Admissions

Admission Information Session

We will hold an Admission Information Session for the Master’s and Doctoral Programs in International Public Policy. If you are considering applying to this degree program, or if you have any questions about the class curriculum or graduate student life, please join us.

Online Admission Information Session for Academic Year 2026

Scheduled to be implemented at the end of August 2026 (details TBD)

Entrance Examination Information

AY2026 Admissions (Enrollment in October 2026)

Special Selection Process for Recommended Applicants

July Selection Process for Doctoral Program (Special Selection Process for Recommended Applicants)

  • Application Guidelines: Released
  • Application Period: May 22, 2026 (from noon JST) – June 1, 2026 (by 3:00 p.m. JST)
  • Examination Date： July 3, 2026
  • Announcement of Admission Results： July 21, 2026 (from 10:00 a.m. JST)

AY2026 Admissions (Enrollment in April 2027)

Special Selection Process for Recommended Applicants

July Selection Process for Master’s Program (Special Selection Process for Recommended Applicants)

  • Application Guidelines: Released
  • Application Period: May 22, 2026 (from noon JST) – June 1, 2026 (by 3:00 p.m. JST)
  • Examination Date： July 3, 2026
  • Announcement of Admission Results： July 21, 2026 (from 10:00 a.m. JST)
General Selection Process

October Selection Process for Master’s Program (General Selection Process)

  • Application Guidelines： Released
  • Application Period： August 31, 2026 (from noon JST) – September 10, 2026 (by 3:00 p.m. JST)
  • Examination Dates： October 8-9, 2026
  • Announcement of Admission Results： October 30, 2026 (from 10:00 a.m. JST)

January to February Selection Process for Doctoral Program (General Selection Process)

  • Application Guidelines： Released
  • Application Period： November 30, 2026 (from noon JST) – December 10, 2026 (by 3:00 p.m. JST)
  • Examination Dates： January 26-27, 2027
  • Announcement of Admission Results： February 15, 2027 (from 10:00 a.m. JST)
Application Guidelines

§ Application guidelines are released in the following webpage:
http://www.ap-graduate.tsukuba.ac.jp

〇Number of Students to be Admitted

Master’s Program

  • Admission Capacity：24 students（7 from special selection process for recommended applicants, 17 from general selection process）
  • Selection Process： special selection process for recommended applicants (July) and general selection process (October)

Doctoral Program

  • Admission Capacity： Around 8 students
  • Selection Process： special selection process for recommended applicants (July) and general selection process (January-February)
For applicants those who will take foreign language test other than English or Japanese

A declaration should include the following information

  • Desired language for foreign language test
  • Belongings (university and department), name
  • Field of research, prospective supervisor
  • Relations between your research plan and the foreign language you have selected (up to 1,200 letters in Japanese, or up to 400 words in English) ※The document should be created in an A4-sized page. There are no designated forms.
How to submit

Send declaration by E-mail.

E-mail Address

E-mail：ipp-office@un.tsukuba.ac.jp （The E-mail title should be “Declaration for Foreign Language Test”）

Submission due date
  • October Selection Process for Master’s Program (General Selection Process)
    September 4, 2026
  • January to February Selection Process for Master’s and Doctoral Program (General Selection Process)
    December 4, 2026
Selectable language other than English or Japanese

Chinese, Russian, Spanish or Portuguese
Please make sure to confirm the detailed information of admission including eligibility.
http://www.ap-graduate.tsukuba.ac.jp/course/hass/

How to access past examination questions

International Public Policy Degree Program open past 2 years examination questions by E-mail attachment in PDF format. To request, please contact IPP office.

Entrance Examination Result Information

Result of Entrance Examination

Past 5 years Entrance Examination result can be found at:
http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/admission/graduate/result.html

Public Management Curriculum Model

IPP offers a special curriculum model for who have graduated from the field of humanities and social sciences and have entered the profession to obtain a master’s degree by further deepening the specialized knowledge they have accumulated in the undergraduate school and compiling it into a master’s thesis while learning knowledge that can be applied to the real business world. Find more details here.

For Successful Applicants