University of Tsukuba
Entrance Examination in January to February 2024 for Graduate School
Admission 2024
Information and Instructions for Examinees(At the University’s Examination Venues)
University of Tsukuba Graduate School Entrance Examinations (January to February Selection Process) will be conducted
as described in 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.

【Notice boards about the Examination Venues】
The information about the written examination rooms and waiting rooms (meeting places) for oral examination will be announced on
the web notice boards(https://www.ap-graduate.tsukuba.ac.jp/exam_site/) and the information boards in the respective examination
venues by 10:00 a.m. on the day before the examination.
(For the Degree Programs in Comprehensive Human Sciences (Human Sciences), only the web notice board is available.)
On examination day, make sure you check the announcement on the web notice boards, etc. in the respective venues before entering
the specified room or waiting room.
* Relevant buildings will be closed until the day of examination. Examinees are not permitted to see the examination rooms, etc.
beforehand. If you enter relevant buildings, we may ask you to confirm your identity.

11. Examination Venues
Program

VenuesTransportation【Graduate School of Business Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences】
Degree Programs in
Humanities and Social
Sciences(Master’s and Doctoral
Programs in Humanities,
Master’s and Doctoral
Programs in Internationaland Advanced JapaneseStudies)

1C Building atUniversity of Tsukuba(Written Examination)
Institutes of
Humanities and Social
Sciences,1E Building atUniversity of Tsukuba(Oral Examination)- Take a University ofTsukuba Loop-Line
Clockwise bus and get off at
Dai-Ichi Area Mae.
- Take a University ofTsukuba Loop-Line
Counterclockwise bus andget off at Daigaku Koen.

【Graduate School of Science and Technology】

Degree Programs in Pure andApplied Sciences

1E, Laboratory of
Advanced Research B,
and related institutes’
buildings at Universityof Tsukuba- Take a University ofTsukuba Loop-Line
Clockwise bus and get off at
Dai-Ichi Area Mae.
- Take a University ofTsukuba Loop-Line
Counterclockwise bus andget off at Daigaku Koen.

Degree Programs in Systems andInformation Engineering (Note 3)

3B Bldg. and thesurrounding Buildings
at University ofTsukuba- Get off at Dai-San Area
Mae.

Degree Programs in Life andEarth Sciences 〔Notice board ①〕(Except for Master’s Program in
Environmental Sciences andDoctoral Program in
Environmental Studies)

2B,2C,2D, Institutes of
Natural Sciences B,
Laboratory of
Advanced Research A,
Laboratory for
Environmental
Disaster Prevention
Research, and related
institutes’ buildings at
University of Tsukuba- Get off at Tsukuba
Daigaku Chuo.

Natural Sciencesbuilding A, B and C at
University of Tsukuba- Get off at Dai-San Area
Mae.

Degree Programs in Life andEarth Sciences 〔Notice board ②〕(Master’s Program in
Environmental Sciences andDoctoral Program in
Environmental Studies)

2A Building, Institutesof Human Sciences B,
at University ofTsukuba

Degree Programs in
Comprehensive Human Sciences(Neuroscience (Master’s Program,
Doctoral Program), Physical
Education, Health and Sport
Sciences (Doctoral Program), Art(Doctoral Program), Heritage
Studies (Master’s Program,
Doctoral Program), Sports
Medicine, Human Care Science,
Public Health, Coaching Science)

5C Building andLaboratory of
Advanced Research D
at University ofTsukuba- JR Joban Line (Get off at Tsuchiura Station)
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 ofTsukuba Loop-Line
Clockwise/Counterclockwise bus” at Tsukuba
Center.
(About a 45-minute ride)- 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 ofTsukuba Loop-Line
Clockwise/Counterclockwise bus” at Tsukuba
Center.
(About a 45-minute ride)【Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences】
Degree Programs in
Comprehensive Human Sciences(Education (Master’s Program,
Doctoral Program), Psychology(Master’s Program, Doctoral
Program), Disability Sciences(Master’s Program, Doctoral
Program))- Tsukuba Express (Get off at Tsukuba Station)
From Platform 6 of the nearby Tsukuba Center
Bus Terminal, take a Kanto Railway bus“University of Tsukuba Loop-Line
Clockwise/Counterclockwise bus”. (Note 2)(About a 15-minute ride)- Get off at Tsukuba
Daigaku Chuo.

- JR Joban Line (Get off at Hitachino-Ushiku
Station)From Platform 1 of the Hitachino-Ushiku
Station Higashiguchi Bus Terminal,
take a Kanto Railway bus bound for “Tsukuba
Center” or “Tsukuba Daigaku Byouin”.
Transfer to Kanto Railway bus “University ofTsukuba Loop-Line
Clockwise/Counterclockwise bus” at Tsukuba
Center.
(About a 45-minute ride)[Access Guide]
https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/about/campusaccess/tsukuba-access/https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/about/campusaccess/tsukuba-campus/- Take a University ofTsukuba Loop-Line
Clockwise bus and get off at
Tsukuba Daigaku Nishi.

2Degree Programs in
Comprehensive Human Sciences(Medical Sciences (Master’s
Program, Doctoral Program) ,Nursing Science (Master’s
Program, Doctoral Program),
Public Health (Master’s
Program))

Building 4A at
University of Tsukuba- Get off at Tsukuba
Daigaku Byoin Iriguchi.

Note 1: Please note that there are limited car parking spaces for examinees. If you intend to use a car park, refer to “CarPark Information Map” (p. 7).
Note 2: Pay attention to bus schedules when transferring at Tsukuba Center because of the limited number of buses.
See Kanto Railway bus schedules “University of Tsukuba Loop-Line”(https://www.kantetsu.co.jp/cms/wp-content/themes/kr/pdf/bus/timetable_files/center/center06.pdf)
Note 3: Applicants for Special Selection Process for Working Individuals for the Doctoral Program in Risk and Resilience
Engineering, Degree Programs in Systems and Information Engineering, Graduate School of Science andTechnology who chose the Tokyo Campus as the examination venue at the time of application should refer toInformation and Hints for Examinees, which will be sent separately.
2. Precautions(1) Make sure you keep your Reference 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 etc., switch it off, and put it in your bag before entering the room.
Do the same with wearable devices including smart watches and smart glasses, etc.
*As for applicants for the Master's Program in Agro-Bioresources Science and Technology and for the Doctoral Programsin Agricultural Sciences (Except the Subprogram in Advanced Agricultural Technology and Science cooperated withNARO) and Life and Agricultural Sciences, Degree Programs in Life and Earth Sciences, Graduate School of Scienceand Technology: Assemble in the waiting room 40 minutes prior to the start for the examination.
(3) Examination rooms do not have clocks. Bring your own watch or clock. Use of a mobile phone etc. as a clock is not
permitted.
(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 7. Contact Numbers of Head Offices of Examination
Venues) and ask for instruction.
(5) Pay attention to the weather and allow enough time to get to the venue in time.
(6) Place your Reference Card on the side of the desktop where your examinee number is indicated throughout the written
examinations.
If you have lost your Reference Card, report to the corresponding head office of the examination venue. (See 7. Contact
Numbers of Head Offices of Examination Venues)(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, Subprogramand 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 written 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 to
examinees.
(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 the act
will be invalidated.

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(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, 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 the supervisor collects answer sheets, question sheets, and scribbling sheets, follow instructions given by thesupervisor.
(17) Examinees of oral examinations are to follow the guidance shown on notice boards for entrance examination information.
(18) Follow any other instructions given by the supervisor.
3. General Considerations(1) Pay attention to notices relevant to entrance examinations.
(2) Make sure to look at the relevant notice boards and confirm the examination rooms in advance. Examinees are notpermitted 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.
※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. Althoughsome solicitors 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 Guidebook.
(https://eng.ap-graduate.tsukuba.ac.jp/)
5. Announcement of Accepted Applicants
10 a.m., 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. Others
An oral examination for the Master's Program in Psychology, Degree Programs in Comprehensive Human Sciences at theGraduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences will be held for applicants who passed the first examination.
The examinee numbers of applicants who passed the first examination will be announced at the admission website of

our university (https://webentry.ap-graduate.tsukuba.ac.jp/) (9 p.m., January 30, (Tuesday))7. Contact Numbers of Head Offices of Examination Venues(1) Head Offices of Respective Examination Venues【Graduate School of Business Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences】
Examination Date

Program

TEL

January 29 (Mon.)

Degree Programs in Humanities and Social Sciences

029-853-4449

January 30 (Tue.)

Degree Programs in Humanities and Social Sciences

029-853-7294

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【Graduate School of Science and Technology】
Examination Date
January 25 (Thu.)

Program

TEL

Degree Programs in Pure and Applied Sciences

029-853-4030

Degree Programs in Systems and Information Engineering
January 25 (Thu.)

January 26 (Fri.)

January 27 (Sat.)029-853-4986(～12:30)
029-853-4979(12:30～)

Degree Programs in Life and Earth Sciences

029-853-4856

Degree Programs in Pure and Applied Sciences

029-853-4030

Degree Programs in Systems and Information Engineering029-853-4979

Degree Programs in Life and Earth Sciences

029-853-7808

Degree Programs in Systems and Information Engineering (Special Selection Process for
Working Individuals for Doctoral Program in Risk and Resilience Engineering conducted at
Tokyo Campus)

03-3942-5642【Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences】
Examination Date
January 25 (Thu.)

January 30 (Tue.)

January 31 (Wed.)

February 1 (Thu.)

Program

TEL

Degree Programs in Comprehensive Human Sciences(Art (Doctoral Program), Human Care Science, Public Health (Doctoral Program))029-853-2577

Degree Programs in Comprehensive Human Sciences(Psychology (Master’s Program, Doctoral Program), Disability Sciences (Master’s Program),
Education (Doctoral Program))029-853-6511

Degree Programs in Comprehensive Human Sciences(Neuroscience (Master’s Program), Sports Medicine)029-853-2577

Degree Programs in Comprehensive Human Sciences(Medical Sciences (Doctoral Program), Nursing Science(Master’s Program, Doctoral
Program))029-853-5835

Degree Programs in Comprehensive Human Sciences(Education (Subprogram in School Education for the Next Generation) (Master’s Program),
Psychology (Master’s Program, Doctoral Program), Disability Sciences (Doctoral Program))029-853-6511

Degree Programs in Comprehensive Human Sciences(Neuroscience (Master’s Program, Doctoral Program), Heritage Studies (Doctoral Program),
Coaching Science)

029-853-2577

Degree Programs in Comprehensive Human Sciences(Medical Sciences (Master’s Program), Public Health (Master’s Program))029-853-5835

Degree Programs in Comprehensive Human Sciences(Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences (Doctoral Program))029-853-2577(2) Division of Admission, Department of Educational Promotion5

TEL：029-853-2231

８．General Locations of
Examination Venues

The location of notice for information of theexamination at Degree Programs in Systems andInformation Engineering(Pedestrian deck, 2nd Floor)

The location of notice for information of the examination at
Degree Programs in Life and Earth Sciences ①(Except the Master’s Program in Environmental Sciences andthe Doctoral Program in Environmental Studies)

Dai-San Area Mae
Bus Stop(第三エリア前)
Institutes of Engineering
Sciences

Bldg.
2G

Bldg. 2E

Bldg.
3K

Bldg. 3M

Bldg. D

Bldg.
2D

Bldg.
3B

Bldg. G

Bldg. C

Bldg. A
Bldg.
2B

Bldg.
3A
Bldg. 3C

Bldg. E

Bldg. D

Bldg. B

Master's
Programs in
Humanities andSocial Sciences

NaturalSciences

Laboratory of Advanced Research B

Administration
CenterLaboratory of Advanced
Research A

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Bldg. A
Bldg. B

Bldg. A

Institutes of
Biological andAgricultural

Bldg. B

Bldg.A

Bldg. C

Laboratory for Entrepreneurship
Cybernics Research Building

First
Gymnasium

Bldg.2H

Bldg. 2A

Bldg. F

Daigaku Koen
Bus Stop(1st floor)(大学公園)

Institutes ofCentral Human Sciences
Institutes of
Library
Humanities andSocial Sciences

Joint Use Facility Building A

Tsukuba Daigaku
Chuo Bus Stop
(筑波大学中央)

University Information
Center at Chuo-guchi

Gakuen-Higashi Odori

The location of notice for information of theexamination at Degree Programs in Life and Earth
Sciences ②(Master’s Program in Environmental Sciences andDoctoral Program in Environmental Studies)

Bldg. B

Bldg. 2C

Bldg.
3D
Bldg.
F

Laboratory for
Environmental
Disaster Prevension

Bldg. Eto Tsukuba North Industrial Park

Bldg. G
Bldg.
3L

Parking
Area

Center for Computational Sciences

Dai-Ichi Area Mae
Bus Stop(第一エリア前)

Bldg. D

1E Bldg. 1D Bldg.

1C Bldg.

1B Bldg.

Bldg. E
1F Bldg. Student

Plaza

1A Bldg.

1H Bldg.

Bldg. C
Institutes of Natural Sciences
Bldg. A

Center for Education of Global
Communication (CEGLOC)

Bldg. B

1G Bldg.

Matsumi Kamiike

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Institute of Art and Design

University Hall The location of notice for information of the examination(Degree Programs in Humanities and Social Sciences)(Pedestrian deck, 2nd Floor)

6A Bldg.

University Health Center
Institute of Art and Design
Tsukuba Daigaku Nishi
Bus Stop(筑波大学西)「筑波大学循環・左回り」
5C Building

Institute of Health and Sport Sciences

6B Bldg. 6A Bldg.
Art and Physical
Education LibraryWorkshop (Art and Design)

Amakubo Ike

Institutes ofMedicine“University of Tsukuba loop-line
counterclockwise ”

To Tsuchiura

The location of notice for information of the examination(Degree Programs in Pure and Applied Sciences)(Pedestrian deck, 2nd Floor)

slight slope and stairs
6B Bldg.

Gakuen-Hiratsuka-Dori

The location of notice for information of the examination at The location of notice for
information of the examination at Degree Programs in Comprehensive Human Sciences(Neuroscience (Master’s Program, Doctoral Program), Physical Education, Health andSport Sciences (Doctoral Program), Art (Doctoral Program), Heritage Studies (Doctoral
Program),
Human Care Science, Public Health, Sports Medicine, Coaching Science)(Pedestrian deck, 2nd Floor)
Amakuboike
Bus Stop(天久保池)

4D Bldg.
Laboratory of Advanced Research D
4A Bldg.

University
Hospital

The location of notice for information of the examination at Degree
Programs in Comprehensive Human Sciences(Medical Sciences (Master’s Program, Doctoral Program) , Nursing Sciences(Master’s Program, Doctoral Program), Public Health (Master’s Program))(Pedestrian deck, 2nd Floor)bound for “Tsukuba Daigaku Chuo” 「筑波大学中央」“University of Tsukuba loop-line clockwise ”「筑波大学循環・右回り」
Medical Library/
Clinical Lecture Rooms

Tsukuba Daigaku Byoin Iriguchi Bus Stop

※For the Degree Programs in Comprehensive
Human Sciences (Human Sciences), only the web
notice board is available.
【Web notice board】
https://www.ap-graduate.tsukuba.ac.jp/exam_site/(筑波大学病院入口)

bound for “Tsukuba Daigaku Chuo” 「筑波大学中央」“University of Tsukuba loop-line counterclockwise ”「筑波大学循環・左回り」

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Car Park Information Map

Exit only
Exit only

Parking area
Bus stop

Tsukuba Daigaku Chuo

Dai-san Area Mae

Car park entrance route

松屋

Daigaku Koen

Vehicles prohibited

Dai-ichi Area Mae

Tsukuba Daigaku Nishi

筑波実験植物園

Exit only

ドミノピザ

吾妻中学校

松見タクシー
約300m

つくばエキスポ
センター

吾妻小学校

デニーズ

To Tsukuba Station(Tsukuba Center)【Areas where Parking and Stopping are Prohibited】
・Parking and stopping on the roads within the campus are prohibited.
・Please use the car parks shown on the map for parking and stopping for
pickup and drop-off.
Parking in the car parks of the nearby shops causes inconvenience to thenormal users and the shops, so do not park in these places7