International Program for Human-centered AI Society

• Applications for AY2024 are closed
• Added a link to the application guildelines for 2024 (August 29th, 2023)
• Added a note about the valid period of language proficiency scores (August 25th, 2023)
• The site is updated for FY2024 (March 23rd, 2023)

About the program

MEXT Scholarship

The program 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: 4
• Doctoral course: 4

• Applicants need to satisfy the eligibility requirements specified in the guidelines.
• The application guidelines for AY2024 are available here: Application guidelines for 2024

Application procedure

• The first step toward the application to the program is finding a prospective academic supervisor in our department.
• 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 HCAIP program.

• 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.
  • hcaip (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

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