Bachelor’s Program in Global Issues
Student Application Information
AY2017

Special entrance examination
for privately funded international students

February 2017

1. Bachelor’s Program in Global Issues (English Program)Contributing to address global issues beyond national borders including global environmental
change and the world’s population and food problems and to transform to a sustainable society inwhich global conservation and humans coexist is the most important task for the internationalsociety in the 21st century. Therefore, it is becoming more important all over the world to develop
human resources with motivation and knowledge to resolve these issues.
Considering such situation, this program provides students with broad, fundamental knowledge to
see global issues from a wide point of view and trains them to aspiringly pursue the acquisition ofinterdisciplinary information and technique which are necessary to resolve specific tasks abouthumans and the environment. They will be able to make a decision by selecting optimal solutions
from various possible choices.
2. Entrance examination schedule (Japan Standard Time)(1) Application submission period(accepted online): noon, March 1 (Wed.) to 5 p.m., April 12 (Wed.),2017(2) Application document mailing deadline (for documents to be uploaded and mailed): Must arrive
by April 24 (Mon.), 2017(3) Entrance examination dates: The dates are set by the university during the period from May 15(Mon.) to 19 (Fri.), 2017
(4) Announcement of successful applicants: June 7 (Wed.), 2017(5) Enrollment procedures deadline: July 7 (Fri.), 2017 (mailed items must arrive by this date)(6) Enrollment ceremony: September 29 (Fri.), 2017 (tentative)(7) Enrollment date: October 1 (Sun.), 2017
Applicants with disabilities—notice regarding prior consultation
Any applicant who requires special arrangements to take the entrance examination or while
studying must consult with the BPGI Office (see 12. Inquiries) by February 28 (Tue.), 2017. We may
not be able to make special arrangements in the case of requests received after the deadline forapplication submission.

13. Admission policy and application capacity
To nurture talented people who play an active role globally with their own accord, University ofTsukuba we will accept the students who have basic academic ability to acquire knowledge in theirmajor field of study, analytic ability of various problems, positive and energetic personality andinitiative in daily affairs.
Name of program

Admission policy

Bachelor’s Program in Global
IssuesApplicants should have an interest in problems on the
global environment (climate change, destruction ofnature, pollution, etc.), human society (food, poverty,
aging society, etc.) and handle knowledge in both thehumanities course and the science course so that they
can contribute to the society by working for a global
company or an international organization at home
and abroad, or to the innovations in the future.

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4. Requirements for Application
Only those who fulfill any of the requirements ① through ⑤ in (1) below as well as (2) may apply.
(1)Persons who possess a nationality other than Japanese*1 and fall under any one of categories① through ⑤ are eligible.
① Persons who have completed or are expected to complete a 12-year curriculum of formal school
education*2 in a country other than Japan by September 30, 2017.
② Persons who have completed or are expected to complete a 12-year curriculum in Japan at aninternational school*3 designated by the Minister of MEXT by September 30, 2017, and who
will reach 18 years of age by September 30, 2017.

③ Persons who hold or are expected to hold an International Baccalaureate, Abitur (Germany),
Baccalauréat (France), or GCE Advanced Level (United Kingdom)*4 by September 30, 2017,
and who will reach 18 years of age by September 30, 2017.

④Persons who have completed or are expected to complete a 12-year curriculum at a school
accredited by any of the following international accrediting groups (Western Association of
Schools and Colleges (WASC), Council of International Schools (CIS), and Association of
Christian Schools International (ACSI)) by September 30, 2017, and who will reach 18 years ofage by September 30, 2017.
⑤ Other*5*1

Persons who have dual citizenship should make inquiries to the BPGI Office (see 12.
Inquiries) by February 28 (Tue.), 2017.
*2 Persons from an international school may not be eligible. Please contact the BPGI Office (see12. Inquiries) by February 28 (Tue.), 2017.
*3 List of international schools designated as corresponding to a senior high school in Japan(Ministry of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology website)
http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/koutou/shikaku/07111314/003.htm*4 For the GCE Advanced Level, applicants must complete the subjects and assessments thathave been set by the university below.

2Must have completed more than three Advanced Level subjects at grade E or above.
*5 We will check or screen your applicant eligibility individually if you do not fall under any oneof categories ① through ④ above. For inquiries, please contact the BPGI Office (see 12.
Inquiries) by February 28 (Tue.), 2017.
(2)Persons who can be recommended responsibly by the senior high school principal, etc. of one's
alma mater or affiliated senior high school and who took TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS (see below forscores), or other English proficiency tests implemented by a public agency, or persons who havecompleted or expected to complete a 3-year curriculum where the language of instruction isEnglish at a senior high school (secondary education curriculum) by September 30, 2017.
Name of English proficiency test

Score

TOEFL-iBT

79

TOEIC Listening＆Reading

730

IELTS Academic

6.0

Persons who have completed a 3-year curriculum where the language of instruction is English ata senior high school (secondary education curriculum) should submit the score if they took
TOEFL-iBT, TOEIC Listening & Reading, or IELTS Academic.
5. Online application and submission of application documents
Our online application system enables applicants to input data online and upload image files (follow
the procedures for inputting data online in English). Note that supporting documents such as
certificates will need to be mailed separately.
(1) Inputting application data (accepted online)
Input content

Who needs

Remarks

to input□ Name: As written in your passport□ ID photo: This ID photo must be taken within the last threemonths with no hats or other head adornments. Take the photowith your glasses on if you will be wearing glasses during
interviews.
i. Applicant dataAllapplicants□ Date of Birth: Select year (in AD), month, and date.
□ Sex: Select sex.
□ Nationality: Select nationality.
□ Applicant’s contact information: Select the country name andinput your address, zip code, phone number and e-mailaddress.
□ Additional contact information other than the applicant’s:

3Select the relationship with the applicant and country nameand input the address, zip code, phone number and e-mailaddress.
Applicants
to whom
thisappliesii.

Examination

site

All
applicants□ Current affiliation: Input name of your school, company or any
other organization.
□ Status of Residence: Select your status of residence in Japan.
(Only for those staying in Japan).
□ Desired examination site: Select the University of Tsukuba oroutside Japan (via Skype or other).
□ Nationality: You can only select “Nationality other thanJapanese”□ Application qualifications (1)(4 Application qualifications (1) Select the relevant application
qualification from ① to ⑤)□ Application qualifications (2)iii.

Application

qualifications, etc.

Allapplicants(For persons who took TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS or other English
proficiency tests implemented by a public agency, select andtype in the score and for persons who have completed or are
expected to complete a 3-year curriculum where the languageof instruction is English at a senior high school, select.)□ Status of completion at high school (secondary education)
attended: Select your graduation status (graduated or
expected to graduate), as well as the applicable graduation
date or expected graduation date
□ Primary education: Elementary school□ Secondary education (lower): Middle school, secondary
education (upper), high school, technical college, etc.

iv.

Educational

backgroundAll□ Higher education: university

applicants□ Other (technical college, etc.)
Select the country name and enrollment and graduation dates,
and input the school name and number of officially required
years.

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Applicants
to whomv. Career history

thisapplies□Job experience
Input your job experience for the last 5 years except for parttime job.
□ Essay on your motivation※ The Essay must be composed by the applicant him/herself.

All

vi. Essay

applicants

Describe your motivation to answer these questions: what kindof global issues you want to deal with after you graduate fromthis program, what you want to learn and what skills you wantto acquire through this program. Then input your essay to theonline form within the limitation of 800 words in English.

(2) Application documents (to upload and send by post)
Please upload image files of the following documents and also mail them separately.
In the case of certificates prepared and issued by schools that are in foreign languages other thanEnglish, please translate their complete contents into Japanese or English and have thetranslations certified by the school in question or an official agency.
Who needs toDocumentsi.

Certificatecompletion

RemarkssubmitUpload your senior high school (secondary educationof(orAll applicants

expected completion)

curriculum)

certificateofcompletion(or

expected

completion), and mail the original separately by April 24(Mon.), 2017 (must arrive by this date).
Upload your three-year senior high school (secondary

All applicants

education curriculum) transcript and mail the original
separately by April 24 (Mon.), 2017 (must arrive by thisdate).
(1) Applicants who have an International Baccalaureate

ii. Transcript
Applicants towhom thisapplies

Diploma should mail a copy of the diploma and theoriginal of the official final IB exam grade transcript.
(2) Applicants who have Abitur credentials (Germany)
should mail a copy of the general qualification for
university entrance certificate and grades transcript.

5(3) Applicants who have baccalauréat credentials (France)
should mail a copy of the baccalauréat diploma and an
original grades transcript.
(4)

Applicants

who

have

GCE

Advanced

Levelqualifications (United Kingdom) should mail an original of
the grades transcript for Advanced Level subjects.
The "Reference Letter" printed from the Application
Information should be filled out by your school principal
and submitted in a sealed envelope.

Additionally, thereferee should write the names of the referee and theiii. Reference Letter

All applicantsreferred on the envelope to ensure quick identification andupload the image file of the filled-out letter. If your school
principal is unable to write the reference letter, ask
someone who is thoroughly familiar with you or someone
who has been involved in your educational activities suchas your academic advisor, homeroom teacher, etc.
If you have qualification by any standardized test, mail theoriginal certificate by April 24 (Mon.), 2017 (must arrive by
this date).

Applicants to
iv. Other certificateswhom thisapplies

Examples of standardized test:
SAT (United States of America)
College Scholastic Ability Test (South Korea)
National Higher Education Entrance Examination(People’s Republic of China)(3) Application documents (for uploading only)
Please upload (in JPG format) the following documents:
Who needs toDocuments
submiti. Passport

ii. Certificate of English
proficiency test

All applicantsApplicants towhom thisapplies

Remarks

Please upload an image file of your passport information
page.
If you have a score of TOEFL-iBT, TOEIC Listening &Reading, IELTS Academic, or an equivalent official
English examination, upload scanned files of thecertificate. TOEIC

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Institutional Program (IP) ScoreReport and TOEFL Institutional Test Score Record are
excluded.

If you have any certificate of your Japanese proficiency
iii.
CertificateofJapanese proficiency

Applicants to(e.g. JLPT), upload the scanned files. They will be used

whom this

only for the placement of Japanese courses after you

appliesenter this program and are not related to the selection
procedure for the entrance.

iv. Financial plan

All applicantsFill out the "Financial plan" printed from the Application
Information and upload the image file.

(4) Entrance examination fee payment
Payment of a ¥17,000 entrance examination fee is required (separate handling charges are also
incurred for the payment). Please follow the online system instructions when paying by credit card
(Visa, MasterCard, JCB or American Express). Payment by credit card in the name of someone
other than the applicant is also permitted.
Please complete payment procedures on the online payment site (e-shiharai.net) before inputting
data on the web system.
Please input your receipt number after payment. Further, please click the Application Results
button after completing payment, print out the information screen displayed, and send this to us bypost.
(5) Examination ID Card
Please print out your examination ID card after transmitting your application data to present it when
taking the entrance examination.
(6) Address sheet
Please use the address sheet that can be printed out after transmitting your application data to affix
on an envelope containing items listed in (2) (application documents to be mailed) and (4) (entrance
examination fee payment) printed copy of screen shot of your examination fee credit card payment
receipt above, and submit these by post.
6. Procedure for sending required documents(1) After gathering together the requested documents listed in 5(2), for documents to be mailed after
having been uploaded, please send them no later than April 24 (Mon.), 2017.
If the required documents are lacking or incomplete, your application cannot be considered. Pleasecheck well before submission.
(2) Mailing address
Admission Center
University of Tsukuba
1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki 305-8577

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7. Points to note about applications(1) Please double-check all the information you have entered before you transmit it, and confirm thisby pressing the Apply button.
(2) Submitted application documents and entrance examination fees that have already been paid will
not be returned.
(3) Permission for enrollment may be revoked after it has been granted if it ascertained that the
information on application documents is not consistent with the facts. In such cases, any
registration fees that have already been paid will not be returned.
(4) Personal information acquired from application documents and individual examination score data
are used for screening applicants. Further, some information related to students who havecompleted enrollment procedures is used to deliver information about such things as on-campus
events, and some information related to applicants for tuition waiver and scholarships is used forscreening data at the time of screening.
8. Selection methods
A comprehensive decision is made based on the oral examination and in-class essay examination andthe information on the submitted documents.
Examination date
If conducted via Skype orType of examination
DurationIf held at the University
similar methods outsideof Tsukuba
Japan
The oral examination and
The dates are set by the university during the period
in-class essay examination
30 minutes
from May 15 (Mon.) to 19 (Fri.), 2017
on global issues
Note: The personnel in charge will send information on the examination date and method via e-mail.
9. Announcement of successful applicantsAnnouncement date: June 7 (Wed.), 2017 from NOON (Japan Standard Time)
Along with listing successful applicants’ entrance examination numbers on the website of the
program shown below, applicants will be mailed notices regarding the outcome. At the same time,
successful applicants will be e-mailed notices regarding documents for enrollment procedures. We
will not respond to any phone inquiries regarding the outcome.
http://bpgi.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/
10. Enrollment procedures(1) Enrollment period: Must arrive by July 7 (Fri.), 2017 (only by mail)(2) Items required for enrollment:a) Copy of notice to successful applicantsb) ¥282,000 enrollment fee (Please remit payment at a financial institution or by overseas
remittance in time for the enrollment period deadline. Details are shown in the enrollment
procedures documents.)c) The enrollment procedures documents contain instructions regarding other required
documents.
(3) Student payments required after admission:a) Tuition: ¥267,900 (2nd six-month period for October to March)
Note: 1st six-month period for April to September: ¥267,900b) If fees paid by students are revised at the time of admission or during enrollment, new fees8

apply from the time of revision.
c) You will be asked to pay the tuition by bank transfer from a Japanese financial institution
after enrollment.
d) Please contact the BPGI Office (see 12. Inquiries) for more information about tuition andscholarships.
11. Disclosure of information about entrance examinations
The University of Tsukuba will disclose information about the 2017 Bachelor’s Program in Global
Issues entrance examinations upon request from test-takers themselves from October 1 to November
30, 2017. Please contact the BPGI Office (see 12. Inquiries) for details.
12. Inquiries
Bachelor’s Program in Global Issues Office
Top Global University Project Office
University of Tsukuba

E-mail address: bpgi-office@un.tsukuba.ac.jp9