Chiba University
Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Master’s Program for
Double Degree Program Special Selection

Admission Guidelines

October 2024 Admission/2nd Selection
April 2025 Admission/1st Selection

Division of

Department ofEarth and Environmental Sciences

Environmental Remote Sensing

Creative Engineering

DesignBefore applying, please contact directly a supervisor in the education
and research field that you wish to choose to confirm your choice.
Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Chiba University

https://www.se.chiba-u.jp/en/index.html
https://www.chiba-u.jp/e/index.html

This program is for the applicants who are currently enrolled at one of the overseas sister universities and at the sametime should be enrolled at Chiba University (CU), and would aim to obtain the master’s degree from each university.
Before applying, please contact directly a supervisor in the education and research field that you wish tochoose, and inquire about the content of the related education and research so as to confirm your choice.
You can view the Admission Policy of the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, and of Chiba University
Graduate Schools on the webpages.
(https://www.chiba-u.ac.jp/admissions/daigakuin/adpolicy.html)(https://www.se.chiba-u.jp/admission/index.html)
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Country Code*Overseas Sister Universities of Double Degree Program (DDP), Divisions/Departments of CU and Numberof Students to Be Admitted
Home University
Host University (CU)
Number of Students to
Be Admitted
October
April
Overseas Sister Universities ofDivision
Department
2024
2025
the DDP AgreementofofAdmission Admission
2nd
1st
Selection
Selection
Faculty of Geography,
I
Universitas Gadjah Mada
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Agro-Industrial Technology
I
Faculty of Geological Engineering
Graduate School
Universitas Padjadjaran
Earth andEnvironmental
Postgraduate Program,
I
Environmental
RemoteA few
A few
Universitas Udayana
Sciences
Sensing
Faculty of Engineering,
Faculty of Mathematic and Natural Science,
I
Universitas Indonesia
Faculty of Engineering,I
Universitas Hasanuddin
Faculty of Earth Sciences and Technology,
School of Life Sciences and Technology,
I
Institut Teknologi Bandung
Faculty of Visual Art and Design,
I
Institut Teknologi BandungCollege of Computer Science and Technology,
C
Zhejiang University
School of Industrial Design,
C
Nanjing University of the Arts
Guangzhou Academy of Fine ArtsC
Creative
DesignA few
A few
Yonsei University
K
Engineering
National Cheng Kung University
T
National Yunlin University ofT
Science and Technology
Tatung University
T

Köln International School of Design，
TH Köln University of Technology, Arts and SciencesG*C: China, G: Germany, I: Indonesia, K: Korea, T: Taiwan

12. Qualifications for Admission Application
Applicants must be currently graduate students at the graduate school of the university that concluded an agreementon the Double Degree Program with the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Chiba University, or be
expected to be accepted an offer of admission by the university that made an agreement on the Double Degree
Program with the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Chiba University, and besides, they are required tomeet one of the following requirements.
*The asterisked deadline of March 2025* in the following (1)-(6) concerns applicants who will enter the graduate
school in April 2025. For applicants proposing to enter from October 2024, the deadline is September 2024.
(1)
(2)
(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

They must have completed a 16-year program in the educational institutions in a foreign country, or expect tocomplete such a program by March 2025*.
They must have completed a 16-year program in the educational institutions of a foreign country, or expect tocomplete such a program by March 2025*, after taking a correspondence program offered in Japan by aforeign school.
They must have completed, or are expected to complete a foreign university curriculum by March 2025*,
through which the applicant is certified as having completed 16 years of school education in the respective
foreign country, at an educational facility in Japan that has been accredited as having a curriculum approved
under the educational system of the respective foreign country and is so designated by the Minister of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (hereinafter referred to as “the Minister of
MEXT”) .
They must have been awarded, or are expected to be awarded a degree equivalent to a bachelor’s degree by
March 2025*, by completing a three-year or longer program at a foreign university or other foreign
educational facility. The university or educational facility must have been accredited by the respective foreign
government or a person certified by the appropriate foreign governmental agency, or have been so designatedby the Minister of MEXT (This includes applicants who have completed an appropriate program offered by
the respective foreign educational facility through distance learning while residing in Japan, and applicants
who have completed an appropriate foreign educational program at an educational program at an educational
facility in Japan as specified in the previous category.).
They must have completed a 15-year program in the educational institutions in a foreign country, or must havecompleted a 15-year program in the educational institutions of a foreign country after taking a correspondence
program offered in Japan by a foreign school, by March 2025* and have been recognized by this graduate
school as having obtained the prescribed number of credits with superior grades.
They must have been recognized to have scholastic attainments that are at least the equivalent of those of
graduates of foreign universities, based on an examination, conducted by this graduate school, of theapplicant’s qualifications to enter this school, and be also 22 years of age or be going to turn 22 by March
2025*.
Applicants who would meet the Required Qualifications (5) or (6) above need another procedure in advance.
Please see “4. Request for Judging Applicant’s Qualification to Take the Entrance Examination” (p.4).

3.

Application Procedures
Applicants should submit the application materials of the following item (3).
(1) Application Period: Wed., June 12－Thu., June 13, 2024 (without fail)(2) Application Method① If mailing your application in Japan, please send it by a simple registered mail, writing “Contents:
Application for Master’s Program for or Double Degree Program Special Selection” in red on the envelope.
If mailing from outside Japan, send it by EMS (Express Mail Service).
Mailed applications must arrive before 17:00 by the same deadline as above.
Incomplete documents might be not accepted. When application is to be made directly from abroad,applicants are strongly advised to contact the Graduate Student Affairs Unit of the Student Affairs Division
for Science and Engineering for confirmation of the applications well ahead of the application deadline.
② If submitting your application in person, visit our office, the Graduate Student Affairs Unit of the Student
Affairs Division for Science and Engineering.
Venue: Faculty of Engineering Bldg. #11, 1st floor
Time: 9:00-17:00(3) Application Materials
Those prescribed forms of Ａ1-a Ａ1-b Ｂ1-a Ｂ1-b Ａ2 Ｂ2 and Ｃ should be downloaded to use fromthe website of the graduate school.(https://www.se.chiba-u.jp/admission/first/dd.html)

2Required Materials① Application Forms

Fill in the prescribed form as below.
➢ Ａ1-a Ａ1-b for April Admission➢ Ｂ1-a Ｂ1-b for October Admission⑦ Letter ofRecommendation

Fill in the prescribed forms as below.
Do not separate these forms of Admission Ticket for Examination from Photo ID
Card.
➢ Ａ2 for April Admission➢ Ｂ2 for October Admission
Admission Ticket for Examination will be needed for administrative process for
the Student ID Card issuance after enrollment. Please keep it securely.
An official transcript prepared by the president or dean of the last attended
university is available.
And besides, applicants who are currently graduate students at the graduate schoolof the university may submit an official transcript of the graduate school.
An officially certified copy of the (expected) graduation certificate prepared by thepresident or dean of the last attended school is available.
The applicant who would submit an expected graduation certificate, must submit a
graduation certificate following completion of their undergraduate program by thetime of the entrance procedures.
Paste 3 identical-frontal photographs from the waist up of yourself, without a hat,taken in the 3 months prior to application with a glue; one to the prescribed place on
Application
Form Ａ1-a or Ｂ1-a and the others on Admission Ticket for Examination andPhoto ID Card Ａ2 or Ｂ2 . (photo size: 4 cm long x 3 cm wide)
An official certificate prepared by the president or dean of the home university.
Those who have been accepted by the home university should submit an official
acceptance certificate. Those who are planning to enter the home university should
submit a statement prepared by their future academic advisor of the home university.
(Any format is available.)
A letter of recommendation prepared by a faculty member of the home university.
Any format is acceptable.

⑧ Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Download and fill in the prescribed form Ｃ.

⑨ Certificate of Residence(Juminhyo-no-Utsushi) or
Photocopy of Passport●Applicants residing in Japan
This document must be obtained at the city, ward, town or village office in which
the applicant resides. Photocopy is not accepted. This must include information as
below.
1. Visa status (Zairyu-shikaku or Zairyu-kubun)
2. Authorized period of stay (Zairyu-kikan) in Japan
3. Nationality
However, we are not allowed to accept the one written the code of the Social
Security and Tax Number System (called “My Number” System).

②

Admission Ticket for
Examination andPhoto ID Card

Notes

③ Official Transcripts④ (Expected）Graduation
Certificate⑤ 3 Photographs⑥ Certificate of Enrollment●Applicants residing out of JapanA photocopy of passport, the part that shows name, date of birth, sex and the visa
status, or the part with Japanese visa, must be submitted.
(4) Points of Concern Regarding Application Submission① Incomplete applications may not be accepted.
② All official and original copies are required unless otherwise specified. Photocopies, faxes and unofficial
printouts cannot be accepted. Submitted documents for application will not be returned under any
circumstances. In case you wish to submit an original copy which cannot be reissued, be sure to consult theGraduate Student Affairs Unit of the Student Affairs Division for Science and Engineering in advance.
③ A word processing software may be used to fill in the forms prescribed by this school, that are to besubmitted.

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④

⑤
⑥

⑦

⑧
⑨

4.

Changing the contents of submitted documents will not be allowed once the application procedures arecompleted. However, if you change your address after the application, please provide written notification tothat effect. (The form to be used is optional.)
Entrance permission may be revoked at any time, even after enrollment, if the application documents arefound to be invalid or containing any false information.
Regarding the procedure of the visa for taking the exam, applicants residing abroad must make sure of it
well in advance and follow the procedure at the nearby Japanese Embassy or Consulate in their homecountry on their own responsibility.
In addition to being used for selecting applicants, personal information collected in the applicant selection
process may be used for such purposes as managerial and administrative activities, academic guidance
activities, and activities related to research and study on applicant selection methods.
Applicants are not charged the examination fee based on the agreement on Double Degree Program.
Contact & Destination of Admission Application Submission
Graduate Student Affairs Unit
Student Affairs Division for Science and Engineering
Nishi-Chiba Area Administration Office
Chiba University
Address: 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 263-8522 Japan
TEL: 043-290-3885
Email: kougaku-daigakuin@office.chiba-u.jp

Request for Judging Applicant’s Qualification to Take the Entrance Examination
The applicant applicable under either Qualification (5) or (6) must follow this procedure so that the graduate school
could judge whether he/she is qualified to take the entrance examination.
Please contact the Graduate Student Affairs Unit of the Student Affairs Division for Science and Engineering before
applying.

(1) Required Materials
Submit the documents listed below with a ○ mark by the application deadline. Those prescribed forms of Ｃ
and Ｄ should be downloaded to use from the website of this graduate school.
(https://www.se.chiba-u.jp/admission/first/dd.html)
Required Materials
Request for Judging
Applicant’s Qualification to
Apply for Master’s Program
Official Transcripts(Expected) Graduation
Certificate
Letter of Recommendation
Certificate of Enrollment

Curriculum ofUndergraduate Education
Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Notes

Qualification
(5)

(6)

Download and fill in the prescribed form Ｄ.

○○

An official transcript prepared by the president of the last attended
university is available.
An officially certified copy of the official (expected) graduation
certificate prepared by the president or dean of the last attended
university is available.
Prepared by the president or dean of the last attended university isavailable. Any format is acceptable.
An official certificate prepared by the president or dean of thehome university. Any format is acceptable.
Those who have been accepted by the home university should
submit an official acceptance certificate prepared by the president.
Subjects and the number of credits required for graduation mustbe specified.

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○
○

○

Download and fill in the prescribed form Ｃ.

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Required Materials
Certificate of Residence(Juminhyo-no-Utsushi) or
Photocopy of Passport

Notes●Applicants residing in Japan
This document must be obtained at the city, ward, town or village
office in which the applicant resides. Photocopy is not accepted.
This must include information as below.
1. Visa status (Zairyu-shikaku or Zairyu-kubun)
2. Authorized period of stay (Zairyu-kikan) in Japan
3. Nationality
However, we are not allowed to accept the one written the code of
the Social Security and Tax Number System (called “My
Number” System).

Qualification
(5)

(6)

○

○

●Applicants residing outside Japan
Please submit a photocopy of passport that indicates full name,date of birth, sex, and if applicable, a copy of Japanese visa page.
OthersA writing sample or treatise which is useful for the judge.
(2) Submission Period: Wed., May 8－Fri., May 10, 2024 (without fail)(3) Submission Method① If mailing your application in Japan, please send it by a simple registered mail, writing “Contents: Request
for Judging Applicant’s Qualification for Master’s Program for Double Degree Program Special Selection”
in red on the envelope.
If mailing from outside Japan, send it by EMS (Express Mail Service).
Mailed applications must arrive before 17:00 by the same deadline as above.
Incomplete documents might be not accepted. When application is to be made directly from abroad,applicants are strongly advised to contact the Graduate Student Affairs Unit of the Student Affairs Division
for Science and Engineering for confirmation of the applications well ahead of the application deadline.
② If submitting your application in person, visit our office, the Graduate Student Affairs Unit of the Student
Affairs Division for Science and Engineering.
Venue: Faculty of Engineering Bldg. #11, 1st floor
Hours: 9:00-17:00(4) Notification of Results
Applicants will be notified of the decision whether to recognize their qualification by a simple registered mail or
EMS.
(5) Admission Application Procedures
The applicants who are approved that they are qualified to take the entrance examination by this graduate school,
still need to submit the rest of the admission application documents during the admission application period,
though the documents already submitted in this recognition process are not necessary to be resubmitted for that.
(6) Entrants Selection Process
The admission’s selection of the applicants approved in this recognition process, is conducted in the samemanner as general applicants.

○

5.

Entrants Selection Process(1) Selection Method
Applicants will be selected based on an examination (an oral interview) and academic transcripts.
(2) Examination
Oral interview: It will include a check in the basic scholastic ability and a research proposal and others.
(3) Examination Date and Time
Tue., August 6, 2024, 10:00 a.m.
*There is an advance examination system for those who cannot take the examination in person on theabove exam date for some reason. Please contact desired supervisor for more information or questions
before applying.
(4) Examination Location
It will be held on Nishi-Chiba campus at Chiba University. Please confirm the notice posted on the bulletinboard for more details. (See section 6-(1) below.)56. Precautions(1) Necessary information about the examination and assignment of examination rooms will be posted on thebulletin board of the Faculty of Engineering at 10:00 a.m. the day before the examination.
(2) Please be sure to bring and have your Admission Ticket for Examination with you on the entrance examinationday.
(3) On the entrance examination day, there happen to be some traders concerned with soliciting for notice of theexam results by telegram or the sales of goods at the nearby station or campus around. Those acts bear no
relation to Chiba University. You must be careful not to be in trouble by being charged unreasonably for them.
Chiba University will take no responsibility for it even if such an accident happens.
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8.

Announcement of Examination Results
Successful applicants’ application codes will be posted on the Graduate School website as below.
Graduate School Website
Viewing Period
https://www.se.chiba-u.jp/en/admission/result.html
Mon., Sep. 2, 2:00 p.m. – Fri., Sep. 6, 2024, 5:00 p.m.
For all applicants, the Graduate School of Engineering will promptly send, the letter of the examination results tothe address written on the prescribed form Ａ1-a or Ｂ1-a, by mail: Letter Pack Plus or EMS. For successful
applicants who are accepted, a Letter of Notification of Acceptance (Gokaku Tsuchisho) and the relative documents
such as admission procedures will be also sent.
Any questions concerning results by telephone or email are not available.
Entrance Procedures(1) Period
Admission Type

Period ofOnline Entrance Procedures

Delivery of
Entrance Procedures Guidebook

October 2024
Admission

Mon., Sep. 2, 3:00 p.m. toFri., Sep. 13, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
(Japan time)

It will be sent to the successful applicants by
mail (EMS or Letter Pack) with the Notificationof Acceptance.

April 2025
Admission

Mon., Mar. 3, 3:00 p.m. toFri., Mar. 14, 2025, 3:00 p.m.
(Japan time)

It will be sent to the successful applicants by
mail (EMS or Letter Pack) around by
mid-February 2025.

The Online Entrance Procedure System is introduced to Chiba University (CU) to improve usefulness for the
successful applicants.
You can complete the entrance procedures through the System without visiting the campus for submission inperson.
The successful applicants who have not been completed the entrance procedures within the prescribed entrance
procedures period mentioned above, will be regarded as enrollment declining.
(2) Expenses■ Admission/Tuition Fees: There are no fees to be charged based on the agreement on Double Degree Program.
■ Insurance for Injuries from Accidents (called “Gakkensai”) andComprehensive Insurance for Students Lives Coupled with “Gakkensai” (called “Futai”)[ International students ]All the international students with student visa are required to get both insurances of i and ii as below that arepayable at any post office or Yucho Bank in Japan.
i) Insurance for Injuries from Accidents (“Gakkensai”)
JPY1,750 (for 2 years), and besides,ii) Comprehensive Insurance for Students Lives Coupled with “Gakkensai” (“Futai”)
JPY3,260 for Type A (for 2 years), or
JPY20,130 for Type B (for 2 years)6[ Other students ]All the students except the above international students are required to get below insurance that is payable atany post office or Yucho Bank in Japan.
JPY2,430 (for 2 years including “Gakkensai” and “Futai”)
The new insurance premiums will go into effect as of the time of the revision if the insurance premiums havebeen revised.
Further details will be informed with the Entrance Procedures Guidebook.
https://www.chiba-u.ac.jp/for_school-life/support.html
9.

Completion Conditions
The standard residence period in the master’s program is two years. It is the necessary conditions to complete themaster’s program that you must be registered for two years or more, and also take thirty credits or more which areprovided by this graduate school, and besides, successfully pass inspection of the master’s thesis or the result ofstudy on a specific subject, and the final examination.

10. Early Completion
A student may complete the master’s program in more than a year and less than two years if the student has
achieved exceptional research results.

Based on “the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act”, Chiba University established “the Security Export
Control Regulations of National University Corporation Chiba University” and is conducting rigid examinations
before accepting students.
Desired research activities may be restricted when they are applicable to the regulations.

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