The Admissions Office (TAO)
Application Manual

Applying to KUAS
First, please read theApplication Guidelines
and prepare thenecessary documents.
The Application
Guidelines are located inthe Admission & AidPage "How to Apply(Undergraduate)" of theofficial KUAS website(https://www.kuas.ac.jp/en/admission/under/)*.
*For graduate
program: https://www.kuas.ac.jp/en/admission/grad/Click here to download the Application Guidelines

When you are ready,open The Admissions
Office (TAO) page.
The link to TAO is locatedin the "How to Apply(Undergraduate)" pageof the official KUASwebsite(https://www.kuas.ac.jp/en/admission/under/)*.
*The graduate school application
can be accessed through the linkthat appears on the preapplication review screen.

Click here.

Select “Department of
Mechanical andElectrical Systems
Engineering” from theKUAS Faculty ofEngineering page on
TAO.
Click here.

Please note that relevant
links will only appear
when application details
are made available.

Early / Regular / Final Entry

Click here.

Click on the bannerdisplayed here to apply.

Please log in to TAO, orcreate an account if thisis your first time usingTAO.
If you have any questions
about creating a TAO
account, please refer tothe help section here:
https://admissionsoffice.net/en/faq/top

After logging in, click on
the "Start myapplication" button.
Note that this button is
only displayed whenapplications are open.

Click here.

Click here.

Once you are ready, click on "A letter of recommendation"
under “Prepared by person other than applicant”.

The first step in theapplication process is torequest a letter ofrecommendation.
Although this process
can be done later, KUAS
suggests that applicants
do this first to give theirrecommender enoughtime to prepare a letterof recommendation.
Before sending yourrequest, please contact
your recommender andask their permission inadvance. Also, confirm
that you have theircorrect e-mail address.

Click on "Request" in theupper right corner.

Click here.

Enter the e-mail addressof your recommenderand click on the"Request" button below.

Click here.

Only one recommender canbe requested.* If you want
to change the recommender,
please cancel and request
again.**
Recommenders must upload
their recommendation letterby the application closing
date. If your application due
date is approaching and yourrecommendation letter has
not been submitted yet, besure to contact yourrecommender and remindthem.
*Applicants to the graduate program
can request up to two recommenders.
**Once a recommender uploads aletter, it cannot be cancelled.

You will be notified by e-mailwhen your recommenderhas finished uploading their
letter of recommendation.

Click here to
start filling in theapplication form.

Next, click on "①
Personal Data" in the"Prepared by applicant"section on the left sideof the screen and start
filling in the form. Fields
marked with an asterisk
are required.

When you have finishedtyping, click "Save andgo to next" to proceed
to the next page. You cansave your progress after
completing each page.
Note that pages cannot
be saved if they are notcomplete.

Click here.

"I closed my page while I was still typing. What now?"

Click on the"Applications" inthe top menu,
and you will beable to resume
filling in yourapplication fromthe “Incomplete”
application list.

Fill out all pages of theapplication form.
Note: when entering
your English test score,
you will not be able toenter your score if it
does not satisfy theminimum requirements
for application.

On the required
documents upload page,
you can only upload
documents in PDF
format. Also, only one
PDF can be uploaded foreach section, so pleasecombine all pages you
want to upload into one
PDF.

"Do forms have to be filled out in order? What if I want to change it?"
The forms do nothave to be filled
out in order. Pleaseproceed from thepage you can enter.
The pages you
have finished fillingout will be marked
with a red check.
If you want tochange theinformation you
have entered, clickon that page again
to correct it.

Once you have filled in all
pages, proceed to the “Examfee payment” page to pay theapplication fee. (You can makethis payment even if you havenot finished filling out the restof your application.)
If you live outside of Japan,
choose Flywire, which accepts
a variety of payment methods.
If you live in Japan, choose
credit card for SB PaymentService.
It may take some time tocomplete the payment
depending on the paymentmethod, so please proceedwith the payment well inadvance. The payment must
be completed by theapplication deadline.

After all the forms arecompleted, please click"content confirmation" on thebottom left of the screen.

Click here.

Please verify
that the information you
have entered is correct,
check the box next to "Yes,I have checked.", andclick "Complete
my application" on
the bottom right of thescreen tocomplete your registration.
You will be notified of theresults after KUAS reviews
your submission. If
deemed necessary, KUAS
may contact you
and request that you takean online interview.*
Click here.

*All applicants to the graduate
school must take an online
interview.

Please check the box nextto "Apply after you review
above.", and click "Yes"

Click here.