The Department of Computer Science, Graduate
School of Systems
and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba, invites students
for the
following two types of courses.
(1) Master's ("Zenki" :
former) Course
(This course is for students who have Bachlor's degrees. Two years
after
admission, each student can choose (1) obtaining Master's degree and
graduating
or (2) going to the doctoral course to pursue Doctoral degrees.)
(2) Doctoral ("Kouki" :
latter) Course
(This course is for students who already have a Master's degree. Each
student
aims at getting the Doctoral degree after typically three years of
admission.)
In the exam of Master's course, we have paper examinations only for fundamental topics of computer science and mathematics and we have prepared a special seat without paper exam for working students. In the exam of the Doctoral course, we give more weight to the oral examination. From 2009, we abolished a paper examination for English and the TOEFL or TOEIC score is necessary for the English exam. The following information is a summary of the entrance examination for year 2012. Please obtain and check the official application form booklet.
We provide three entrance examinations for applicants to Master's Course. These are July Exam based on recommendation, August Exam, and February Exam. We also hold two entrance examinations in August and February for admissions of working students. The following is an outline of each exam.
Only applicants who satisfy one of the following
two
requirements can be recommended to apply this exam.
(a) Approximately 70 percent or more of the total number of acquired
credits in
the undergraduate school are of mark "A" (highest).
(b) Having excellent ability in a certain special field of Computer
Science.
The exam is to be held according to the following schedule.
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July 6 (Wed.) |
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Paper Exam (100 points) |
Oral Exam (200 points) |
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10:00-11:00 |
13:00-17:00 |
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Composition to a special topic |
Interview to each applicant |
(Note ) 1. Please contact in beforehand, a faculty member whom you wish to become your advisor.
This is the largest exam and a variety of persons can apply. The exam is performed according to the following schedule. Also, we hold the exam for admissions of working students. Please note that the style of the exam and the method of evaluation for the working students are simplified as explained below (see "Examination for Working Students" below).
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August 25 (Thu.) |
August 26(Fri.) |
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Foreign Language (100 points) |
Basic Subjects (200 points) |
Oral Exam (200 points) |
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Mathematics (100 points) |
Fundamentals of Computer Science (100 points) |
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10:00-11:00 |
11:45-12:45 |
10:00-17:00 |
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English Submit a TOEFL score sheet or a TOEIC official certificate. See “on English examination” below about the submission method. |
(Evaluate understanding of basic knowledge.) |
Interview to
each applicant (Questioned topics include the applicant's major research subjects, motivation, preference, and so on.) |
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(Note) 1. Please contact in beforehand, a faculty
member
whom you wish to become your advisor.
(Note) 2. Please look at "Areas from which
Problems for Writing Exam of Fundamentals of Computer Science are
Prepared" below.
For admissions of working students, the style of the exam and the method of evaluation are simplified as explained below.
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August 26 (Fri.) |
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Foreign Language (100 points) |
Oral Exam (100 points) |
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10:00-17:00 |
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English Submit a TOEFL score sheet or a TOEIC official certificate. See “on English examination” below about the submission method. |
Interview to
each applicant (Questioned topics include the applicant's major research subjects, motivation, preference, and so on.) |
(Note) 1. Please contact in beforehand, a faculty member whom you wish to become your advisor.
The exam is performed according to the following schedule. Also, we hold the exam for admissions of working students. The subjects for the exam are the same as the August exam.
Application form distribution: late November
Application form receipt: 2012/1/4(Wed) to 2011/1/6(Fri)
Examination: 2012/2/1(Wed) and 2/2(Thu)
Announcement of admission: 2012/2/16(Thu)
We provide two entrance examinations for applicants to Doctoral Course. These are August Exam and February Exam. We also perform two entrance examinations in August and February for admissions of working students. Note that we actively accept admissions of working students who pursue degrees of Doctors. The following is an outline of each exam.
This is the largest exam and a variety of persons can apply. Also, we perform the exam for admissions of working students. The exam is performed according to the following schedule. Please note that the way of the exam for admissions of working students is the same as that for other students.
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August 24 (Wed.) |
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Foreign Language (100 points) |
Oral Exam (200 points) |
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10:00-11:00 |
10:00-17:00 |
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English Submit a TOEFL score sheet or a TOEIC official certificate. See “on English examination” below about the submission method. |
Interview to each student Questioned topics include the applicant's major research subjects, motivation, preference, and so on. (The exam also includes a 10 minutes presentation on the applicant's past research and future research plan.) |
(Note) 1. Each applicant
need to
contact at least one faculty whose research field match to what he/she
would
like to study in prior to the exam.
(Note) 2. Please look at "On
oral examination" below for details of the oral examination. Please
make preparations before the day of exam according to this information.
The exam is performed according to the following schedule. Also, we hold the exam for admissions of working students. The subjects for the exam are the same as the August exam.
Application form distribution: late November
Application form receipt: 2012/1/4(Wed) to 2012/1/6(Fri)
Examination: 2012/2/2(Thu)
Announcement of admission: 2012/2/16(Thu)
The paper exam of Fundamentals of Computer Science will be prepared from the following areas.
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Area |
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Data Structure and Algorithms |
Stack, Queue, List, Tree, Graph, Algorithms dealing with these data structures |
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Fundamentals of Programming |
Control structure (conditional structure, loop, etc.), Data type (character string, array, etc.), Function, Procedure, Recursive call |
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Discrete Mathematics and Logic |
Set, Function, Relation, Graph, Propositional logic, Predicate logic |
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Logic Circuit |
Boolean algebra, Karnaugh map, Combinatorial circuit |
Each applicant needs to choose one of the followings.
(1) Enclosing a TOEIC official certificate when he or she sends an application for admission.
(2) Enclosing a TOEFL score sheet when he or she sends an application for admission.
(3) Enclosing a prescribed form for postponing when he or she sends an application for admission, and submitting a TOEIC official certificate on the day of an oral exam.
(4) Enclosing a prescribed form for postponing when he or she sends an application for admission, and submitting a TOEFL score sheet on the day of an oral exam.
(Note) 1. The score sheets (certificates) dated July, 2009 or later are valid.
(Note) 2. With regard to the TOEFL score, TOEFL-iTB, TOEFL-PBT, and TOEFL-CBT are valid (TOEFL-ITP is not valid).
On September 27, 2006, R-Prometric Company announced that CBT test in Japan is finished on September 30, 2006 so that they will provide only iBT test from October. See the website of R-Prometric company for the details.
In the oral exam of Doctoral Course, in addition to making questions on applicant's major research subjects, motivation and preference, and so on, we ask each applicant to make a 10 minutes presentation on his/her past research and future research plan. It is recommended to use the PowerPoint for presentation. We prepare necessary electronic equipments (a PC projector), but each applicant must bring his/her own personal computer. Please prepare a presentation before the day of exam and bring your own personal computer. If you have questions on the oral exam such as available equipments, please contact us at the address below.
You can access the official document and the application form (after they are available) from the webpage concerning the admission and the entrance examination of Systems and Information Engineering at the URL: http://www.sie.tsukuba.ac.jp/eng/admission/admission.html and the URL: http://www.sie.tsukuba.ac.jp/admission/youkou.html.
We will send printed copies (same as those on the Web) for persons who cannot access from the Web. Those persons should send a request to the address below WITH THE NAME OF COURSE (Computer Science). The request must include an A4 size envelope for return together with stamps of 390 Japanese yen.
Mailing address (Only for persons who cannot download from the Web) :
(English)
Office of Systems and Information Engineering,
University of Tsukuba,
1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan
TEL 029-853-5414/6246
FAX 029-853-7291
(Japanese)
〒305-8573 つくば市天王台1-1-1
筑波大学システム情報工学研究科事務室
TEL 029-853-5414/6246
FAX 029-853-7291
(Japanese characters in the may not appear correctly if you are using a
non-Japanese-encoding browser.)
Hiroyuki KITAGAWA (Dept. Chair) (TEL 029-853-5522, E-MAIL kitagawa (at) cs.tsukuba.ac.jp）
Hotaka TAKIZAWA (TEL 029-853-5503, E-MAIL takizawa (at) cs.tsukuba.ac.jp)
Takeshi YAMADA (TEL 029-853-5327, E=MAIL takeshi (at) cs.tsukuba.ac.jp)
Hiroyuki KITAGAWA (Dept. Chair) (TEL 029-853-5522, E-MAIL kitagawa (at) cs.tsukuba.ac.jp）
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