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Department	Division	Degree Sought	Student Intake	Application Period	Timing of Admission Decision Notification	Course Start Date
Graduate School of Science	N/A	Doctoral	10			Oct.2010

The Graduate School of Science offers advanced graduate study in a wide range of scientific fields to international students. The School has already established a system to provide international students with full support in English. We have established a special admissions procedure for international students. Some programs are currently given in English by the Departments of Physics and Chemistry. It is expected that additional programs will be given in English in the future.

Graduate education in the School of Science
The School of Science strives for academic excellence through its ever-increasing diversity. Our commitment to diversity is stronger than ever. At present, the School offers Master’s and doctoral Programs in six departments: Physics, Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Science, Chemistry, Biophysics and Biochemistry, and Biological Sciences. These Programs are run in close cooperation with other research institutes within the University and with some external institutions. The School has a world-class faculty of more than 260 full-time professors, associate professors, and research associates, and a diverse student body of more than 1,350 graduate students. The School has widely opened its doors to students and researchers from around the world with the aim of establishing world-leading academic standards.

The School offers a variety of internationalization programs designed to promote exchange of views between Japanese students and researchers and their international counterparts about both their own research and recent scientific developments in general. These Programs will help the School to foster wider perspectives and help our students acquire the skills they need to become leaders of the next generation of researchers.

Special admissions procedure for international students
This application procedure enables students to apply for admission to the School from outside of Japan, making the application process more flexible than the ordinary written exam. The selection of graduate students is based on the applicants’ academic record, letters of recommendation, statement of purpose, and GRE (Graduate Record Examination) subject or General Test score etc.

Scholarships for international students
We have established a new scholarship program for selfsupported international students with excellent grades who pass the entrance examination for the Master’s Program. This Program aims to support their academic research at the Graduate School of Science, as well as to promote the acceptance of international students from various countries.

If you have interest in our international program, please visit the following websites for further information.
Application procedures: http://www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/admission/
Scholarships:http://www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/offices/ilo/scholarship.html
Department of Physics: http://www.phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/
Department of Chemistry: http://www.chem.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/english