Graduate School of Sustainability Studies, University of Toyama, Japan
Global Sustainability Science Program (GSSP)
Master’s Course (Admission timeline: April 2023 or October 2023)
Application Guidelines for 2023 admission

Guide for Application ProcedureHow to Apply
Application Guidelines for 2023 admission (April or October)

Graduate School of Sustainability Studies at University of Toyama
Global Sustainability Science Program (GSSP)
Master’s CourseA pathway towards preparing future leaders for the contribution of a sustainable society
Why study at Global Sustainability Science Program (GSSP)?
The Global Sustainability Science Program offers an interdisciplinary approach to addressing current societal
problems by nurturing human resources capacity and formulating strategies for future sustainable pathways.
The master’s program focuses on global environmental challenges and societal transformations from a local to aworldwide level through linking social and natural sciences. The program will provide students with a wideranging experience of the interlinkages among multiple fields such as economic, social, environmental, cultural,and human aspects of sustainability. From this program, students will learn to develop skills to design andcommunicate solutions to sustainability challenges and deepen their understanding of the role of sustainability
studies in addressing current problems to global change that creates a future pathway as sustainable development
experts. Our teaching and research profile combines forward-thinking scientific knowledge across inter- andmultidisciplinary academics in the sustainable development of both the social and natural sciences. Through thisprogram, students gain critical thinking and can enhance their problem-solving capacity to contribute to asustainable and prosperous society.

q Degree awarded: Master of Sustainability Scienceq Duration: Two years
q Scholarships & funding:ü The Global Sustainability Science Program (GSSP) is merit-based, and the eligible students from ASEAN countries
will be awarded by Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship.
ü The University of Toyama offers privately financed limited scholarships to international students applying for GSSP.
q Admission Overview
ü Application Period: From 19 December 2022 to 23 December 2022
ü Examination: 25 January 2023, at University of Toyama.
Note: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the applicant who currently lives abroad and cannot come to the university
can take the examination online.
q Contact Information:
Examination Section of Admissions Office,School of Science,
Academic and Student Affairs Division of Science and Engineering,
University of Toyama,3190 Gofuku, Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture, 930-8555, Japan
E-mail: rikyoumu@adm.u-toyama.ac.jp
q GSSP WEB site
https://www.gss.u-toyama.ac.jp

If you are considering joining our graduate school,please follow the three steps below.
【STEP 1】Download “Student Application Guidelines”
You can download the guidelines by clicking on Application Guideline [pdf file] at:https://www.gss.u-toyama.ac.jp/2022/11/04/1007/?lang=ja
Please carefully read “Student Application Guidelines” and check the admission
requirements.
The Global Sustainability Science Program (GSSP) in the Graduate School ofSustainability accepts applications from all over the world. Japanese proficiency isNOT required in this program. The students from a country where their motherlanguage is not English will be required to submit the result of TOEIC/TOEFL oranother equivalent test of English proficiency.

Three steps for joining our graduate school【STEP 1】Download “Student Application Guidelines”
You can download the guidelines by clicking on Application Guideline [pdf file] at:https://www.gss.u-toyama.ac.jp/2022/11/04/1007/?lang=ja
Please carefully read “Student Application Guidelines” and check the admission
requirements.
The Global Sustainability Science Program (GSSP) in the Graduate School of
Sustainability accepts applications from all over the world. Japanese proficiency is
NOT required in this program. The students from a country where their motherlanguage is not English will be required to submit the result of TOEIC/TOEFL oranother equivalent test of English proficiency.

【STEP 2】Finding your supervisor• The right supervisor-student matching affects your graduate training environment.
Please peruse the faculty listing in Student Application Guidelines or our website todetermine which faculty have similar research interests to your own.
• You need to contact any and all that are potential supervisors to discuss your researchinterests prior to completion of the application process. You can directly send yourmail to discuss your interest with potential supervisors.
• When you are not aware of a prospective supervisor, the administration office willserve a bridge between you and the faculty.
Please send us a mail as followings:
1. The subject of your mail should be “Asking Matching with a supervisor (GSSP).
2. Attach the file to describe your research interest.
3. List the name of the faculty members who can be expected to be your supervisor(s).

Contact Information:
Examination Section of Admissions OfficeE-mail: rikyoumu@adm.u-toyama.ac.jp

【STEP 3】Preparing your application documents• You can download all “Application documents” in Japanese / English by clicking on
Application documents［zip File］at:https://www.gss.u-toyama.ac.jp/2022/05/31/773/?lang=en
The required documents are listed at pages 12-13 in the “Student ApplicationGuidelines”. Please read them carefully and confirm the documents you need toprepare.
• The application documents must reach the university from Monday, December 19 toFriday, December 23, 2022 by 16:00 (JST, GMT+9). We accept all documents onlyby post. Tracible express mail service is strongly recommended.

Due to our technical reasons, the entrance examination fee payment website does nothave full English support. The procedure to obtain a certificate of payment ofexamination fee is guided step by step on the following slides.

Step-by-Step Guidefor your Entrance Examination Fee Payment
Payment of the entrance examination fee can be made online. But
you will face some uneasy steps in the payment procedure if you
do not understand Japanese. Here is a step-by-step guidance forthe procedure. The figure shows the screen of a mobile phone.
Entrance examination fee payment website:
https://e-apply.jp/n/toyama-gs-payment/
QR code:Step1: Registration
1. Register
Please read the introduction.
Then click here to register yourself.

For technical reasons, the pull-down choices remain only in Japanese.

Step1: Registration
2. Category - Enrollment time
If you choose to enroll in April (4⽉), click here.
You can find the figure “4” even if you don’t understand the other letters.
Easy!

If you choose to enroll in October (10⽉), click hereStep1: Registration
3. Category – Graduate school (degree)
You are going to apply to the Graduate School of Sustainability
Studies (Master’s Course).
Unfortunately, the options in the pull-down menu remain in Japanese.
Please click the fourth option from the top to choose the Graduate
School of Sustainability Studies.

Step1: Registration
4. Course
The Graduate School of Sustainability Studies has only one option tochoose the course. Just click the option the pulldown shows.

Step1: Registration
5. Program
You are going to apply to the Global Sustainability Science
Program of the Graduate School of Sustainability Studies (Master’sCourse).
Please click the second option from the top to choose the Global
Sustainability Science Program.

Step1: Registration
6. Admission Examination Classification
The Global Sustainability Science Program has Three types ofexamination.
From the top of the pull-down menu in Japanese1. General Admission Examination
2. Special Admission Examination for Working Adults
3. Admission Examination with Recommendation
Click on the examination type you choose.

Step1: Registration
7. Applicant Information

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The city / state nameCountry
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the country nameYou will get your payment processingnumber.
Please notice your payment has notcompleted yet.

④ 受付番号の発⾏登録が完了すると，12 桁の受付番号が表⽰されるのでメモを控えておいてください。

Scroll down and click on "Continue".
You will receive an e-mail. Then go tothe website again
https://e-apply.jp/n/toyama-gs-payment/Step2: Payment
Now you are going to step forward to the payment
procedure by your credit card.
Click Here

1. Click on ”Review・Payment・Print.”

⽀払⾦額を確認したら，「お⽀払い⼿続きへ進む」ボタンを押してください。

Step2: Payment

Click Here

2. Check payment amount
You can pay by your credit card.
In this case, the amount of your payment
including handling fee is shown here.
Click “Proceed to the payment”.

希望するお⽀払い⽅法を選択し，次の⼿続きに進んでください。⽀払⽅法を選択すると，⽀払い⼿続きの詳細が表⽰されます。

Step2: Payment
3. Click “Credit Card”
Please pay by your credit card.
VISA and Mastercard are acceptable.

希望する⽀払⽅法を選択し，クリックする。

You will receive an e-mail to announce
that you completed your payment. Keep
the receipt number. You will use it for thenext step.

Step3: Download and print “Payment Certificate”

1. Log-in with the receipt number
When you get the receipt number, go back to the Entrance
examination fee payment website:
https://e-apply.jp/n/toyama-gs-payment/
QR code:Click here and log in with the receipt number.

② 「収納証明書（PDF）の表⽰」ボタンを押して，「収納証明書（PDF）」をダウンロードしてください。

Click HereStep3: Download and print“Payment Certificate”

2. Download the payment certificate.

収納証明書

This is the payment certificate.
This is an essential certificate to submit in thepackage of application documents.
To avoid unexpected delivery problem, pleasekeep the PDF file of your payment certificate till
the day you take exam. Good luck!

納証明書

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貼り付けてください。
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