The University of Tokyo Admission 2027: Deadlines, Requirements, Fees for International Students

Admission at a glance

The University of Tokyo is a national university with campuses at Hongo, Komaba and Kashiwa in the Tokyo area, and is the most internationally recognised university in Japan. For close to two decades its main English-taught undergraduate route for international applicants was Programs in English at Komaba (PEAK), run through the College of Arts and Sciences; UTokyo confirmed that the intake starting September 2026 was PEAK's final cohort and that no further PEAK applications will be accepted.

In its place, UTokyo is opening the College of Design (CoD) from September 2027, a new five-year integrated bachelor's and master's faculty taught entirely in English, described by the university as its first new undergraduate department in about 70 years. Half of its 100 places a year are intended for international applicants, admitted through one of two routes: an in-person Route A with written screening in mid-February, and an online Route B for applicants whose prior schooling was substantially in English. Aside from the College of Design, international applicants can also apply to any of the many master's and doctoral programmes across UTokyo's individual graduate schools that are taught in English without a Japanese-language requirement, though each graduate school sets its own deadline and admission test rather than following one university-wide calendar. UTokyo charges the same tuition to Japanese and international students, currently JPY 642,960 a year for undergraduates, above the JPY 535,800 rate most other national universities charge.

Requirements

Bachelor's (College of Design)

Applicants need to have completed, or be on track to complete, 12 years of school education recognised as equivalent to Japanese upper secondary school, through a recognised national curriculum or an international qualification such as the IB Diploma, Abitur or A-Levels. Route B applicants additionally need at least three of their final four years of secondary schooling taught in English.

Master's and PhD

Each graduate school sets its own academic requirements; a relevant Bachelor's degree (or Master's degree for doctoral applicants) recognised as equivalent to a Japanese degree is the general baseline, and most English-taught programmes also expect a defined research interest and, for research degrees, a supervisor's agreement to accept the applicant before a formal application is submitted.

Full requirements and documents