China Scholarship Council

How to apply a letter of acceptance

The University of Tokyo accepts applications only once a year, from mid December to mid January, from those who have applied or are going to apply to a China Scholarship Council (CSC) scholarship. Be noted that the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences (GSFS) will not accept any applications except this period.

After GSFS officially assess submitted application materials, GSFS will issue a certificate of admission in February as an acceptance letter that an applicant would like to submit to CSC in order to complete scholarship application. This certificate describes tuition exemption.

Application materials

1. Enroll as a doctoral course student
For those who would like to enter a doctoral course at GSFS in September 2020, please read 1) Guidelines for application well and submit a complete set of application materials to the International Liaison Office. We do not accept any documents via e-mail.

1) Guidelines for application

2) Designated application form

3) Designated recommendation letter form

2. Enroll as a non degree seeking student
For those who would like to study at GSFS as a non degree seeking student (“共同養成博士研究生”) while receiving a scholarship from CSC, you will apply for a status of “Special Research Student” to GSFS. Please read 1) Guidelines for application well and submit a complete set of application materials to the International Liaison Office. We do not accept any documents via e-mail.

1) Guidelines for application

2) Designated application form

The 2020 AY policies of The University of Tokyo are:

Only students from 60 of universities in China listed here are eligible to apply for doctoral course.
Only students from 29 of universities in China listed here are eligible to apply for a research student status which students do not intend to proceed to a degree course.
Applications for master course are not accepted.

Submission due

January 15 (Wed), 2020

Where to submit

International Liaison Office

Graduate School of Frontier Sciences

The University of Tokyo

Room 120, Building of Environmental Studies
5-1-5 Kashiwa no ha, Kashiwa
Chiba 277-8563, Japan

Phone: +81 4 7136 4558

FAQs

1) If I get a CSC scholarship, do I still have to take an entrance examination to enroll in a doctoral course?

A: Your admission would be also assessed when you file an application. Therefore, you don’t have to take any entrance examination to start your doctoral course if you pass both of GSFS and CSC assessment.

2) I have obtained a letter of acceptance directly from a professor at GSFS. But it mentions nothing about tuition exemption. Can the professor include a statement concerning the tuition exemption?

A: No. An official letter of acceptance is issued only by GSFS to qualified students, which mentions tuition exemption. Any applicant who may receive a CSC scholarship but did not follow these GSFS procedures will be required to take an entrance examination and pay tuition.

3) I enrolled as a CSC student, but I could not finish my Ph. D. course within three years and my CSC scholarship will end soon. If I extend my period of stay of study without CSC support, can I still receive a tuition exemption?

A: Unfortunately no. Students who enter a doctoral course of The University of Tokyo as “中国政府派遣大学院生” shall be exempted from paying tuition for a maximum three years which is regarded as the standard period required to complete doctoral courses, according to the university regulations. Such students become obliged to pay tuition afterwards.

4) I am not from a university listed on the 29 universities in China. I am eligible to apply for a scholarship to CSC, and I would like to study at GSFS as a non degree seeking student. May I apply for an acceptance letter under these procedures?

A: No. However, GSFS will accept your application for “Special Research Student” if you have found a GSFS professor who agrees to supervise you. You will have to bear the tuition fee. Please contact the International Liaison Office when you have found an appropriate supervisor at GSFS.

5) There is no place in which I can state how many years I want to study as a research student in the GSFS application form. What should I do?

A: You simply indicate “research student” in No. 14 item in the application form. According to the university regulations, the maximum period studying as a research student is one year. A research student could apply for extension of one more year maximum after enrolment. The procedures to extend a CSC scholarship that might happen in accordance with this study duration change must be done by each student with their responsibility.

The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Frontier Sciences International Liaison Office