Exchange Program Information
International Liaison Office (ILO)
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
ilo@edu.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp
https://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/index.html (GSFS)
Special Audit Student
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Special Research Student

ObjectiveEnrollment

research and taking classes at GSFS
April or October only

research at GSFS
All year round3

Eligibility

Graduate level students who are currently studying at overseas
universities that have an agreement of student exchange with
GSFS or the University of Tokyo

Graduate level students who are currently studying at overseas
universities

4Duration

up to one year5Supervisor

At GSFS, even non-degree seeking students must find a supervisor who agrees to supervise him/her prior to filing an application.
Each applicant is suggested to contact directly GSFS professors by e-mail with their own research plan to seek for a possibility to be
accepted.
(GSFS faculty Search)https://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/

6

Classespossible to take(academic record will be issued)cannot take classes(academic record will NOT be issued)

7

Tuitionwill be exepmted

Tuition is JPY 28,900 per month. Only our parter university
students are exeptmed from paying tuition.

1. Desiganted application form A
2. Academic trasncript (master and undergraduate course)
3. Certificate of Registration at Sending School
4. Nomination letter from Sending school

1. Desiganted application form B
2. Academic trasncript (master and undergraduate course)
3. Certificate of Registration at Sending School
4. Nomination letter from Sending school* Desiganted forms will be provided after officially being
nominted from the Sending School* Desiganted forms will be provided after officially being
nominted from the Sending School89

List of documents forassessment

Application due

10 Acceptance letter

April enrollment: November 1
September enrollment: May 1

Five (5) month prior to the expected enrollment day(If you want to enroll on July 1, March 1 is the due date.)

GSFS will issue an acceptance letter after assessment of the submitted documents.
Applicable via online system
https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/adm/housing-office/en/index.html

11 University lodge
For April - June entrants:
January 1 to 25
For September - January entrants: June 1 to 25
Kashiwa International Village (if there is any vacancy)
12 Alternative lodge
https://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/international/housing_curt/kiv/index.html

13 Visa

14 Who needs visa

For those who need a visa, GSFS will apply a Certificate of Eligiblity (student) on the incoming students' behalf.
If your study duration at GSFS is expected to exceed 90 days, you must obtain a student visa by the time when you come to Japan.
Otherwise it depands on your nationality.
https://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/index.html

15 Financial aid

GSFS (UTokyo) does not provide a financial aid for non-degree seeking students
Examples:* Study period: December 29 to February 2
Must pay for three-month tuition of December, January and February

16 Tuition calculation* Study period: December 1 to January 31
Must pay for two-month tuition, December and January

17 Academic schedule

Spring semester (April to July ), Fall semester (October to March)https://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/campuslife/