May 29, 2020
To: Currently enrolled students in the Junior and Senior Divisions of the College of Arts and Sciences
and in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

From June 1, the status of the Komaba Campus regarding novel coronavirus infections will move to“Stage Red A” in response to lifting the state of emergency in the Tokyo metropolitan area on May 25.
And the policies on Komaba Campus for resuming activities have been decided as follows. And whenresuming campus activities, please continue to implement the measures to prevent COVID-19 infections,such as avoiding “Three Cs (Closed spaces, Crowded places, Close-contact)”.
1For students in the Junior Division

Basically, all classes are conducted online in S Semester. (This is the UTokyo policy that will not
conduct in-person classes in S Semester to prioritize the safety of all the students and consider students
who returned to their home country.)
However, the status of the Komaba Campus will be expected to move to “Stage Orange (equivalent toLevel 1 of The UTokyo Activity Restrictions Index)” around mid-June if the spread of coronavirus
infections is keeping settling down. At this stage, students who have difficulties to take online classes athome will be able to take online classes on Komaba campus.
The status will move to “Stage Green” if the coronavirus situation further calms down. In case that thestatus moves to “Stage Green” by early August, in-person classes (or combination of in-personclasses/online classes) will be considered to conduct in A Semester.
Even when the status moves to “Stage Yellow”, in principle, all club and extracurricular activities on
campus are banned, but when the use of on-campus facilities is unavoidable, students can apply for andreceive permission for the use of campus facilities.
2For students in the Senior Division

Basically, all classes are conducted online in S Semester. (The reason is the same as above.)
However, the status of the Komaba Campus will be expected to move to “Stage Orange (equivalent toLevel 1 of The UTokyo Activity Restrictions Index)” around mid-June if the spread of coronavirus
infections is keeping settling down. At this stage, students will be able to take online classes on Komaba
campus. And small seminars and graduation researches will be able to conduct on campus, but theamount of time students stay on-site must be reduced to up to 30% of normal time.
The status will move to “Stage Green” if the coronavirus situation further calms down. In case that thestatus moves to “Stage Green” by early August, in-person classes (or combination of in-personclasses/online classes) will be considered to conduct in A Semester.

3For students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences[Classes]
Basically, all classes are conducted online in S Semester.
However, the status of the Komaba Campus will be expected to move to “Stage Orange (equivalent toLevel 1 of The UTokyo Activity Restrictions Index)” around mid-June if the spread of coronavirus
infections is keeping settling down. At this stage, students will be able to take online classes on Komaba
campus. And small seminars and researches will be able to conduct on campus, but the amount of time
students can stay on-site must be reduced to up to 30% of normal time.
The status will move to “Stage Green” if the coronavirus situation further calms down. In case that thestatus moves to “Stage Green” by early August, in-person classes (or combination of in-personclasses/online classes) will be considered to conduct in A Semester.
[Researches]
Research activities are allowed at the “Stage Orange” but the amount of time students can stay on-sitemust be reduced to up to 30% of normal time. When no problem occurs after two-week “Stage Orange”
monitoring period, the status will be expected to move to “Stage Yellow (equivalent to Level 0.5 of The
UTokyo Activity Restrictions Index)”. At this stage, students will be able to boost their research activities
while keeping the amount of on-site time up to 50% of normal time. The status will move to “StageGreen” if the coronavirus situation further calms down. At the “Stage Green”, normal research activities
may be restored as usual.
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Kunihiro Ohta
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences