Summary of Entrance Examination (Entrance year 2017)
Department of Computer Science
Master's Course and Doctoral Course
(Includes Examinations for Working Students)

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 is 2 year program to obtain Master's degree in Engineering for applicants who hold Bachelor's degrees.)

(2) Doctoral ("Kouki" : latter) Course (This is 3 year program to obtain Ph.D degree in Engineering for applicants who hold Master's degrees.)

In the exam of Master's course, we have paper examinations only for mathematics / fundamental topics of computer science 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. For the both courses, TOEFL or TOEIC score is necessary for the English exam. The following information is a summary of the entrance examination, but you should also obtain and check the official application form.

For Applicants to Master's Course (Including Working Students)

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.

(1) Master's : July Exam Based on Recommendation (Number of Admissions: 36 Persons) (Including Admissions Prepared for Cooperative Graduate School)

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+" or "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.

July 5 (Tue.)
Oral Exam (200 points)
13:00-17:00
Interview to each applicant
(Questioned topics include the applicant's major research subjects, motivation, preference, and so on.)

(Note) 1. Please contact a faculty member (or two faculty members, if any) whose research fields match to your interest prior to the exam.

(2) Master's : August Exam (Number of Admissions: 71 Persons) (Including Admissions Prepared for Cooperative Graduate School, Foreign Students, and Working Students)

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).

  August 25 (Thu.) August 26 (Fri.)
Foreign Language (100 points) Basic Subjects (200 points)
Mathematics / Fundamentals of Computer Science
Oral Exam (200 points)
  10:00-11:20 (TBD) 10:00-17:00
English
Submit your TOEFL score sheet or 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.)

(Note) 1. Please contact a faculty member (or two faculty members, if any) whose research fields match to your interest prior to the exam.
(Note) 2. Please look at "* Areas from Which Problems for Writing Exam of Fundamentals of Computer Science Are Prepared" below.

(Master's: August) Examination for Working Students

For admissions of working students, the style of the exam and the method of evaluation are simplified as explained below.

  August 26 (Fri.)
Foreign Language (100 points) Oral Exam (100 points)
  10:00-17:00
English
Submit your TOEFL score sheet or 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 a faculty member (or two faculty members, if any) whose research fields match to your interest prior to the exam.

(3) Master's: February Exam (Number of Admissions: 6 Persons + α) (Including Admissions Prepared for Cooperative Graduate School, Foreign Students, and Working Students)

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.

For Applicants to Doctoral Course (Including Working Students)

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.

(1) Doctoral: August Exam (Number of Admissions: 23 Persons) (Including Admissions Prepared for Cooperative Graduate School, Foreign Students, and Working Students)

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.

  August 24 (Wed.)
Foreign Language (100 points) Oral Exam (200 points)
  10:00-17:00
English
Submit your TOEFL score sheet or 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. (The exam also includes a 10 minutes presentation on the applicant's past research and future research plan.)

(Note) 1. Please contact a faculty member (or two faculty members, if any) whose research fields match to your interest 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.

(2) Doctoral: February Exam (Number of Admissions: 5 Persons + α) (Including Admissions Prepared for Cooperative Graduate School, Foreign Students, and Working Students)

The exam is performed according to the following schedule. oAlso, we hold the exam for admissions of working students. The subjects for the exam are the same as the August exam.

Additional Information about Exam

* Areas from Which Problems for Writing Exam of Fundamentals of Computer Science Are Prepared. (Master's Course Only)

The paper exam of Fundamentals of Computer Science will be prepared from the following areas.

  Area
Data Structure and Algorithms Stack, Queue, List, Tree, Graph, Algorithms Dealing with These Data Structures.
Fundamentals of Programming Control Structure (Conditional Structure, Loop, etc.), Data Type (Character String, Array, etc.), Function, Procedure, Recursive Call.
Discrete Mathematics and Logic Set, Function, Relation, Graph, Propositional Logic, Predicate Logic.
Logic Circuit Boolean Algebra, Karnaugh Map, Combinatorial Circuit.

* On English Examination (For Both Master's and Doctoral Courses)

Please attach your TOEIC Official Score Certificate or TOEFL Examinee (Test Taker) Score Record to the application form. Please submit the form on the first day of the examination when the Department specifies.

(Note) 1. The score sheets (certificates) dated July, 2014 or later are valid.

(Note) 2. With regard to the TOEFL score, TOEFL-iBT, TOEFL-PBT, and TOEFL-CBT are valid (TOEFL-ITP is not valid), although TOEFL-CBT was finished and TOEFL-PBT was also finished in Japan.

* On Oral Examination (Doctoral Course only)

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 PowerPoint and so on 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.

Official Document and Application Form

You can access the official document and the application form (after they are available) from the web page in English or Japanese.

Past Entrance Exam Problems

You can access to problems at Archive of Past Examination Problems.

Contacts

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Links

Updated at 2016/May/4.