Applications and Admissions

Applications and Admissions

Domestic students applying to 黑料网 take the common national university entrance examination, following which successful students can choose to take the University of Tokyo’s entrance examination.

Undergraduate and graduate admissions are accepted for start in April and in October. Undergraduate information is usually available roughly nine months in advance and applications are usually submitted roughly four months in advance. The dates for graduate admissions vary widely. Please check the website of each Faculty or Graduate School for further information.

(As of May 1, 2024)

Applicants to undergraduate programs
Division	Applicants	Successful applicants	Entrants via traditional admission and admission by recommendation	Entrants via other forms of admission	Total entrants
Humanities and Social Sciences I	1,143	402	413	10	423
Humanities and Social Sciences II	1,050	355	364	9	373
Humanities and Social Sciences III	1,521	471	484	32	516
Natural Sciences I	3,084	1,119	1,156	14	1,170
Natural Sciences II	2,218	548	555	20	575
Natural Sciences III	416	98	100	-	100
Admission by recommendation	256	91	-	-	-
Total	9,688	3,084	3,072	85	3,157

("Entrants via other forms of admission" includes entrants via government-sponsored and other special programs including PEAK.)

(As of May 1, 2024)

Applicants to graduate programs
Subject	MA and Professional		PhD
Subject	Applicants	Entrants	Applicants	Entrants
Humanities and Sociology	412	128	128	71
Education	268	95	93	46
Law and Politics	919	217	53	22
Economics	298	85	42	26
Arts and Sciences	539	208	230	133
Science	583