Doctoral Program in Human Biology
University of Tsukuba
Entrance Examination in January 2024 for Graduate School Admission 2024
Information and Instructions for Examinees(At the University’s Examination Venues)*If you are taking the exam online, please review the online version of the Examinee Instructions.
University of Tsukuba Graduate School Entrance Examinations (January Selection Process) will be conducted as describedin the Application Guidelines, with measures taken to prevent infection.
Please check the Graduate Admissions website(https://eng.ap-graduate.tsukuba.ac.jp/) for the latest
information on admissions, including any changes to the schedule.

【Points to note regarding entrance the examination venue】
1.

If you test positive for novel coronavirus infection at least 10 days prior to the examination date, please make adecision such as entering the examination venue within the standard recuperation period indicated by your place ofresidence (see below).
(1) If you have not yet passed the standard medical treatment period (5 days after onset of symptoms and 24 hours after
symptoms have abated), please consider forgoing the examination for this time.
(2) If the medical treatment period has passed, there is no restriction to enter the examination venue. Please wear amask until 10 days have passed after the onset of symptoms.

2.

If you have symptoms of the common cold such as fever, cough, sore throat, headache, or fatigue on the day of theexamination, please consider forgoing the examination this time.

【Precautions on the day of the examination】
1.

If you have symptoms of the common cold, please wear a mask on the day of the examination.

2.

Those who show symptoms of the common cold, such as repeated coughing, may be asked to move to a different seator testing room.

3.

Wearing a mask is at the discretion of the individual. However, depending on the situation, instructions may be given at
the examination venue, so please bring your own mask as much as possible.

On the examination day, please follow directions boards to the venue. All applicants should be present at the examination room by 8:30.
* Relevant buildings will be closed until the day of examination. Examinees are not permitted to see the examination rooms, etc.
beforehand.

11. Examination Venues
ProgramVenue

Transportation- Tsukuba Express (Get off at Tsukuba Station)

From Platform 6 of the nearby Tsukuba Center Bus Terminal, take a Kanto Railwaybus “University of Tsukuba Loop-Line Clockwise bus”. (About a 15-minute ride)- JR Joban Line (Get off at Tsuchiura Station)
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Human Sciences
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Human Sciences(Doctoral Program

From Platform 3 of the Tsuchiura Station Nishiguchi Bus Terminal, take a Kanto
Railway bus bound for “Tsukuba Center” or “Tsukuba Daigaku Byouin”.
Transfer to Kanto Railway bus “University of Tsukuba Loop-Line Clockwise bus” atTsukuba Center. (About a 45-minute ride)

Building
4B atUniversityofTsukuba

Get off atOikoshi
GakuseiShukushamaein HumanBiology)- JR Joban Line (Get off at Arakawaoki Station)

From Platform 4 of the Arakawaoki Station Nishiguchi Bus Terminal, take a Kanto
Railway bus bound for “Tsukuba Center” or “Tsukuba Daigaku Byouin”.
Transfer to Kanto Railway bus “University of Tsukuba Loop-Line Clockwise bus” at
Tsukuba Center(About a 45-minute ride)- JR Joban Line (Get off at Hitachino-Ushiku Station)

From Platform 1 of the Hitachino-Ushiku Station Higashiguchi Bus Terminal, take aKanto Railway bus bound for “Tsukuba Center” or “Tsukuba Daigaku Byouin”.
Transfer to Kanto Railway bus “University of Tsukuba Loop-Line Clockwise bus” atTsukuba Center(About a 45-minute ride)- Access Guide

https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/about/campus-access/tsukuba-access/https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/about/campus-access/tsukuba-campus/
Note 1: Please note that there is no car parking space for examinees. Please use public transportation.
Note 2: Pay attention to bus schedules when transferring at Tsukuba Center because of the limited number of buses.
Kanto Railway bus schedules “University of Tsukuba Loop-Line:(https://kantetsu.jorudan.biz/?p=d&sc=41616&pn=6&v=&b1=%E3%81%A4%E3%81%8F%E3%81%B0%E3%82%B
B%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC&m=b)
Note 3: Pay attention to the bus schedules bound for "Tsukuba Daigaku Chuo" departing from JR Joban Line Arakawaoki
Station and Hitachino-Ushiku Station are infrequent.
2. Precautions(1) Make sure you keep your Examination ID Card with you throughout the examinations.
(2) Take your seat in the examination room 15 minutes prior to the start of each subject examination. Turn off any alarms
on your mobile phone, smart phone etc., switch it off, and put it in your bag before entering the room. Do the same withwearable devices including smart watches and smart glasses, etc.
(3) Examination rooms do not have clocks. Bring your own watch or clock. Use of a mobile phone etc. as a clock is notpermitted.
(4) Examinees who arrived late will be permitted to take the examination only when such lateness is within 30 minutes ofthe start of the examination. If such lateness was caused by an unavoidable reason such as a transportation accident,
report to the corresponding head office of the examination venue (See 6. Contact Number of Head Office of ExaminationVenue) and ask for instruction.
(5) Pay attention to the weather and allow enough time to get to the venue in time.
(6) Place your Examination ID Card on the side of the desktop where your examinee number is indicated throughout thewriting examinations.
If you have lost your Examination ID Card, report to the corresponding head office of the examination venue. (See 6.
Contact Number of Head Office of Examination Venue)(7) Make sure you follow the schedule and take all specified examinations. If an examinee failed to take any of the specified
examinations, such examinee will be regarded as absent and therefore ineligible for selection.
(8) As for examinations assigned as a result of preliminary selection, examinees are not permitted to take subjects otherthan those initially selected.
(9) Take care when filling out your examinee’s number and the names of the Graduate School, Degree programs, Subprogram2

and Program you apply for in the specified spaces on the answer sheet.
(An answer sheet with the number or the names not filled out or unreadable will not be marked.)(10) For writing examinations, examinees are not permitted to use tools other than writing tools (pencils or mechanicalpencils and erasers) and those specified by the corresponding Graduate School. Writing tools will not be loaned toexaminees.
(11) If an examinee commits a dishonest or obstructive act, an immediate exit from the room will be ordered and further
taking of examination will not be permitted. In addition, the results of examinations of the examinee took before theact will be invalidated.
(12) Examinees are not permitted to exit the room within 30 minutes after the start of examination.
(13) If you have a question about the examination questions, raise your hand to ask it and follow instructions by thesupervisor.
(14) If you need to exit the room before the end of the examination, raise your hand and say you need to leave the room andfollow instructions given by the supervisor.
(15) When the end of examination is announced, put down your writing tools immediately and follow instructions given by
the supervisor.
(16) When collecting answer sheets, question sheets, and scribbling sheets, follow instructions given by the supervisor.
(17) Follow any other instructions given by the supervisor.
3. General Considerations(1) Pay attention to the Human Biology Program website for information on taking the exam.
(2) Make sure to look at the examination rooms by referring to the attached "HBP Examination Room Map" in advance.
Examinees are not permitted to enter the rooms until examination day.
(3) Please bring your own lunch, and eat it silently at your desk.
(4) Please bring home your own trash.
(5) The university does not provide an accommodation placement service for entrance examinees.
(6) The university has no connection with soliciting activities in the vicinity of the examination venues or the nearest railway
stations offering services that purport to telegram the result of entrance examinations to examinees. Although somesolicitors for such services may pretend to be members of the university, be cautious because they are not and theuniversity assumes no responsibility for such activities.
4. Examination Schedule
The examination schedules follow the “Examination Schedule and the Subjects” listed in the Application Guidelines.
(https://eng.ap-graduate.tsukuba.ac.jp/)
5. Announcement of Accepted Applicants
10 a.m. (JST), February 15, (Thursday), 2024
The examinee numbers of the successful applicants will be posted on the website(https://webentry.ap-graduate.tsukuba.ac.jp/). Acceptance letters will be sent out to successful applicants on the same dayby registered mail.
6. Contact Number of Head Office of Examination Venue(1) Head Office of Examination Venue【Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences】
Examination Date

Program

TEL

January 25 (Thu)

Degree Programs in Comprehensive Human Sciences(Doctoral Program in Human Biology)029-853-5600After a guidance, please press 91176(2) The Office of School of Integrative and Global Majors

TEL：029-853-7076

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