TOP OF THIS PAGE.

Statistical Data | Part 1 | Part 2 |



ADMISSION INFORMATION FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO 2006

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

 

The period when application form is distributed and the deadline for application may be changed,so please inquire about latest information at your faculty/graduate school.
(The information on FY 2005 is mentioned on this page.)

The Name of the Graduate School Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Departments Department of Language and Information Sciences, Department of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies (Culture and Representation, Cultural Anthropology, Comparative Literature and Culture), Department of Area Studies, Department of Advanced Social and International Studies, Department of Multi-Disciplinary Sciences (Life Sciences, Basic Science, General Systems Studies)
Type of Degree M.A., M.S., Ph.D.
The number of students who obtained a Degree in 2004 M.A. or M.S. --- 224
Ph.D. --- 80
Graduate School's Overview The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences was established with the primary objective of providing opportunities for students to develop in depth the knowledge acquired through their Senior Division years in the College of Arts and Sciences. Underscoring the interdisciplinary and international spirit, the Graduate School is committed to training not only scholars in specialized academic fields but also professionals whose expertise will enable them to make great social contributions in a variety of practical fields. The Graduate School aims to be a transmitter of intelligence to the world arena, rather than a mere recipient, by conducting not only interdisciplinary but also transdisciplinary education and research. At the same time, anticipating the needs of the future, the Graduate School is committed to educating students who will take an active role in shaping cultures in the increasingly international and informationbased societies of our time, in the belief that intelligence should not remain within the academy but should expand into the actual world on a global scale. With this purpose in view a new graduate program on human security, which covers all the graduate courses at Komaba, was inaugurated in April 2004.
 
The Name of the Discipline Department of Language and Information Sciences
Number of Lectures 76(Lectures in English:10)
Required Japanese Language Level Ability to comprehend lectures and read texts
The period when application form is distributed and the deadline for application
Master's Program & Doctoral Program
Application available: June
Application Deadline:
Master's Program: November
Doctoral Program: December & January
International Research Student
Application available: Year-round
Application Deadline:
September (Entrance in April)
March (Entrance in October)
Homepage / E-mail address http://gamp.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Contact langinfo@boz.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Discipline's Overview The progress of internationalization and the rapid innovation of technology in the field of information have made cross-cultural and transnational communication and understanding more important. The Graduate Department of Language and Information Sciences is committed to conducting comprehensive, interdisciplinary research and education in the culture, history, literature, signs, and media of various societies, through focusing on language activity, the most fundamental of all human activities. In addition to fostering professional researchers capable of contributing to a wide range of academic fields, both theoretical and applied, the Department emphasizes the training of persons who will be active in the front lines of society, making use of the advanced knowledge of language and culture which they acquired in the Graduate School. It also admits working members of society within the prescribed limits of accepted applicants. Also recognizing that mutual international understanding and cooperation are based on a twoway dialogue, the Department is engaged not only in research on foreign languages and cultures but also on Japanese language as a foreign language and Japanese culture as a foreign culture.
 
The Name of the Discipline Department of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies --- Culture and Representation
Number of Lectures 74(Lectures in English:0)
Required Japanese Language Level Ability to comprehend lectures and read texts
The period when application
form is distributed and the
deadline for application

Master's Program & Doctoral Program
Application available: June
Application Deadline:
Master's Program: November
Doctoral Program: December & January
International Research Student
Application available: Year-round
Application Deadline:
September (Entrance in April)
March (Entrance in October)
Homepage / E-mail address http://repre.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Inquiry repre@chora.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Discipline's Overview 「The Culture and Representation Program is a new academic field which, from the viewpoint of "representation" analysis, attempts to take a fresh approach to art, literature, and cultural phenomena in general and, at the same time, tries to create a bridge between academic research and actual cultural creation in society.As such,the Program has four main tasks.First, "representation" has a plurality of meanings --philosophical, theatrical, and political-- and is therefore a key concept at the center of multiple cultural dimensions. Consequently, it becomes important to locate the study of works of art within the space of the "relativity" in which they are produced and consumed and to consider the genesis and structure of this space. The Program's primary emphasis is on the problematization of the space of the "act." Second, in contrast to conventional cultural studies that have tended to overemphasize "high" art and literature, "visuality" in a broader sense, including not only painting but also film, television, and computer graphics, is one of the principal concerns of the Program. Thus, the scope of the Program extends to the flowering of subculture and pop culture in contemporary media. Third, given the fact that "representation" also has political implications, the Program recognizes culture itself as an arena of political conflict in which a wide variety of forces interact with each other. Here, the study of practical issues such as mecenat (arts patronage), cultural policy, and art management holds an important place in the Program. Lastly, considering cultural phenomena from this angle, the Program aims to break with naive empiricism, construct a solid theoretical foundation, and carry out such analysis as is able to support objective disproving. Boldly and steadiy introducing various contemporary critical theories including linguistics, psychoanalysis, deconstructionism, poststructuralism and gender theory into the study of culture, the Program aims to produce objective results beyond subjective, impressionistic criticism. The Culture and Representation Program, which is establishing a new academic field, is more than one simple discipline. The aspirations of the Program are to penetrate established academic fields and, through an internal modification of their main programs, to function as a critical apparatus which brings about a new vision of knowledge. Research grounded in the analysis of texts and the dynamics of a practice engaged with the world beyond the academy coexist in the Program, with the conflicts and dilemmas themselves providing fuel for this project which is making a great step for 21st-century knowledge. Discipline's Overview
 
The Name of the Discipline Department of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies --- Cultural Anthropology
Number of Lectures 74(Lectures in English:0)
Required Japanese Language Level Ability to comprehend lectures and read texts
The period when application
form is distributed and the
deadline for application

Master's Program & Doctoral Program
Application available: June
Application Deadline:
Master's Program: November
Doctoral Program: December & January
International Research Student
Application available: Year-round
Application Deadline:
September (Entrance in April)
March (Entrance in October)
Homepage / E-mail address http://park.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/bunjin/
Inquiry komaba_bunjin[at]yahoogroups.jp
Discipline's Overview The history of cultural anthropology at The University of Tokyo dates back to 1951,when,for the first time at a Japanese national university, a lectureship in cultural anthropology was established at the Institute of Oriental Culture. Since then, the cultural anthropology section has played a central role in the education and research of this subject in Japan. After several institutional changes and the reorganization of the graduate division in April 1996, the Cultural Anthropology Program is now part of the Graduate Department of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies. In the process of reorganization, this Program expanded its research and educational bodies and is now composed of two institutional chairs: a Chair in Cultural Anthropology comprising six specializations (Theories of Culture, Cultural Semantics, Ethnicity and Social Systems, Processes of Civilization, Anthropology of Development, Civilizations and Local Societies) and an affiliated Chair in Comparative Ethnography from the Institute of Oriental Culture. While maintaining its independence, the Cultural Anthropology Program is closely related with two other programs in the Graduate Department of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, -- Culture and Representation and Comparative Literature and Culture -- and is involved in multi-faceted activities aimed at developing interdisciplinary cultural studies. Today, the field of cultural anthropology is at an important transition point, and the Program is continually striving to create scholarship appropriate to this new age.
 
The Name of the Discipline Department of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies --- Comparative Literature and Culture
Number of Lectures 74(Lectures in English:0)
Required Japanese Language
Level
Ability to comprehend lectures and read texts
The period when application
form is distributed and the
deadline for application

Master's Program & Doctoral Program
Application available: June
Application Deadline:
Master's Program: November
Doctoral Program: December & January
International Research Student
Application available: Year-round
Application Deadline:
September (Entrance in April)
March (Entrance in October)
Homepage / E-mail address http://fusehime.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Inquiry hikaku@fusehime.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Discipline's Overview Drawing on the tradition of comparative literary studies, the main focus of which was adjusted on modern Japan, the Comparative Literature and Culture Program deals with a broad period from antiquity to the modern era of Japan and its comparative scope includes Asia (especially East Asia) as well as the Western hemisphere. The Program, linked with various research projects, focuses not only on literature but also on fine arts, philosophy, customs, and cultural traditions, thus comprising multiple aspects of culture. In terms of its organizational structure, the Program consists of two courses: the Comparative Literature and Culture course and the Cultural Complexity course.The Comparative Literature and Culture course,with its time-honored tradition, covers research fields such as literature, theatrical performance, fine arts, and philosophy, with consideration given to ever-changing divisions of genre. The Cultural Complexity course is concerned with complex cultural structures (i.e. cultural complexities) in their multicultural and multi-dimensional entirety. The Program is closely associated with other programs in the Department of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies.
 
The Name of the Discipline Department of Area Studies
Number of Lectures 70(Lectures in English:3)
Required Japanese Language Level Ability to comprehend lectures and read texts
The period when application
form is distributed and the
deadline for application

Master's Program & Doctoral Program
Application available: June
Application Deadline:
Master's Program: November
Doctoral Program: December & January
International Research Student
Application available: Year-round
Application Deadline:
September (Entrance in April)
March (Entrance in October)
Homepage / E-mail address http://ask.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Inquiry area@ask.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Discipline's Overview In our contemporary world, international exchanges are rapidly progressing, thus advancing a borderless circulation of people, products, and information. Various people in various regions engage in diverse activities related to all fields of human life. Recent phenomena in international politics and the world economy, for example, ethnic disputes and trade friction, show that such problems in regional cultures should be explored in relation to political and economic activities. "Areas" in area studies are not restricted to established regions such as specific nations and spatial territories. The concept of "area" refers to a complex of social images that emerges out of regional, cultural and historical conditions, as well as a dynamic complex in which different values are in conflict. Therefore, the most important philosophy of area studies is that it begins with a rethinking of established concepts about areas, and not with treating them as given conditions. The Department deals on various levels with the formation, structure and systems of each area, along with the political and social issues emerging from their interaction. Since its inception, the Department has trained students to cope successfully with the current global situation and has accepted a great number of foreign students and scholars, resulting in some unique achievements in both education and research. In the upheaval of the world of the 21st century, there is an increasing need to train experts with deep insight and global vision. In shouldering this responsibility, the Department believes it is its duty to produce graduates who can relate creatively and resourcefully to the world.
 
The Name of the Discipline Department of Advanced Social and International Studies
Number of Lectures 114(Lectures in English:2)
Required Japanese Language Level Ability to comprehend lectures and read academic literatures
The period when application
form is distributed and the
deadline for application

Master's Program & Doctoral Program
Application available: June
Application Deadline:
Master's Program: November
Doctoral Program: December & January
International Research Student
Application available: Year-round
Application Deadline:
September (Entrance in April)
March (Entrance in October)
Homepage / E-mail address http://www.kiss.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
inquiry shakai@waka.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Discipline's Overview As the interdependence of nations and the process of globalization develop on an unprecedented scale, various types of conflicts, in addition to ethnic and religious conflicts, are emerging. Conflicts are developing between different norms and cultures, stemming from issues such as economic development, free trade and investment, environmental protectionism and other consequences of the formation of global civil society, as well as between global and local values. Japan's economic, political, social, and cultural role in the world is expanding, while the international community's expectations of Japan are greatly increasing. At the same time, however, Japan's social system and culture create conflict and misunderstanding in the international community. It is, thus, the Department's urgent task to present comprehensive information on Japan from an academic perspective. It is necessary to reorganize the traditional fields within social science and establish a new form of social science which is interdisciplinary as well as integrated. For this purpose, in 1996, the Department of Advanced Social and International Studies was formed by integrating two divisions, the Department of International Relations and the Department of Social Science Studies, which had been co-operating closely in educational and research activities. The Department places great importance on training students to become the professional researchers needed in the coming era and aims to make an academic contribution to society. In other words, the Department's purpose is to train students who will become not only researchers and educators at universities and research institutes but also professionals active in a wide range of areas, such as the government, international organizations (for example, the UN, the World Bank, and the IMF), NGOs, and private think-tanks.
 
The Name of the Discipline Department of Multidisciplinary Sciences --- Life Sciences
Number of Lectures 97(Lectures in English:1)
Required Japanese Language Level At minimum, ability to comprehend lectures
The period when application
form is distributed and the
deadline for application

Master's Program & Doctoral Program
Application available: June
Application Deadline:
Master's Program: November
Doctoral Program: December & January
International Research Student
Application available: Year-round
Application Deadline:
September (Entrance in April)
March (Entrance in October)
Homepage / E-mail address http://bio.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index-e.html
Inquiry www-admin@bio.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Discipline's Overview The Life Sciences Program transcends the existing categories of Sciences and Arts and constitutes an extremely interdisciplinary and unique field of research and education, which deals with issues of life ranging from DNA to human beings. Fields of research include Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Sports Sciences, Psychology, and Pedagogy, and research interests range widely, from micro-level basic components of the organism (such as DNA, proteins, and cells), to the structure, generation, and functions of tissues, organs, and individuals, as well as the structure and function of the human body and psychology. Members of the faculty, having deepened their understanding of their own research topics, aim to establish new forms of Life Sciences by interacting with and stimulating each other and encouraging interdisciplinary views. In regard to education, the Program aims to train students to acquire the basic knowledge and techniques needed to advance research in their own fields and to understand the human body at the level of molecules, cells, tissues, organs, and the individual body, while also paying attention to the field of Cognitive Science. More specifically, students are expected to become (1) researchers and engineers with a systematic and advanced knowledge of Life Sciences, (2) researchers and instructors engaged in lifelong learning with an understanding of life, living, activity, vitality, and health, (3) researchers and clinical specialists who study the responses of the brain and nerves, and (4) researchers and professionals who can deal appropriately with ethical issues.
 
The Name of the Discipline Department of Multidisciplinary Sciences --- Basic Science
Number of Lectures 40(Lectures in English:0)
Required Japanese Language Level At minimum, ability to comprehend lectures
The period when application
form is distributed and the
deadline for application

Master's Program & Doctoral Program
Application available: June
Application Deadline:
Master's Program: November
Doctoral Program: December & January
International Research Student
Application available: Year-round
Application Deadline:
September (Entrance in April)
March (Entrance in October)
Homepage / E-mail address http://www.dbs.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index.en.html
Inquiry wwwadm@maildbs.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Discipline's Overview The natural world has a stratified structure composed of elementary particles, nuclei, atoms, molecules, condensed matter, high-level structures, and life forms. In order to understand Nature, it is necessary to elucidate not only the phenomena specific to each stratum but also more general structures and principles underlying these phenomena. Another important problem confronting science today is the clarification of the role of natural science in society and history. The Basic Science Program covers basic research on matters ranging from quarks to intelligent matter, mutually stimulated and activated by meta-science research in the history and philosophy of science. According to the traditional classification of disciplines, faculty research fields include the history and philosophy of science, elementary particles, nuclei, atoms, molecules, solid-state physics, statistical physics, and organic, inorganic, and physical chemistry. However transcending the boundaries of specialization, the Program is prepared to go beyond the traditional disciplines in actual education and research. Graduate students are expected to undertake research of their own choosing and have the opportunity to acquire a broad outlook and diversified methodologies by participating in joint seminars held within the Department. The goal of our graduate program is thus to train a new generation of experts who can contribute not only to further developments in the existing fields of natural science, but also to the creation of new frontiers at the interfaces of these fields through the synthesis of many different disciplines. Discipline's Overview
 
The Name of the Discipline Department of Multidisciplinary Sciences --- General Systems Studies
Number of Lectures Level 84(Lectures in English:0)
Required Japanese Language

At minimum, ability to comprehend lectures

The period when application
form is distributed and the deadline
for application


Master's Program & Doctoral Program
Application available: June
Application Deadline:
Master's Program: November
Doctoral Program: December & January
International Research Student
Application available: Year-round
Application Deadline:
September (Entrance in April)
March (Entrance in October)
Homepage / E-mail address http://system.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index-e.html
Inquiry www-admin@system.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Discipline's Overview Present-day highly developed scientific technology has enriched human life, but it has also created serious and complex problems between human society and the global environment, such as dwindling energy resources, increasing population and food shortages, human and industrial waste, regional and global environmental problems, a highly information-oriented society,the advancement and ethics of life science and medical care,the promotion and control of scientific technologies, and regional and ethnic conflicts. These complex problems cannot be solved solely by advancements within the traditional academic disciplines; wide-ranging interdisciplinary cooperation beyond the frameworks of natural, social, and human sciences is needed. To comprehend and solve these complex problems in their entirety, it is helpful to consider the relationships between the various elements of a problem and explore how each part connects to the whole, while analyzing each element by using methods from individual scientific disciplines. This is the basic idea of Systems Studies as 'studies of relations'. With this as its fundamental principle, this Program aims to establish and develop the field of 'General Systems Studies' in which specific problems are understood as systems, and their structures, functions, conditions, and changes are studied.
 
The Name of the Discipline Graduate Program on Human Security
Required Japanese Language Level Ability to comprehend lectures, read texts and debate

The period when application
form is distributed and the
deadline for application

(1) General Entrance Examination from Master's and Doctoral Programs
Application available: April
Application deadline:
Master's Program: November
Doctoral Program: December or January
(2) Entrance Examination for Master Course Applicants with Relevant Social Experiences
Application available: April
Application deadline: July
(3) Entrance Examination for Doctoral Program Applicants with Relevant Social Experiences
Application available: April
Application deadline: January
Homepage / E-mail address http://human-security.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
Inquiry hsp-toiawase@hsp.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Discipline's Overview "Human Security" Program is managed by a lateral committee of the existing five departments of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Department of Language and Information Sciences, Department of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, Department of Area Studies, Department of Advanced Social and International Studies and Department of Multi-Disciplinary Sciences. Each student of the program belongs to one of the above five departments in accordance with her/his research interest, and addresses the special assignments designed for Human Security issues.


College of Arts and Sciences

 

The period when application form is distributed and the deadline for application may be changed,so please inquire about latest information at your faculty/graduate school.
(The information on FY 2005 is mentioned on this page.)

The Name of the Faculty College of Arts and Sciences
Departments Senior Division (Department of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, Department of Area Studies, Department of Social and International Relations, Department of Basic Science, Department of General Systems Studies, Department of Life and Cognitive Sciences)
Type of a Degree Bachelors Degree (in Arts and Sciences)
The number of students who
obtained a Degree in 2004
171 students
Faculty's Overview The College of Arts and Sciences has established the College,s Senior Division for a select number of third- and fourth-year students to pursue a program of specialized training. Founded in 1996, in tandem with the university's new emphasis on graduate studies, this Senior Division was formed through a reorganization of two former departments, the now defunct Departments of Liberal Arts and Basic Sciences. The Senior Division is now comprised of six departments in the humanities and sciences. Because education must now speak to the ever-widening, global nature of a vast array of social phenomena and problematics, Senior Division students engage a pedagogy that is not simply interdisciplinary but also transdisciplinary, covering both sciences and the humanities. Constant improvements are made to the curriculum in order to guarantee that students are equipped both with a broadly conceived general education and cutting-edge specialized training. This program's goal of providing a uniquely challenging education to a limited number of students has earned wide public acclaim thanks to its many highly capable and creative graduates who now actively contribute to society. While a large number of graduates of the College's Senior Division continue on to graduate school, a significant percentage find immediate positions in the public sector,in the corporate world,and in the fields of education and journalism.
Homepage / E-mail address http://www.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index.html
 
The Name of the Department

Department of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies

Department's Overview The Department of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies is comprised of four majors. Three of these, the majors in Cultural Anthropology, Culture and Representation, and Japanese Intercultural Studies, date from the time of the former Department of Liberal Arts, while the fourth is a newly established one in Language and Information Sciences. The Department's most distinctive trait can be found in its synthetic and interdisciplinary investigation of human culture in a dynamic and border-crossing approach that moves beyond specific academic domains and regional intersections, as well as beyond defined cultural forms or media formats. The Department's broad terrain ranges, then, from phenomena specific to traditional rituals or folk performance to issues of multimedia communication or global culture pertinent to information-based societies. Yet another of the Department's defining traits is the importance placed upon firsthand involvement with the subject of analysis. Not a place for empty theorizing, the Department fosters a vibrant relationship with education and research in which knowledge and experience acquired through fieldwork and on-site study are themselves transformed through a theoretical engagement within discourse.
 
The Name of the Department Department of Area Studies
Department's Overview The Department of Area Studies is divided into the seven sections of American Area Studies, British Area Studies, French Area Studies, German Area Studies, Russian and East European Area Studies, Asian Area Studies, and Latin American Area Studies. In addition, the Department also maintains three courses in European Studies, Eurasian Studies and Korean Studies. While each of these are fully independent sections and courses dedicated to the study of a specific region, they share a common interest in the study of regional cultures and, thus, maintain an organic unity as the Department of Area Studies. Put differently, though the subjects of research identified in each section and course cover diverse geographic divisions, linguistic zones, nation-states, and their sub-regions, the sections and courses share an interdisciplinary, synthetic methodology that aims for a broad comprehension of overall structure at the same time that it engages cultural and social specificities in a concrete and multi-perspective fashion. In addition, cooperative work between the various sections and courses encourages an interactive comprehension of multiple areas, while comparative work addressing specific concerns in relation to Japan allows recognition of unique problematics. Indeed, work in the Department encourages a comprehensive perspective of cultures and societies throughout the world.
 
The Name of the Department Department of Social and International Relations
Department's Overview The Department of Social and International Relations offers two courses: (Interdisciplinary) Social Science Studies and International Relations. Respecting the academic legacies which we have inherited from traditional disciplines of social sciences, the Department moves to approach contemporary social issues with international and interdisciplinary methods. The training in the Department aims to raise persons who have broader perspectives based on refined methodology of social sciences, also can apply them to ongoing social issues, and then grasp contemporary global problems comprehensively. The careers of the graduates are various: some go to public organization, international organizations and private corporations. Others go into the world of journalism. Many go on to the graduate school (Department of Advanced Social and International Studies) which collaborates with the department closely and other graduate schools in Japan and in the world.
 
The Name of the Department Department of Basic Science
Department's Overview The Department of Basic Science is composed of five majors: Mathematical Science, Physical Science, Molecular Science, Bio-functions, and the History and Philosophy of Science. The Department is characterized by its interdisciplinary approach to the subjects which lie in the boundary between mathematical science, physics and chemistry in condensed matter, molecular science, or bio-functions in life sysytem. The educational philosophy of the Department is to train students having an ability to understand interdisciplinary fields as well as having their own field of expertise. In 21st century, scientists are confronted with difficult problems which can not be solved within the isolated disciplines of physics, chemistry, or biology.It is increasingly important,therefore, for education to step beyond individual divisions in discipline.
 
The Name of the Department Department of General Systems Studies
Department's Overview The Department of General Systems Studies is composed of two majors, Systems Sciences and Human Geography. It was established in 1996, through the reorganization of the now defunct Base Sciences II and Human Geography which was a part of the former Liberal Arts I. The Department, whose basic educational philosophy lies in interdisciplinary synthesis, deals with various complex issues facing today's society -- for example, those of the environment, energy, population, urbanism, and the effects of the rapid progress of scientific technology on society. The Department is characterized by its interdisciplinary approach to the problems which lie in the boundary zone between natural sciences and the humanities.
Homepage http://system.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
 
The Name of the Department Department of Life and Cognitive Sciences
Department's Overview The Department of Life and Cognitive Sciences is comprised of two majors: Basic Life Science and Cognitive Behavioral Science. The former major deals with basic life science, which has become the basis extending beyond the natural sciences. The latter major focuses on cognitive science, which has gained prominence for its interdisciplinary research on mind and consciousness. The Department deals with education and research on life and cognitive sciences; it covers a wide range of research fields from the phenomenon of life in general to the mental activities of human beings, from DNA molecules to human cognition and behavior. The Department is composed of professors specializing in Biology, Biochemistry, Psychology, and Pedagogy. The Department trains students to become leading specialists and engineers equipped with specialized knowledge and a far-sighted vision in the fields of life and cognitive sciences.
 
The Name of the Department Short-term Student Exchange Program (AIKOM)
Homepage / E-mail address http://park.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/aikom/
Inquiry aikom@boz.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Department's Overview The AIKOM (Abroad in Komaba) Program is a one-year undergraduate exchange program between The University of Tokyo and 24 partner universities in 16 countries.It is operated under a formal short-term exchange agreement, which stipulates mutual tuition waivers (whereby participating students pay full tuition to their home university), and credit transfers (whereby credits earned during the study-abroad year are recognized by the individual student's home university). Applications are solicited from students in the Senior Division of the College (except for a few Departments) and third- and fourth-year students of the partner universities. The program receives more than 25 international students each year, and from the University of Tokyo, Komaba, approximately the same number of students go to partner universities. A special curriculum is provided for AIKOM students at Komaba, which includes courses offered in English, such as Special Relay Lectures and Seminars on Japanese Studies, Dynamics of Japanese Cultural History, Aspects of Japanese Society, Specialized Courses on Japanese Studies I-IV, Japanese Language, and Directed Independent Study. All of these courses, except for the Japanese Language Courses and Directed Independent Study, are open to regular students in the Senior Division of the College. AIKOM students are also free to take regular courses in the College's Senior Division, according to their academic interests and Japanese language proficiency.