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How do I apply for YSEP?



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Application Process
List of Universities concluding Student Exchange Agreement




How do I apply for YSEP?
Application Process

  1. Please consult with your academic advisor at your home university about the application for YSEP.
  2. Please contact the Student Exchange Office at your home university and obtain the necessary official approval. Without the approval from your home university, you cannot start the online application process.
  3. Please prepare the required documents before starting your online application.

    List of required documents for your YSEP application:

    ① Official Transcipt of your academic record in English (PDF)
    Please include the guidelines of the grading system in English.
    Please submit transcipts from at least the last academic year.
    ② Recommendation Letter from your home university academic advisor (free format) (PDF)
    ③Vertification of Student Status at your home university (PDF)
    Please certify your student status at your home university and include your planned period of enrollment at Tokyo Tech
    ④ Application for Tokyo Tech Student ID Card (WORD)
    [FORM]
    ⑤ Application of Certificate of Eligibility (Excel)
    [FORM]
    [SAMPLE]
    ⑥ Copy of Passport (PDF)
    Page(s) that verify your name and nationality and show a photo.
    If you don't have a passport at the time of application, please submit a copy upon receipt of the admissions result from Tokyo Tech.
    ⑦ Official Test Results of TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS, or equivalent document (PDF)
    Native speakers of English are exempt from this requirements.
    ⑧ Photograph (JPEG)
    4.5x3.5cm, taken within the past six months, upper body, full-faces, no caps or hats, and with a plain background
    ⑨ Porfolio of your work (free file format)
    Required only of architecture majors

  4. Please choose three potential academic advisors at Tokyo Tech under whom you would like to conduct your research, utilizing the following researcher finder system.
    [Find Researchers] (Tokyo Tech STAR Search)
  5. Start your online application at the following URL and submit/upload the required application materials by the application deadline.
    [Start Online Application] (Tokyo Institute of Technology Online Application System)

    Application Deadline:

    YSEP Focused on Research (YFR) YSEP Experiencing Japan (YEJ)
    End of February

    (Japan Standard Time)
    Autumn Semester: End of February
    Spring Semester: August 15 of the previous year
    (Japan Standard Time)


  6. The application result will be reported to you through your home university
    (For YFR/YEJ Autumn Semester) by the end of April
    (For YEJ Spring Semester) by the end of October
  7. Application for a Student Visa
    If you are selected, Tokyo Tech will submit the Application for Certificate of Eligibility to the Immigration Office on your behalf. It will take 4 to 8 weeks for the certificate to be issued. After it is issued, Tokyo Tech will send it to you. You will then go to the Japanese Embassy or a Consulate in your country, with the certificate and your passport, and apply for your student visa.

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List of Universities concluding Student Exchange Agreement
Countries Universities/Institute Date of Conclusion
Mongol Mongolian University of Science and Technology (MUST) June-03
Taiwan National Tsing Hua University Nov-98
Taiwan National Central University Jul-08
Taiwan National Taiwan University Sep-11
China Xi'an Jiaotong University Aug-91
China Zhejiang University Dec-07
China Tsinghua University Apr-80
China Beijing Institute of Technology Dec-93
China Dalian University of Technology Nov-06
Indonesia Bandung Institute of Technology Jun-88
Indonesia University of Indonesia Dec-92
Indonesia University of Gadjah Mada Feb-00
Philippines De La Salle University May-92
Philippines University of the Philippines Diliman Feb-12
Singapore National University of Singapore Feb-91
Singapore Nanyang Technological University Dec-09
Korea Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) May-86
Korea Hanyang University Apr-96
Korea Yonsei University Apr-02
Korea Pohang University of Science and Technology Mar-03
Korea Seoul National University Mar-07
Thailand Kasetsart University Dec-96
Thailand Thammasat University Mar-96
Thailand Chulalongkorn University Jan-02
Thailand King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang Feb-07
Turkey Middle East Technical University Dec-92
Vietnam Hanoi University of Technology Aug-95
Australia University of Melbourne Aug-94
Australia University of Technology, Sydney Apr-98
Belgium Ghent University Sep-92
Finland Aalto University Oct-95
Finland Lappeenranta University of Technology Aug-07
France Ecole National des Ponts et Chaussees Sep-92
France Ecoled' Archtecture de Paris la Villette, France Jul-00
France University of Rennes 1 May-02
France Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Arts et Metiers Apr-02
France Strasbourg Universities Apr-04
France Ecole Nationale Suprieure des Mines de Paris Apr-07
Germany Technische Universitat Munchen Jul-82
Germany Johannes Gutenberg University Aug-01
Germany Universitat Hannover Oct-03
Germany University of Stuttgart Jul-02
Germany Rheinisch-Westflische Technische Hochschule Aachen Sep-07
Italy University of Bologna (Universita Degli Studi di Bologna) Mar-97
Italy Politecnico Di Milano Mar-05
Netherlands Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology Mar-12
Netherlands Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology Mar-12
Netherlands Faculty of Applied Science, Delft University of Technology Mar-12
Netherlands Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Delft University of Technology Mar-12
Netherlands Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime&Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology Mar-12
Netherlands Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology Mar-12
Norway Norwegian University of Science & Technology (NTNU) Feb-93
Sweden Royal Institute of Technology Sep-91
Sweden Chalmers University of Technology Oct-92
Sweden Linkoping University, Information Technology and Science Sep-97
Switzerland Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich Sep-78
Switzerland University of Zurich Jul-07
Denmark Technical University of Denmark Sep-92
U.K. University of Strathclyde Feb-93
U.S.A. University of Washington May-74
U.S.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison Aug-92
U.S.A. Georgia Institute of Technology Jan-01
Canada University of Waterloo Dec-06





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Essential Information | What is YSEP? | How do you apply to YSEP?
How do you manage to live in Japan? | How do you study in YSEP? | List of Professors and Research Fields
Syllabi | Exchange Students' Home Countries and Universities | YSEP Students | Coordinator