2021
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences[Master’s Program]Special Selection for Overseas Students[For Applicants living outside Japan]

April Admission Application Guidelines(Winter session)

Special Selection for Overseas Students[For Applicants living outside Japan]
This is a special selection for students with a nationality other than Japanese that are living abroad asof November 1, 2020, and hope to study in the Master’s program in the Graduate School of Urban
Environmental Sciences at Tokyo Metropolitan University.
The winter session is conducted in this year only, in order to give opportunity to those who could nottake the general selection (Summer session conducted in Japan) due to the immigrant restriction
related to COVID-19.
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Number of students to be admitted
Department of Architecture and Building Engineering

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LimitedEligibility

To be eligible to apply, you must satisfy conditions (1) to (7) below:(1) Have foreign nationality and be living in a foreign country as of November 1, 2020 (limited tostudents coming to study from overseas).
(2) Have completed 16 years of institutional education in foreign country and have been awarded adegree equivalent to a bachelor’s degree. Alternatively, having been screened individually forentrance at our graduate school and been deemed to possess academic ability equivalent to thatof a person that has graduated a university, or higher, and will reach the age of 22 by the time ofadmission.
(3) Will have a visa with which admission to the university would not be in violation of the Immigration
Control and Refugee Recognition at the time of entry to Japan.
(4) Be mentally and physically sound enough to pursue coursework and research at the university.
(5) Have sufficient communication skills in Japanese or English for pursuing study and living in Japan.
(6) Have permission to apply via the pre-application consultation mentioned in “3 Pre-applicationConsultation” below.
[Please understand that:]
You are ineligible to apply if you are already enrolled at a Japanese language school or a university in Japan
with a “Student” status of residence (including research students ).
3Pre-application Consultation

You must submit the required documentation specified by the Graduate School of Urban Environmental
Sciences in advance, and receive permission to take the examination.
You need to notify us of your intention to apply to the Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciencesby Friday, November 6, 2020, through a professor that you wish to study under.
After having given notification, you must submit the required documentation specified by the Graduate
School of Urban Environmental Sciences by the date given below. Eligibility screening pertaining topreceding item (2) will be conducted during the pre-application consultation.
1(1) Documents to be submitted
Please submit the following from the documents to be submitted in “4 Application (2)” by PDF:・ Resume (Application document B)
・ Field of Study and Study Program (Application document C)・ Academic Transcripts (Application document D)
・ Outline of Bachelor's thesis or equivalent research paper(Application document F)・ Future career plan (Application document G)(2) Application period for pre-application consultation
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 to Tuesday, November 17, 2020
(3) Address for submission
Please e-mail to: admission-fues@jmj.tmu.ac.jp
Academic Affairs Section of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University
1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
4Application(1) Application period:
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 to Monday, December 7, 2020（must arrive by December 7）(2) Application documents
Application documents
ANotesApplication for・ Use the graduate school’s prescribed form (reverse side also to befilled in)

Admission (Form 1)

・ Fill in your desired professor and research details in the research
items column of the application for admission form
・ Use the graduate school’s prescribed form and complete in English orB

Resume (Form 2-1)

Japanese・ Attach an outline of your graduation thesis

C

Field of Study and Study
Program (Form 2–2)

・ Use the graduate school’s prescribed form and complete in English orJapanese・ Official documentation issued by the president of your university ordean of your school

DAcademic Transcripts(Original)・ Submit the transcripts that show all credits taken from the first yearof undergraduate studies to most recent
・ If supplied by a foreign school or institution in a language other thanJapanese or English, please attach either Japanese or English
translation

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E・ Official documentation issued by the president of your university orCertification ofdean of your school(Prospective)

・ If supplied by a foreign school or institution in a language other thangraduation

Japanese or English, please attach either Japanese or English(Original)translation
・ Use the graduate school’s prescribed form and complete in English orF

Outline of Bachelor's
thesisorJapaneseequivalent・ For the outline of your master’s thesis, write around 2000 charactersresearch paper (Form 3)

if writing in Japanese, or around 1000 words if writing in English(including charts)

G

FuturecareerplanJapanese(Form 4)H

MedicalCertificate(Form 5)I・ Use the graduate school’s prescribed form and complete in English orCopy of the passport

・ Use the graduate school’s prescribed form

・ Submit cover page and the page where your name and nationality are
printed・ Prepare two ID photos
・ ID photos (40 mm [H] × 30mm [W]) should be taken within the past
three months showing your face and upper body, without any cap orJother head covering (unless there is a justifiable religious or medical

ID Photos

reason for wearing such a head covering) Attach one of these photos
in the designated space, and enclose the other with your namewritten on the back.
・ After referring to P.5 “4 Payment of Application Screening Fee” andP.8 “Supplementary Documents,” please make payment asnecessary and submit either of the following by the deadline:
K

Proof of payment ofA

Certification of Payment

application

B

Result Pagescreeningfee (Form 6)* The application screening fee is 30,000 yen.
* Your application screening fee will not be refunded under any
circumstances after your application has been received.

L

Diploma or Degree
Certificate (original)・ Persons who have completed 16 years of institutional education inforeign country and have been awarded a degree equivalent to abachelor’s degree in “2 Eligibility (2).” If issued by a foreign school or
institution in a language other than Japanese or English, please attach
either Japanese or English translation.

MCopy of “certification ofPlease submit a copy of certification which was issued when you havepermission to apply”

undergone the pre-application consultation.

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Application for LongTerm Study ・・ Only for applicants for the Long-Term Study System

Documents that prove・ Be sure to fully confirm the details of the Long-Term Study Systemlong-term study isnecessary(3) Submit your application to:Academic Affairs Section, Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University
1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan(Notes)*

Even if you have already submitted any of the above documents to the graduate school for preapplication consultation, you have to submit the original document by post when you apply.

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If issued by a foreign school or institution in a language other than Japanese or English, please attach
either Japanese or English translation.

*Your application will be considered void and will not be accepted if your documents are incomplete.

*Documents accepted will not be returned for any reason.

5Applicant Selection Method
Students will be selected based on the results of their examination and the contents of the documents
they submit.
(1) Selection Date:
A date designated by the graduate school, between Tuesday, December 8, and Sunday, December
13, 2020(2) Test Venue:
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minami-Osawa Campus or other location designated by the school.
(Generally, the exam will be held in the place where the candidate lives)(3) Test Subjects:
There will be an oral examination focusing on your subject of specialization.
*You will be contacted by the department you have applied to regarding the test
schedule, etc.

6Payment of Application Screening Fee(1) After registering with the e-shiharai site (https://e-shiharai.net/english/), please pay by using acredit card, Alipay international payment, or Union Pay online payment.
(2) For details of the payment method, see the “Tokyo Metropolitan University Graduate School ofUrban Environmental Sciences, How to make the payment for the Examination Fee” at the end of
the application guidelines. You are responsible for paying all money transfer fees.
(3) After you make the payment, please print out the certification of payment from the top page ofthe e-shiharai site (“Result Page” on the English-language site).
(4) Please cut out the certification of payment and attach a copy to the sheet for application
screening fee certificate (Form 6) and submit it. If you have printed it out from the English-4

language site, however, do not attach it to Form 6; submit it as-is.
Application screening fee payment period
Thursday, November 26, to Monday, December 7, 2020 at 14:00, Japan time(Note)
If you have any questions concerning procedures on the e-shiharai site, etc., please first check the“Frequently Asked Questions” page (https://e-shiharai.net/Syuno/FAQ.html) on the site before
contacting the e-Service Support Center.
Japanese-language site: https://e-shiharai.net/Syuno/FAQ.html
English-language site: https://e-shiharai.net/ecard/sss/FAQ.html
Procedure for obtaining a refund of the application screening fee
If you have paid an application screening fee but ultimately did not apply, or mistakenly paid the*application screening fee twice, etc., you may request a refund. For details, please visit the university
website.
Please see (https://www.tmu.ac.jp/campus_life/tuition/expenses.html).
Top Page → Admission → Graduate School Admission → Application Screening Fee · Enrollment Fees ·Tuition Fees
7 Notification of Results
Date and Time: Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 10:00 Japan time
Place: Tokyo Metropolitan University Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences Website
https://www.ues.tmu.ac.jp
If you are accepted, you will receive a letter of acceptance by e-mail.
8 Admission Procedure, Admission Fees, Tuition Fees, etc.
(1) Admission procedure
Admission procedure documents will be sent to accepted students. Please pay the Admission
Fees and fill out and return the documents to the Academic Affairs Section, Faculty of Urban
Environmental Sciences by the designated date. Failure to carry out this procedure will result inyour admission being refused.
(2) Admission fees
・ 282,000 yen (tentative amount)・ Admission fees are to be paid at the time of enrollment
・ If admission fees are revised, the amount after the revision will be applied5

(3) Tuition fees
・ 520,800 yen per annum (as of academic year 2020)
・ If admission fees are revised upon admission or during enrollment, the revised amount will apply
・ The admission procedure documentation offers details on how to pay admission fees and tuition
fees, etc.
・ The university offers a full/partial tuition exemption program(4) Scholarship system
There is a system of scholarships in support of graduate students at Tokyo Metropolitan University.
You may also be eligible to receive the “MEXT Honors Scholarship for Privately Financed International
Students” in some cases (which requires separate screening).
9 Enrollment period
April 1, 2021
10 The Long-Term Study System
You may be permitted to study and complete your course on a pre-planned basis for fixed periods
exceeding the standard period of study (e.g., two years for the Master’s program) if you wish, becauseof circumstances such as your occupational (*1), parental or nursing care leave commitments.
Students permitted to undertake long-term study upon admission may pay the same amount of tuition
paid over the standard period of study in installments. For details, please visit the graduate school
website (http://www.ues.tmu.ac.jp).
[Note]*1 Employment is not permitted under the status of residence of “Student.”
11 About the Handling of Personal Information
Tokyo Metropolitan University handles personal information in accordance with the law as follows:(1) The personal information you disclose when applying to the university, such as your name andaddress, is used during the screening of applicants (processing applications, screening andannouncement of results) and for the enrollment procedure.
In addition, for accepted students only, this data is used for A. related matters (the student register,learning and instruction), B. student support (health management, employment support,
full/partial tuition fee exemptions, scholarship applications, etc.), and C. tasks relating to thecollection of tuition fees.
(2) The test results used for screening applicants may be used as reference materials for future
selection methods.
12 Notes
Even after your admission has been approved, that approval will be canceled if it is judged that there
was any wrong doing either during the examination or in the application procedure.

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