a) Application form and Study plan
Designated forms will be made downloadable from this site after MEXT releases new forms.
It will be released around November-December each year.

The forms for those wishing to enroll in October 2025:
Application form and Study plan
Your picture must be attached in the application form.

b) Recommendation letter
The letter of recommendation must be written by a person with a title equivalent to or higher than a dean of a faculty or graduate school from the university where the applicant is currently enrolled or has recently graduated. The letter should be addressed to the President of the University of Tokyo.
However, if it is not possible to obtain a recommendation letter from a dean or equivalent, the applicant may submit a recommendation letter from a professor who is familiar with the applicant or a supervisor from their workplace. In this case, the applicant must also submit a written explanation detailing the reasons why a recommendation letter from a dean or equivalent could not be obtained. This explanation should ideally be prepared by the applicant's current or former university, rather than by the applicant themselves.
The letter of recommendation should be written in Japanese or English.

The recommendation letter should be submitted either by the applicant themselves or by the recommender through the upload URL provided below.

c) Copy of your passport
The page with your picture

d) Academic transcript of your undergraduate course
Applicants who plan to apply to a doctoral program of the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences should also attach transcripts from their master's program. If the transcript does not include a GPA or grade evaluation, please attach a letter from a university faculty member stating the relative evaluation.

Transcripts must be submitted in the English version issued by the applicant's home university. If your home university does not issue an English version, you must also submit an English translation of the transcript. The translation may be done by any translator, but the translated version must have the stamp of the notary public of your home university or region certifying that the translation does not differ from the original.

e) Certificate of Graduation or Expected Graduation
Applicants who plan to apply to a doctoral program of the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences should also attach a certificate of completion of their master's program.

Certificate of Graduation or Certificate of Prospective Graduation must be issued by the applicant's home university (in English). If the university does not issue an English version, a translation into English should also be submitted. The translation may be done by anyone, but the translated version must have the stamp of a notary public or other office in your home university or region that certifies that the translation does not differ from the original.

f) Abstract of your thesis of your previous course

g) Certificate of your language proficiency of Japanese or English

1. Those who have language proficiency at the JLPT N2/ CEFR B2 or above:
   Test score from TOEFL, IELTS, TOEIC for both Reading & Listening and Speaking & Writing, or the Japanese Language Proficiency Test will be considered valid if it obtained after December 1, 2022.
2. Those who have completed their final academic program with English or Japanese as the medium of instruction:
   Documents confirming that the primary language of the educational program was either English or Japanese.