International Program for Promoting AI Social Implementation

• This website is published (April 7th, 2025)

About this program

The Degree Program in Computer Science, University of Tsukuba, offers a program named International Program for Promoting AI Social Implementation (AISIP) for AY2025-AY2027, which aims to foster technical experts who have the ability to develop and apply cutting-edge AI technologies for solving real issues in our society. In addition to the fundamental knowledge and skills about AI and information technolgies, students are also encouraged to study domain knowledge and ethics toward using AI for specific application fields.
To explore application research fields, research and education program will be offered in collaboration with the Japan-U.S. AI Partnership Research Solicitation (Cross-Pacific AI Initiative: X-PAI) and the Data Science Expert Program (DSEP) at University of Tsukuba.
Details of the AISIP curriculum can be found at AI Social Implementation Curriculum.

This program is a sucessor of International Program for Human-centered AI Society (HCAIP) (AY2022-AY2024). Detailed information about the special exam for AISIP will be announced around July 1st, 2025. In the meantime, please check the admission schedule of HCAIP, as the admission schedule of AISIP will not change so much from that of HCAIP.

MEXT Scholarship

The AISIP offers a special scholarship for international students.

• The support offered by this scholarship is the same as the Japanese government (MEXT) scholarship.
• More details can be found at Japanese Government Scholarship (University of Tsukuba)

• Master's course: 3
• Doctoral course: 4

• Applicants need to satisfy the eligibility requirements specified in the guidelines.
• The application guidelines for AY2026 will be available online soon.

Candidates who wish to apply for the master's degree without a bachelor's degree or apply to the doctoral degree without a master's degree must pass an eligibility screening to confirm academic qualifications equivalent to or higher than the relevant degree (see "3-2. Details of Eligibility Requirements and Eligibility Screening"). If this applies to you, please email us as soon as possible before the prescreening application deadline (late August).

Application procedure

• The first step toward the application to the program is finding a prospective academic supervisor in our degree program.
• You can find a list of faculties and their research fields here: list of faculties.
• You need to contact a prospective supervisor and obtain their consent for your application to the MEXT scholarship offered by AISIP.

• All the applicants need to pass the prescreening before taking the entrance exam.
• Prepare the following application documents in PDF format.
  1. Cover page including i) the course you are applying to (Master's course/Doctoral course), ii) your field of research, and iii) the name of your prospective academic supervisor (from whom you already obtained consent to apply)
  2. CV (including photo)
  3. Academic transcript of each academic year of the last university attended
  4. Certificate of Graduation or Expected Graduation of the last university attended
  5. Other documents indicating your academic excellence at the most recent academic institution, such as GPA, class rank, etc.
  6. Thesis abstract
  7. Research plan
  8. Document indicating your English or Japanese proficiency, such as grade report of TOEFL, IELTS, JLPT, etc.
     • English: Score report of a language proficiency test that corresponds to B2 or higher level of CEFR.
     • Japanese: Certificate of passing the JLPT exam, level N2 or higher.
     • Note: MEXT only accepts language proficiency scores obtained after January 2022. This applies to *all" language proficiency tests.
• Submit the application documents via e-mail.
  • aisip (AT) cs.tsukuba.ac.jp (Replace "(AT)" with an at sign.)
• The results of the prescreening will be notified in late September. (check the "Important dates")

• The applicants who passed the prescreening are notified to submit the application for the entrance examination.
• The application deadline is early October. (check the "Important dates")
• The details of the application for the entrance examination will be announced at the degree programs in systems and information engineering.

• The prospective applicants will be invited to take an online examination.
• Screening and selection are made on the basis of the submitted application documents and the oral examination.
• The examination results will be notified individually in early November.

• After the exam, the accepted students are recommended to MEXT as scholarship candidates.
• The official notification from MEXT will be announced individually in late February.

Important dates (Tentative)

FAQ

• Q: What is the oral examination like?
  A: The content of our oral examination is similar to that of the regular examinations for master's and doctoral programs in Computer Science, except that we do not offer assessments on basic knowledge (e.g., mathematics, programming, etc.) for the master's program. The detail will be announced to the applicants who pass the prescreening.

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