Application


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Pre-application (online): September 17 - October 18, 2024
Application (online): October 21- November 15, 2024
Screening and examination: in between early December and mid December 2024
Result announcement: 5PM(JST), January 17, 2025

STEP1

step1

Find a prospective supervisor among the faculty members in the field of your interest.

Applications will not be accepted without the consent of at least one faculty member as a prospective supervisor. The supervisor must be a professor or an associate professor who is affiliated with or has eligibility to accept students of the Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University.
To look for faculty members, refer to the following websites:

To search by your research field > TOHOKU UNIVERSITY Researchers

To search by a supervisor's name > Website of Graduate School of Environmental Studies > Faculty Members

To see the supervisor's lab activity > Activity Report 2023

To learn all courses and instructors of the school > Brochure of the Graduate School of Environmental Studies

STEP2

step2

Contact the faculty members directly via email and obtain their consent.

To contact the faculty members, it is strongly advisable to:
-- gather information about the faculty members and their field of research by looking at their publications,
 research papers, and personal websites.
-- indicate the supervisor's name so that it is clear that who you are writing to (NO "Dear Professor" or "Dear Sir").
-- properly provide your academic background and application information. 
-- provide the names of other faculty members if contacting more than one at the same time.
-- provide the name of your current or the latest supervisor as a reference.
-- name the subject of an e-mail "IESLP_Application_2025" when you contact them.
  They receive hundreds of e-mails everyday and might fail to check your message.
[Reference]
FAQ-Q13: I have contacted the faculty members but have not gotten a response. What should I do?

STEP3

step3

Register your name and information online first via IELSP Pre-application page.

  IESLP Pre-application 2025 is closed on October 18, 2024.

-- Prepare your CV and transcript. You will be asked to upload the files in the last section of pre-application form.
-- After you finish the pre-application, you will receive a confirmation e-mail which guides you how to submit the application documents.

STEP4

Prepare the required documents for application.

step4

Forms should be typed in English. Attach an English translation of the documents written in a language other than English.
All documents have to be in order of the checklist.

  1. Application for admission: Form A
  2. Two recommendation letters from different references: Form B x 2
    If you have an inevitable reason to directly receive a letter from your reference, he/she can directly send the letter to our office by e-mail.
    Please note that in case you pass the entrance examination and are selected as a MEXT scholarship candidate, the original letter should be airmailed to our office.
  3. Official academic transcript(s)
    For a candidate for doctoral course: official academic transcripts of undergraduate and master courses
    For a candidate for master course: official academic transcript of undergraduate course
  4. Certificate(s) of graduation
    For a candidate for doctoral course:
     - Photocopy of master's diploma
     - Certificate of graduation of master course
     - Certificate of expected graduation of master course
     - Certificate of enrollment of master course (describing complete date of the course)
    For a candidate for master course:
     - Photocopy of bachelor diploma
     - Certificate of graduation of undergraduate course
     - Certificate of expected graduation of undergraduate course
     - Certificate of Enrollment of undergraduate course (describing complete date of the course)
    [Attention]
    Those who are still enrolled in a undergraduate/master course at the time of application,
    be sure to submit the certificate of graduation by no later than September 30, 2024 in case you pass the entrance examination.
    "Provisional Certificate" is not accepted.
    Please contact the Admissions Office if you only have provisional certificate but are sure to submit the original diploma by September 30, 2024.
  5. Score report of valid official English test like below (dated on November 2022 or later)
     - TOEFL (iBT)® (Score from a single test date is only acceptable, not MyBest™ scores.)
     - TOEIC® Test (L&R/S&W)
     - IELTS™

    [Attention]
    Submission of an official English test score report is a must for MEXT scholarship candidate.
    Those who do not have any score report, or those whose score report is no longer valid, please take one of the official English tests ASAP.
    At latest, by November 30, send us the valid score report.
    For MEXT scholarship applicant, your English test score should be equivalent to B2-level of CEFR.
    This also applies to those whose mother language is English.
  6. Photocopy of passport (if available)
  7. Proof of citizenship (ONE of the followings:)
     - Census register
     - Citizenship card
     - Birth certificate
  8. Abstracts of theses of undergraduate course and master course
  9. Other supporting materials (Full text(s) of Bachelor/Master theses, GRE score report, etc.)
  10. Checklist of the required documents for application
    (Check all the sending documents and the checklist must be sent together with other documents)

STEP5

Upload the application documents.

Once all the application documents are set, upload the files in one zipped folder by the application deadline November 15, 2024.
A link to upload the zipped folder will be provided in the pre-application confirmation e-mail.
If you have done pre-application but your application files are not uploaded by November 15, we may contact you for confirmation.
In case there is anything we would like to confirm, we may contact you.
Please note that we do not contact those whose documents are delivered by the deadline.
[Attention]
In case you pass the screening and will be accepted as IESLP student, original documents and certificates you uploaded should be submitted to the Academic Affairs Section in October 2025.

Inquiry:
[ E-mail address ] ielp_admin@grp.tohoku.ac.jp

Download Forms

[Attention]
-- Do not alter the prescribed format of the download files. Attach an additional sheet if necessary.
-- Forms should be typed in English. Attach an English translation of the documents written in a language other than English.

Checklist
* Please enclose in your application
1p Excel PDF
Form A : Application for admission 2p Word PDF
Form B : Two recommendation letters from different references
(e.g. advisor of the last university attended)
1p x 2 Word PDF

Selection

The examiner of the IESLP committee will inform you of the detailed method and schedule for the examination via e-mail after the application deadline.
Among those who have applied for a Japanese goverment scholarship and passed the entance examination of the IESLP, the examining committee will select and recommend the designated number of the scholarship candidates to the MEXT. The results of admission to the IESLP and the nomination for the scholarship will be announced in the notification period.

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