This document is a translation from the authoritative Japanese version
and is for reference purpose only.

Department of Biomaterial Sciences
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences
The University of Tokyo
Admissions Guide - Master’s Course(General Admissions / Special Admissions for Working Adults)
Academic Year 2025
The following is a supplement to the Application Guideline for the 2025 for the Master’sCourse, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo.
Only Schedule A will be conducted for the General Admissions and Special
Admissions for Working Adults for the Master's Program in the Department ofBiomaterial Sciences.
Applicants for the Special Admissions for Working Adults in the Master's Course for
the Architecture Course of the Department of Biomaterial Sciences should refer to theadmissions guide.
<Schedule A＞
1. Application Period
From Wednesday, June 19, 2024 (10:00 a.m.) to Tuesday, June 25, 2024 (5:00 p.m.)
Please read the Application Guideline carefully before applying.
2. Written Examinations(1) Foreign Language (English)
Submit official TOEFL-iBT or TOEFL-iBT Home Edition scores.
For details, please refer to "7. Written Examination (Foreign Languages)" in theApplication Guideline.
(2) Specialized Subjects
At the time of application, students must select two subjects from the following eightcourses: 1) Wood Physics, 2) Wood-based Materials and Timber Engineering, 3) PaperScience, 4) Forest Chemistry, 5) Wood Chemistry, 6) Polymeric Materials, 7) Adhesion
Science and Biocomposites, 8) Sustainable Material Design.
However, be sure to include courses related to your first choice of specialty.
In each subject, the fundamental contents related to each (similar to the general
education subjects in the previous year’s examination) will be presented as one bigquestion.
The examination will be conducted face-to-face in a written format (questions will bewritten in Japanese, English, or both Japanese and English).
3. Oral Examination
The examination will be conducted in a face-to-face format (face to face with theexaminer at the examination site).

4. Examination Dates
Examination Subjects
WrittenExamination

Specialized Subjects

Oral Examination

Date and TimeThursday, August 8, 2024
13:30-17:00
Designated time on Friday, August 9,
2024
Details of the time will be provided in
the “Guidelines f or Examinees’”.

Examination
Venue
Notif ication
will be madein the“Guidelines
f orExaminees’”.

(Note) Examination times are subject to change.
5. Documents to be submitted
Documents to be submitted should be (a) through (j) in accordance with "10.
Application Documents" in the Application Guideline.
6. October Admission
Those who meet the application qualifications specified in the Application Guideline
may apply for admission in October 2024. Applicants must upload the form "(j)Application for admission in October " from "10. Application Documents " in theApplication Guideline to the Web Entry System during the application period.
7. Other matters(1) Notes on inputting information into the Web Entry Systema. All designated fields must be filled in. If any field is not filled in, the application willbe treated as incomplete.
b. Enter the name of the applicant's preferred field of specialization and the name of
the applicant's preferred faculty advisor(s) up to the third choice, referring to the"List of faculty members and their fields of specialization" in the Application
Guideline. You may enter another faculty member in the same specialty as a secondor third choice. If you do not have a second or third choice by any means, do notenter it.
If there are any changes in the names of faculty members, etc., please check thelatest version of the "List of faculty members and their fields of specialization" in theApplication Guideline before applying.
c. Be sure to enter the name of the subject you will take in the "Specialized Subject"column. If not entered, the application will be treated as incomplete.
d. Please enter your history up to the date of (expected) graduation from a university.
Applicants for the Special Admissions for Working Adults must also enter theiremployment history.
e. If you have jumped years or have been educated outside Japan, please contact theGraduate Student Section, Academic Affairs Division, Graduate School of
Agricultural and Life Sciences (see "14. Inquiries and Contacts" in the ApplicationGuideline) for information on how to enter your educational background.

(2) Refer to the Graduate School's website or the information in the application
guidelines for where to obtain previous years' questions.
(3) If you have any questions about the entrance examination for this department,
please contact the Department of Biomaterial Sciences (see "Contact Information
for Each Department" in the Application Guideline).
(4) Please read the Application Guideline and this Admission Guide for the Graduate
School Admission Examination carefully. If you have any questions about theapplication process, please contact the Graduate Student Section, Academic Affairs
Division, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences (see "14. Inquiries andContacts" in the Application Guideline) well in advance.

<Schedule B＞
Not implemented