Graduate Admissions

Entrance Procedures for Successful Applicants of April Admission

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(Office hours: 8:30 to 17:00)

Successful applicants need to complete the entrance procedures the month before the admission.

Admission Entrance procedures
April yyyy March yyyy

If you do not complete the entrance procedures within the prescribed entrance procedures period, you will be regarded as enrollment declining and cannot enter Chiba University (CU).

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Receive a Letter Pack Plus (for domestic delivery) or EMS (for international shipping).

Before starting Online Entrance Procedures, you may receive and read through ‘Entrance Procedures Guidebook’ and other important documents carefully that CU will send to the successful applicants by mail* (around January or February in the admission year for April admission), and may find out the process to complete through STEP 1 and STEP 2 below.

mail*:
It should be needed the recipient’s signature to receive.
If you would like to change the address that was submitted us at the time of admission application submission, please inform us so before we arrange delivery. (The Admission Ticket with application code may be submitted us as ID confirmation for the address change.)
Please be sure to inform us in advance if you plan to go back to your parent’s home, move, go to academic conference, study abroad, go back to your home country or others around the time of the delivery, and you cannot receive them.
When you find Delivery Notice, you need to contact the post office and arrange the redelivery (online or on the telephone) by yourself according to the Delivery Notice WITHIN A WEEK.

STEP 1 Online Entrance Procedure System (for all CU Graduate Schools)

Start the Online Entrance Procedures.

Completing the Online Entrance Procedures
You need to complete the entrance procedures through the Online Entrance Procedure System from the URL in the below table within the prescribed entrance procedures period. (Entrance procedures period varies according to the admission type.)

Reading the guidebooks and information in advance
You can view the following information from the URL in the below table (available before the entrance procedures period).

  • Entrance Procedures Guidebook for graduate
  • System Operation Procedure
    (You can see “Admission fee payment” information on p.7. There is no field for entering the credit card holder’s name in the System when you choose the payment by credit card. It is available to use that credit card for the payment process even if the card holder’s name (e.g. one’s parent’s one) is different from the applicant’s one.
  • Required Documents for all CU Graduate Schools
  • Contact information

Admission type CU Graduate School of Science and Engineering
April 2024 admission
Master’s program/all selections
Doctoral program/1st & 2nd selections
Doctoral program/3rd selection
(Science fields only)
Online Entrance Procedures Period The deadlines have passed.
Tue., March 12, 15:00 to
Tue., March 19, 15:00, 2024 Japan time
The deadlines have passed.
Wed., March 20, 15:00 to
Tue., March 26, 15:00, 2024 Japan time
URL https://www.chiba-u.ac.jp/campus-life/entrance_procedures.html
Submission of required documents When By the final day of the entrance procedures period above at 16:00 Japan time
How Submit by A or B as below before the above deadlines. No advance notification is necessary.
A: Mail without fail, or
B: Drop-in in person

Note for the above option B
・Office hours: Mon. to Fri., 8:30 to 17:00, except national holidays
・March 12, 2024: No Entry to campus is allowed due to the Individual Achievement Test as the entrance examination for undergraduate programs.
・No envelope should be needed for submission.
Where See the above contact information of Science or Engineering fields. See the above contact information of Science fields.
Note ・Written Guarantee (Int’l students with student visa are not available.)
It requires an original guarantor’s signature. Allow plenty of time for the document to submit before the deadline if you need to send and receive the one by mail to/from your parent.

How to register your name in Kanji in the Online Entrance Procedures System and writings of your name after enrollment

Your name prints on your Student ID Card, report card or others after the enrollment.
If you have Kanji name, you should understand some Kanji (Chinese character) are not available to enter in the Systems.
In that case, please enter your name in substitution Kanji. (e.g. 髙橋→高橋) Visit and view page 2 of “System Operation Procedure” on the website.
And besides, Completion/Graduation Certificate (called Shuryo Shosho) and Diploma/Degree Certificate (called Gakui-ki) of yours that would be delivered at the time of completion/graduation, must reflect your official and original name. All graduates-to-be will be contacted by the person in charge at the office before issuing so that they should check the correct name by themselves. Those who have Kanji name may specify the original Kanji at that time.

How to register Residence Card information in the Online Entrance Procedures System (for applicants living overseas currently)

If you are international applicants who live overseas currently without Residence Card, please enter with the below details at the time of entry into the system.
・Residence card number: DD99999999DD
・Expiry date: 9999 Year 12 Month 31 Day
(Please visit and view page 3 of the “System Operation Procedure” on the website.)

Residence Card (called Zairyu Card):
It is a card issued to foreign nationals residing legally in Japan for the mid to long-term who have resident status, by Japanese Government at the arrival airport in Japan.

Submission of a Letter Pack Plus (red) for return envelope for sending an Admission Letter

That is required to submit us with other documents by the above submission deadlines (the final day of the entrance procedures period above at 16:00 Japan time). It is available to buy at any post office or some convenience stores in Japan. No stamp required. It includes the mail charge. However, those who live overseas do not need to submit because that is available for use only for domestic mail in Japan. Please read the details as below for your information.
The Admission Letter (called Nyugaku Kyoka-sho) should be mailed in that Letter Pack Plus (red) envelope.
Please refer to page 7 of the “Guide to Chiba University Entrance Procedures, For International Students Admitted to Graduate Schools” on the website.

  Applicant living
in Japan outside of Japan
Submission of the Letter Pack Plus (red) for return envelope for sending the Admission Letter Addressee When using the sender address label It is NOT required to submit.
The Letter Pack Plus is only for domestic delivery. It is not available for use for overseas shipping.
Print and paste the sender address label (for Letter Pack Plus envelope) after entering the required information in the system.
Enter your name and address in the recipient field.
(See page 7 of “Guide to CU Entrance Procedures” on the website.)
When filling out directly
“To”:
Fill out the below items on the envelope for submission.
1. Zip/Postal code (the top of the envelope) 2. Recipient's address available for receiving at the time of delivery as below
3. Applicant’s name and APPLICATION CODE
4. Phone number

“From”:
You do not need to fill out. It will be written by CU.

“Contents Description”
You do not need to fill out. It will be written by CU.
Note Submission by mail
You can fold it in half.

Submission by drop-in in person
You do not need to fold.

Sticker of delivery tracking code on the envelope
Submit without removing the sticker that CU use when delivering it to you.
Delivery of the Admission Letter When It will be sent by the end of March after the entrance procedures deadlines.
How The Admission Letter (called Nyugaku Kyoka-sho) should be mailed in the Letter Pack Plus (red) envelope.

Receiving the Letter Pack Plus (red)
It needs the recipient’s name stamp or his/her signature when receiving in person.
When you find Delivery Notice, you need to contact the post office and arrange the redelivery (online or on the telephone) by yourself according to the Delivery Notice WITHIN A WEEK.

Admission Letter
You need to show us the one to receive the Student ID Card in person early April after enrollment.

Student ID Card Delivery
Please see the details in STEP 2.
Science fields
It will be handed you in person at the office after arriving in Japan.
Please visit us to receive it.

What to bring as ID
1. Acceptance Letter (Gokaku Tsuchi-sho), or
2. Admission Ticket with application code (Juken-hyo)
Engineering fields
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE IT:
IN YOUR HOME COUNTRY;
it will be mailed to the address in your home country written on the Admission Application Form as long as you inform us no advance notice as below.

IN PERSON AT THE OFFICE
ON CAMPUS AFTER ARRIVING IN JAPAN;
please attach a note as below when you submit us the required documents for entrance procedures by mail (by the final day of the entrance procedures period above at 16:00 Japan time).
1. Application code
2. Applicant’s name
3. I would like to receive the Admission Letter in person at the office on campus after arriving in Japan.
4. Arrival date in Japan

When we find the above note with the required documents, the Admission Letter will not be mailed and be handed you in person at the office after your arriving in Japan.

What to bring as ID
1. Acceptance Letter (Gokaku Tsuchi-sho), or
2. Admission Ticket with application code (Juken-hyo)

Submission of Graduation/Completion Certificate for the entrance procedures

Successful applicants who submitted us the ‘EXPECTED Graduation/Completion Certificate’ at the time of submission of admission application materials, now need to submit us the ‘Graduation/Completion Certificate’ at the time of entrance procedures. Please see below and each applicable applicant should submit us each required certificate by the prescribed deadlines.

At the time of admission application At the time of entrance procedures
Submitted Certificate Applicant type Submission of Graduation/Completion Certificate
Graduation/Completion Certificate All applicants who were graduated (completed) from university, (Japan) National Institute of Technology (called Kosen) or others Not required
EXPECTED Graduation/Completion Certificate Applicants who were EXPECTED to graduate (complete) from university Required*
Applicants who were EXPECTED to graduate (complete) from CU Not required (It should be checked on the situation by CU.)
Applicants who were EXPECTED to complete the Advanced Course at (Japan) National Institute of Technology (called Kosen) Required*
Application of Awarded Academic Degree Certificate Awarded Academic Degree Certificate Required*
EXPECTED Professional Degree Certificate Applicants who were EXPECTED to complete professional degree program Required*

*Notes for submitting above required certificates for entrance procedures

Graduation/Completion Certificate:
CERTIFIED COPY CERTIFICATE with official and original university stamp or signature is available for submission.
Be sure you may NOT send us the original and official Certificate or Diploma by mail to prevent mailing accidents.

Graduation/Completion Ceremony at your home university is held: How When
BEFORE the entrance procedures to CU and you are ready for submission. Submit it with other required materials to CU.
Write your APPLICATION CODE at the bottom-right of the certificate or the envelope with a black ballpoint pen.
By the prescribed deadlines without fail.
AFTER the entrance procedures to CU and you are not ready for submission. Only the Graduation/Completion Certificate and the Awarded Academic Degree Certificate are accepted to submit after the entrance procedures.
Write your APPLICATION CODE at the bottom-right of the certificate or the envelope with a black ballpoint pen.
BY THE END OF MARCH WITHOUT FAIL.
When you submit other materials except that certificate by the deadlines, attach a below note to them.
1) Application code
2) Applicant’s name
3) Date of Graduation/Completion Ceremony
4) Expected date for late submission
5) Phone number
6) Email address
(By the prescribed deadlines without fail.)

STEP 2 Additional documents required by the Graduate School of Science and Engineering

The accepted applicants for the master’s/doctoral programs who have completed STEP 1 as above, should choose one of Science or Engineering fields as below to check the additional documents required by the Graduate School of Science and Engineering.
The required documents vary depending on the fields. Be sure to choose the applicable one of yours.

Science fields

Successful applicants to the below departments should click here to check the required documents for submission.

Department of:

  • Mathematics and Informatics
  • Earth Sciences
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Biology
  • Quantum Life Science

Engineering fields

Successful applicants to the below departments should click here to check the required documents for submission.

Department of:

  • Applied and Cognitive Informatics
  • Environmental Remote Sensing
  • Urban Environment Systems
  • Materials Science
  • Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology
  • Architecture
  • Imaging Sciences
  • Design
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Medical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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