Second-year Ph.D. student Yuheng Li presented a study titled “Contribution of Lakes in Sustaining Greening of the Sahara during the Mid-Holocene” at the 2023 meeting of the Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU). She was honored with the Outstanding Student Presentation Award in the Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences section.

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FSO UPDATE 11 : The civil engineering symposium “Symposium on the International Student Education Program 2022 – Collaboration with Pakistani Alumni” was held in hybrid. The designated speakers forwarded their message through an article, which has been compiled into the annual magazine “FSO UPDATE-11”. The magazine was published by ISACE, in association with FSO.
Result for 2023 Autumn enrollment
Candidates for 2023 Autumn enrollment for International Graduate Program in the Field of Civil Engineering and Infrastructure Studies with University Recommendation at the Department of Civil Engineering have been selected.
The list of current candidates who have successfully passed preliminary selection is shown below. The last five digits of your T-cens application numbers as A23ICVLURE_0000xxxxx are shown below. All current candidates will be informed individually by e-mail.
11602 11813 11844 11874 11877
11881 11896 11912 11924 11949
11955 12003 12007 12025 12026
12067 12230 12264 12302 12304
12308 12331 12425 12430 12529
12558 12575 12582
—End of lists—
*The explanation is updated on Jan/18/2023.There is no change in the candidate list.
The application is available upon request for A23ICVLETF
The application for CVL International Graduate Program in the Field of Civil Engineering and Infrastructure Studies 2023utumn EXTERNAL Scholarships (A23ICVLETF) is available only upon request.
Please contact to FSO (fso”9″civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp, for the application registration. Please change “9” to @ when email us.
External scholarships are such as, JICA scholarship, LPDP, etc.
Would you still like to study at the University of Tokyo in 2023?
If so, time is running out !
The application for the following course will be closed on 24th November at 15:00 JST
■International Graduate Program (autumn entry) in Department of Civil Engineering for students with University of Tokyo Recommendation
(course code: A23ICVLURE)
■International Graduate Program (Spring entry) in Department of Civil Engineering for students with External Scholarships
(course code: S23ICVLETF)
Please read below for more details.
04 <HOW TO APPLY>
INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE PROGRAM
The Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Tokyo boasts one of the most advanced and progressive global academic environments in the world, and has admission systems to recruit talented students internationally. In order to reach the global talent pool, the Department of Civil Engineering recruits students through both international admission and regular admission. International students living outside Japan can apply for international admission where applicants do not need to travel to Tokyo to take entrance exams. These international students can alternatively choose to take entrance exams for regular admission. On the other hand, international students already in Japan can apply only for regular admission and must take the university’s entrance exams.
Prospective students who wish to obtain international admission and study at the Department of Civil Engineering must obtain a full-scholarship as shown in the figure below, which also provides details of the three categories of scholarship available:
ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must satisfy all of the eligibility requirements for the International Graduate Program of the Department of Civil Engineering as mentioned below in Articles (1.) to (3.). In addition, applicants must also fulfil one of the eligibility requirements described in Articles (4.) and (5.).
- 1.A foreign national who is not a permanent resident of Japan.
- 2.A foreign national who is not currently residing in Japan.
- 3.Individuals with the linguistic skills required to take classes and receive research guidance in English.
- 4.Those who have completed, or are expected to complete, 16 years of school education by September 30 of the enrolment year, upon completion of their Bachelor's or equivalent degree.*
- 5.Those who have completed, or are expected to complete, 18 years of school education by September 30 of the enrolment year, upon completion of their Master's or equivalent degree.*
* Certified proof must be provided if the educational curriculum in the applicant's country requires less than 16 years for completion of a Bachelor's degree, or less than 18 years for completion of a Master's degree, or their equivalents.
- MEXT Scholarship Applicants
- - Individuals below the age of 35 as of April 1st of the enrolment year.
- Individuals with the nationality of a country with diplomatic relations with the Japanese government.
- ADB-Japan Scholarship Applicants.
- - Individuals below the age of 36 as of April 1st of the enrolm
HOW TO APPLAY
Application Guidelines
Please read both of
1. Application Guidlines for all Special English Graduate Program, and
2. Application Guidlines for Civil Engineering Special English Progam
MEXT Scholarship – University Recommendation/ ADB - Japan Scholarship Program
Scholarship with a Recommendation from the Department of Civil Engineering

Scholarship with a Recommendation from the Department of Civil Engineering

The Department of Civil Engineering will nominate qualified candidates and recommend them to partner scholarship organizations, as listed below. Approximately 30 scholarships are disbursed through the following partner organizations every year.
Partner Scholarship Organizations:
1. Ministry of Education, Culture, Science, Sports and Technology of Japan (MEXT)
http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/prospective-students/mext_scholarship.html
2. Asian Development Bank (ADB)
http://www.adb.org/site/careers/japan-scholarship-program/main
3. UEDA
Application Period: 01 September 2023 – 24 November 2023
Application Procedures:
To apply to the International Graduate Program with MEXT Scholarship – University Recommendation/ ADB - Japan Scholarship Program, applications should be made through “T-cens”, the online application system.
Please read the "Guidance Information" before you register through the T-cens system.
MEXT Scholarship – Embassy Recommendation

The Department of Civil Engineering also accepts MEXT Embassy recommendation scholarship recipients. For this application procedure, please ask for details at the Embassy of Japan in your home country first. Only those who has passed the primary selection at the Japanese embassy in their home countries are able to apply to the degree course at the Department of Civil Engineering.

Application Guidelines (Department of Civil Engineering) >>
Application Guidelines (MEXT) >>
Please read the "Guidance Information" before you register through the T-cens system.
Click the link below to register using T-cens. Applications should be made through “T-cens”, the online application system.
The result will be announced by e-mail from Office of International Students at the middle of September.
External Scholarships

Enrolment: Spring and Autumn
The Department of Civil Engineering also accepts application from recipients of external scholarships if you obtain proof of financial support deemed adequate/acceptable by the department. However, we understand that many scholarships require a Letter of Acceptance in order to apply for the scholarship. In such cases, the Department of Civil Engineering issues conditional acceptance letters for applicants who pass the Departmental selection process. Please contact the Foreign Student Office (fso"9"civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp, Please change "9" to @ when email us) if you plan to study at the University of Tokyo with a scholarship from a non-partner organization.
Application Period for 2024 Spring intake:01 September 2023 - 24 November 2023
Application Period for 2024 Autumn intake:01 September 2023 - 05 April 2024
Application Procedures: To apply to the International Graduate Program with External Scholarships, applications should be made through “T-cens”, the online application system.
Please read the "Guidance Information" before you register through the T-cens system.
Click the link below to register using T-cens.

Entrance Exam – Regular Admission

Those who are already living or staying in Japan are required to take an entrance examination. For further information on the entrance examination, visit the School of Engineering website:
http://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/soee/admission/general.html
or send an e-mail to gsao[at]civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Tuition Fee
In the Department of Civil Engineering, all students are required to be full-time degree students from the time of their enrolment until the completion of their degree program. Accordingly, the full rate of tuition will be charged to all students. Please refer to the University of Tokyo website to see the tuition rates and fees.
http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/prospective-students/tuition_fees.html
Maintenance and living expenses
Along with the University fees mentioned at the link above, a prospective student must consider the living expenses to be incurred while living in Tokyo. This includes expenses such as insurance (medical, housing, accident), housing and rent, food, clothing, expenses related to study (books, copies, stationaries, etc.), commuting and transportation fees, air fare costs for arriving in Japan and returning to ones’ home country, and so on. Obviously, if family members must also be supported during your stay in Tokyo, these costs will rise.
Due to the relatively high living costs of Tokyo, the Department of Civil Engineering estimates that a standard monthly budget for a student in a degree program should be at least 150,000 Japanese Yen (or more). Therefore, the ideal amount of total resources (i.e., educational fees and living expenses) that a single student must cover, at a minimum, across the number of years required to complete a degree program are as follows:
- Doctoral Course
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- Master's Course
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Accordingly, a “Full-Scholarship” should cover:
- - Full tuition fee
- - Admission fee
- - Examination fee
- - A monthly subsistence and housing allowance
- - A round-trip air ticket
- - Medical insurance