Prospective Students
Prospective Students
Period of Study |
From 5 months to 1 year |
Student Status at Tokyo Tech |
International Exchange Student (non-regular, non-degree-seeking student) |
Application Deadline |
June 3, 2022 for fall Semester 2022 |
* Tokyo Tech have renewed our programs for International Exchange Students. From September 2022, YSEP will be offered as a research-oriented program. Students who intend to conduct research activities at Tokyo Tech should select the YSEP program.
YSEP offers students from partner universities the opportunity to spend 5 months to 1 year at the Institute. Under the YSEP, Tokyo Tech waives the application, enrollment, and tuition fees of undergraduate and graduate-level (master’s degree program) International Exchange Students from participating partner universities [LIST of agreements]. Participants conduct individual research projects in the laboratories of Tokyo Tech faculty members and they may also be able to take courses outside the lab.
Undergraduate students can take courses for undergraduates (most of which are conducted in Japanese) and courses for graduates also open to undergraduate-level international exchange students (conducted in English).
International Exchange Student (non-regular, non-degree-seeking student)
For applicants who will join YSEP from the fall semester of 2022 (starting in October 2022)
Deadline: June 3, 2022
Information about YSEP in the spring semester of 2023 will be announced in November 2022.
High-level English ability is required for conducting research and communicating with laboratory colleagues.
Submission of official test scores such as TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS, etc. is strongly recommended.
Tokyo Tech STAR Search (Researcher Finder)
Before beginning the online application process, applicants are required to contact a desired academic supervisor at Tokyo Tech directly, and obtain approval from him/her. On the online application form, applicants need to submit evidence such as an email message or a letter indicating that the Tokyo Tech professor agrees to be the applicant’s academic supervisor.
Health Certificate for Infectious Diseases (other than COVID-19)
International students who have passed the entrance exam and whose registered enrollment period will be three months or longer are required to have the health certificate completed and signed by a physician within the three-month period before the designated date of enrollment at Tokyo Tech (or within the three-month period before their planned date of arrival in Japan if their arrival will be later than the date of entrance). In addition, we request that it be submitted prior to the designated date of entrance (or prior to arriving in Japan if the arrival will be later than the date of entrance).
Note that all expenses for this shall be borne by students.
Please cooperate with our preventive measures against various infectious diseases that could cross international borders in order to protect the health and wellbeing of you and your colleagues.
For more details, please refer to the following website;
Sponsor |
Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) |
Name of scholarship |
Scholarship for Short-term Study in Japan |
Monthly stipend |
JPY 80,000 |
Eligibility |
Those making a presentation on their research during the program |
Selection result |
Notified by Tokyo Tech by the end of August 2022 |
Regarding students applying for a JASSO scholarship who receive other funding or scholarships, some scholarship foundations, unlike JASSO, do not allow their recipients to receive a stipend from another scholarship foundation (i.e., double funding).
The number of JASSO scholarship recipients is limited, and recipient selection will be made by Tokyo Tech.
After the selection of YSEP participants, Tokyo Tech will submit on your behalf an application for a Certificate of Eligibility (COE) from the Immigration Services Agency of Japan. It will take four (4) to eight (8) weeks for the COE to be issued. After it is issued, Tokyo Tech will send it to you. With the COE and your passport, you will be able to apply for your student visa at the Japanese Embassy or Japanese Consulate General in your country.
Contact
Student Exchange Group 3, International Student Exchange Division
Email inbound@jim.titech.ac.jp