Engineering T-cens
MEXT Scholarship students through Japanese Embassies(+中国赴) for admission in April 2025 or October 2025

Updated on 2024 June 6th. Back to Application for Embassy Recommendation at School of Engineering&IST

■1 Attention before your applying for T-cens

1 Please read application guidelines for MEXT scholarship 2025
2 After you could get the certificate of passing primary selection at the embassy, please start your application on T-cens.
3 Regarding your supervisor and laboratory as a MEXT scholarship student, you must search our official website carefully and considerably and decide one professor/associate professor/lecturer of the one department on your own. You can not change it. After your deep consideration, please start your application on T-cens.
4 Regarding form for placement preference(choice, name of university, Graduate School, Professor), It is OK you fill in our Faculty member's name as a choice. But it doesn't mean he/she will accept you as your supervisor. After your application Engineering T-cens online, he/she will judge you.
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If you are a staff of Indian Railways and could pass the primary selection at the embassy, send email to ryugakusei.t@gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp as soon as possible.

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Deadline for data entry through T-cens of all applicants(except for Chinese) → 15:00 JST, 9th August 2024

Deadline for data entry through T-cens of Chinese applicants →15:00 JST, 30th August 2024

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If you want to try the Department of Civil Enginerring, please enter the following URL.

http://www.civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/admission/

Chinese applicants who want to try Civil Engineering must contact FSO, Civil Engineering.

■2 Selection Process and Schedule

Process Scedule for 2025 Intake
Online Application starts 15:00 JST, 10th June 2024
Deadline for creating T-cens application accounts(course selection)of all applicants except for Chinese 15:00 JST, 9th August 2024
Deadline for creating T-cens application accounts(course selection) for Chinese applicants only 15:00 JST, 30th August 2024
Deadline for data entry through T-cens )of all applicants except for Chinese 15:00 JST, 9th August 2024
Deadline for data entry through T-cens for Chinese applicants only 15:00 JST, 30th August 2024
Selection result and Acceptance letter in PDF by School of Engineering the middle of September 2024
Final results will be announced by MEXT the middile of December 2024

■3 Attention for Submission List

     
Photo Headshot photo:Frame the subject showing an aplicant's full face, frontal view, with eyes open. A color photo is preferable.
The background must be solid and no shadow.
Taken within the last three (3) months prior to T-cens application
The file size must be no more than 500 kB.
 
Passport A photocopy of your valid passport (most preferable), census register, or other proof of citizenship. Identification card with your photo is preferable.  
MEXT passing certificate of the primary selection a copy of the document with stamp(s) by the Japanese diplomatic mission.The applicant who has passed the First Screening is eligible to directly contact the Office of International Students (OIS) at the UTokyo's Graduate School of Engineering with this notification of the First Screening result.  
1 MEXT Application for Japanese Government Scholarship Research Students a copy of the document with stamp(s) by the Japanese diplomatic mission.  
3 MEXT Field of Study and Study Program a copy of the document with stamp(s) by the Japanese diplomatic mission.  
4 Academic transcript Bachelor

Holder of Bachelor degree must upload a copy.

Holder of Master degree must upload a copy.

*a copy of the document with stamp(s) by the Japanese diplomatic mission.

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4 Academic transcript Master

Holder of Master degree must upload a copy.

Expected holder of Master degree upload a copy.

*a copy of the document with stamp(s) by the Japanese diplomatic mission.

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5 Degree bachelor

Holder of Bachelor degree must upload a copy.

Holder of Master degree must upload a copy.

Expected holder of Master degree upload a copy.

*a copy of the document with stamp(s) by the Japanese diplomatic mission.

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5 Degree master

Holder of Master degree must upload a copy.

*a copy of the document with stamp(s) by the Japanese diplomatic mission.

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5 Expected graduation

Expected holder of Bachelor degree upload a copy.

Expected holder of Master degree upload a copy.

*a copy of the document with stamp(s) by the Japanese diplomatic mission.

 
6 MEXT Scholarship Recommendation Form a copy of the document with stamp(s) by the Japanese diplomatic mission.  
8 MEXT Abstracts of Theses a copy of the document with stamp(s) by the Japanese diplomatic mission.  
9 MEXT English Language Proficiency If applicant has already submitted English Language Proficiency Certificate (such as TOEFL, IELTS, etc.) to the Japanese Embassy, please upload it.
Upload a copy of the document with stamp(s) by the Japanese diplomatic mission.
 
10 MEXT recommendation from the present employer a copy of the document with stamp(s) by the Japanese diplomatic mission.
If applicant is currently employed and have submitted this recommendation, please upload it. (free format)
 
Study plan at UTokyo School of Engineering Statement of Study Plans / Research Proposal
Please describe an outline of your research proposal, including your motivation for selecting this particular professor. This statement needs to be written in English with no more than 1,000 words.
 
AFEB T-cens Enquiries on Educational and Occupational Background    
Award and publication for T-cens Please detail any scholarships, prizes, honors, awards and other recognitions, if any.  
Embassy coordinator If you have information (name and email) about the embassy coordinator of your home country, please fill in the form.  

■4 Q&A

If you have any questions for T-cens, please check this Q&A in advance, please.

■5 The level of entrance examination at School of Engineering

After you could enter School of Engineering as a research student on 2024, you must take an entrance examination for Master degree course/Doctoral degree course. To aid you in making your decision about entering the University of Tokyo's School of Engineering, please review the level of entrance examination information. For past entrance examinations, please refer to the following URL or ask the appropriate department office for details on your own.

General subjects

http://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/soe/admission/general_past.html

Special subjects

https://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/hubfs/graduate/2024/Past_Entrance_Examinations/kakomon_j.pdf

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Please start your online application (MEXT Embassy recommendation) from here

https://t-cens.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/t-cens/login_research.php

Creating&Login Course Selection (all times JST)

15:00, 10th June, 2024~

Deadline for data entry through T-cens of all applicants(except for Chinese) → 15:00 JST, 9th August 2024

Deadline for data entry through T-cens of Chinese applicants →15:00 JST, 30th August 2024


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