General Information

Please download the Information on Entrance Examination, Inquiry Sheet, and Document Checklist of the DOIS from the following links.

 

   Information on Entrance Examination

Master’s course          Information on Entrance Examination    Inquiry Sheet & Documents Checklist

Doctoral course          Information on Entrance Examination    Inquiry Sheet & Documents Checklist

 

Please note that the Master’s Inquiry Sheet & Documents Checklist were updated on June 2, 2025. If you downloaded the file on June 1st or before, kindly re-download it to ensure you have the most current version.

 

Please also obtain the Guidelines to Master’s Course & Doctoral Course and the Guide to The 2026 Entrance Examination of Master’s & Doctoral Courses of Division of Environmental Studies on the website of the GSFS. All the necessary information for application are described in the above documents.

 

Please note that only professors, associate professors, and lectures are eligible to supervise student theses.

 

• Admissions
• Applications Period
• Examination Types
• Examination Schedule
• Related information and formats
• Examination Statistics of DOIS
• Useful Links

 

Admissions

FY 2026
Schedule A: Admission in September 2025 and April 2026
Schedule B: Admission in April 2026 and October 2026

 

Applications Period

*SSAOE means Special Selection for Applicants with Overseas Education

 

Examination Types

 

Examination Schedule

【Schedule A】

【Schedule B】

*The examination schedule for Schedule B will be announced on the department website in late August.

 

  Related information and formats

   Overview of Our Master’s and Doctoral Courses

The Department of International Studies (DOIS) offers both Master’s (Master of International Studies) and Doctoral courses (Doctor of International Studies).

No Japanese is required for admission as well as to complete the degree.

Even if you have absolutely no knowledge about the Japanese language or live outside Japan, you may apply for the Master’s or Doctoral courses of the DOIS through the “Special Selection for Applicants with Overseas Education.”
The DOIS offers many courses in English, and all the faculty members can speak English so that students can achieve a Master’s or Doctoral degree without any knowledge of the Japanese language.

 

   Two Types of Applications for Master’s Course

1. Regular Admission

•Written and oral exams at the Kashiwa campus are required.
•The written exam is provided both in Japanese and English.
•In the oral exam, the interview can be done in English, if the applicant requests it.
•Two application periods in a year: June, and  November.

 

2. Special Selection for Applicants with Overseas Education (SSAOE)

•All applicants are expected to take the Ordinary Exam, but those who graduated from a high school outside Japan and have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution outside Japan can apply for SSAOE.
•Admission is based on the screening of application materials, assessment of English proficiency (see the Entrance Examination Guides for details), and an online oral examination. Only those who pass the document screening will be required to take an online oral examination. Applicants do not need to come to Japan for the examination.
•Two application periods in a year:  June, and  November.

 

   One Type of Applications for Doctoral Course

1. Regular Admission

•Admission is based on the screening of application materials, assessment of English proficiency (see the Entrance Examination Guides for details), and an online oral examination.
•Two application periods in a year:  June, and  November.

 

   Format for Recommendation Letters (For applicants for Master’s Course SSAOE and Doctoral Course Regular Admission)

PDF
MS WORD 

 

   Grade Summary Sheet (For applicants for Master’s Course Regular Admission & SSAOE)

Grade Summary Sheet (MS Excel)

 

   Past written exams for Master’s Course Regular Admission

2025・Schedule A

2025・Schedule B

2024・Schedule A

2024・Schedule B

2023・Schedule A

2023・Schedule B

2022・Schedule A

2022・Schedule B

2021・Schedule A

2021・Schedule B

2020・Schedule A

2020・Schedule B

 

   Note on the choice of the Examination Schedule and the month of enrollment for international students who require visas

Please note that successful applicants who plan to apply for a CoE through GSFS will only be admitted in April from taking the entrance examination Schedule A, and only in October from taking the entrance examination Schedule B.

 

Please note that student visa applications require a certificate of eligibility (COE), which is attached to the enrollment status (doctoral, master’s, or non-matriculated research student). In particular, when you apply for a place as a matriculated student and as a non-matriculated research student simultaneously, and are successful in both applications, to enroll as a matriculated student you need a student visa based on a matriculated student COE. Even if you first obtain a student visa as a non-matriculated research student in such a case, you still need to obtain a student visa based on a separate matriculated student COE.

 

More information is found on the GSFS website.

https://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/exam/master/exam_and_sp_selection/
https://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/exam/faq/

 

Examination Statistics of DOIS

Master’s Course

 

Year	Schedule	Type	Took		Pass
FY2019	Schedule A	Regular	35	(8)	12	(0)
		SSAOE	8	(8)	2	(2)
	Schedule B	Regular	14	(3)	4	(0)
		SSAOE	12	(12)	2	(2)
FY2020	Schedule A	Regular	31	(8)	17	(0)
		SSAOE	13	(12)	1	(0)
	Schedule B	Regular	26	(9)	7	(2)
		SSAOE	12	(12)	1	(1)
FY2021	Schedule A	Regular	42	(13)	17	(2)
		SSAOE	6	(6)	0	(0)
	Schedule B	Regular	31	(8)	5	(1)
		SSAOE	11	(10)	2	(1)
FY2022	Schedule A	Regular	26	(11)	10	(2)
		SSAOE	1	(1)	0	(0)
	Schedule B	Regular	28	(19)	8	(3)
		SSAOE	11	(11)	4	(4)
FY2023	Schedule A	Regular	42	(25)	15	(6)
		SSAOE	3	(3)	1	(1)
	Schedule B	Regular	27	(21)	5	(3)
		SSAOE	16	(16)	1	(1)
FY2024	Schedule A	Regular	53	(37)	15	(6)
		SSAOE	5	(5)	1	(1)
	Schedule B	Regular	28	(22)	4	(2)
		SSAOE	12	(12)	1	(1)

The total number includes international applicants, the number of which is shown in the parenthesis.

 

Doctoral Course

Year	Schedule	Type	Took		Pass
FY2019	Schedule A	Regular	4	(1)	2	(0)
		SSAOE	0	(0)	0	(0)
	Schedule B	Regular	6	(2)	1	(0)
		SSAOE	0	(0)	0	(0)
FY2020	Schedule A	Regular	5	(1)	3	(1)
		SSAOE	0	(0)	0	(0)
	Schedule B	Regular	4	(1)	3	(0)
		SSAOE	1	(1)	0	(0)
FY2021	Schedule A	Regular	7	(2)	3	(1)
		SSAOE	2	(2)	0	(0)
	Schedule B	Regular	2	(1)	1	(1)
		SSAOE	0	(0)	0	(0)
FY2022	Schedule A	Regular	4	(1)	2	(0)
	Schedule B	Regular	7	(5)	6	(4)
FY2023	Schedule A	Regular	4	(1)	2	(1)
	Schedule B	Regular	6	(3)	3	(0)
FY2024	Schedule A	Regular	2	(2)	1	(1)
	Schedule B	Regular	9	(4)	6	(3)

The total number includes international applicants, the number of which is shown in the parenthesis.

 

Useful Links