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.
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+" 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 3 (Tue.) |
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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) Applicants need to contact the faculty members in their area of specialization (see the list of specialization areas) prior to the application process. If you have the second choice, contact them as well.
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 23 (Thu.) | August 24 (Fri.) | |
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English (150 points) | Basic Subjects (300 points) Mathematics / Fundamentals of Computer Science |
Oral Exam (300 points) |
10:00-11:30 | 10:00-17:00 | |
English Evaluate TOEIC Listening and Reading Test Official Score Certificate / Official Score Report or TOEFL Examinee (Test Taker) Score Report which is sent to the TOEFL examinee from ETS by postal mail. 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.
Applicants need to contact the faculty members in their area of specialization (see the list of specialization areas) prior to the application process. If you have the second choice, contact them as well.
(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.
August 24 (Fri.) | |
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English (100 points) | Oral Exam (100 points) |
10:00-17:00 | |
English Evaluate TOEIC Listening and Reading Test Official Score Certificate / Official Score Report or TOEFL Examinee (Test Taker) Score Report which is sent to the TOEFL examinee from ETS by postal mail. 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) Applicants need to contact the faculty members in their area of specialization (see the list of specialization areas) prior to the application process. If you have the second choice, contact them as well.
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.
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.
August 22 (Wed.) | |
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English (100 points) | Oral Exam (200 points) |
10:00-17:00 | |
English Evaluate TOEIC Listening and Reading Test Official Score Certificate / Official Score Report or TOEFL Examinee (Test Taker) Score Report which is sent to the TOEFL examinee from ETS by postal mail. 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. Applicants need to contact the faculty members in their area of specialization (see the list of specialization areas) prior to the application process. If you have the second choice, contact them as well.
(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.
The paper exam of Fundamentals of Computer Science will be prepared from the following areas.
Area | |
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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. |
Bring an original copy of the TOEIC Listening and Reading Test Official Score Certificate / Official Score Report or Examinee (Test Taker) Score Report which is sent to the TOEFL examinee from ETS by postal mail, of the test you took after July 2016 with your photo, which is attached on the form to be created after completing Web Entry, and submit on the first day of the exam at the time advised by your department in advance. (Refer to the attachment sheet for the details about submission.) If the score is not submitted properly, you will be excluded from the further selection.
We will not accept the submission of a photocopy of the score, TOEIC Institutional Program Score Report, or TOEFL Institutional Test Score Record.
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.
You can access the official document and the application form (after they are available) from the web page in English or Japanese.
You can access to problems at Archive of Past Examination Problems.
Updated on May 29, 2018.