclosed” on the envelope.

E-mail

ipp-office(at)dpipe.tsukuba.ac.jp
*The subject should be “Statement for the foreign language examination.”

Due date

October, Master’s Program (general admission)

5 September 2022

January – February, Master’s Program (general admission) & Master’s Program (general admission) & Doctoral program (general admission)

5 December 2022

Languages you can choose

Chinese, Russian, Spanish or Portuguese

For more information and details on the application requirements and procedures, please visit our website at
http://eng.ap-graduate.tsukuba.ac.jp

  • Past Entrance Examination Results

International Public Policy Program entrance examination results for the past five years are available at the following URL (Japanese only):
http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/admission/graduate/result.html

  • Application Requirements

Application guidelines are now available online in English and Japanese.
http://eng.ap-graduate.tsukuba.ac.jp

  • Scholarships

Information regarding applying for various scholarships, etc. is provided at the following URL:
https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/admissions/financial-scholarships/

  • Publication of Past Entrance Examination Questions

In the International Public Policy Program, past master’s/doctoral entrance examination questions are available via email (PDF, past two years only).

For specific details of the overall publication status, please check the following URL:
https://eng.ap-graduate.tsukuba.ac.jp/course/hass/first/8_past/