The online application system becomes available when the application period starts.

When your application is accepted by the online application system, you will receive an email with a receipt number. Also, you can see the list of your applications on the online application system after you log in.

Photographs should be of reduced image resolution and each file should be no larger than 1 MB in size.
There is no size limit per file in theory, but the total size of all files per applicant is limited to 100 MB. We assume that normal files do not exceed 10 MB. For files that may be particularly large, such as master's theses, we assume that the maximum size an applicant uploads is 29 MB per file.

Nothing. We see only the file content. However, please make sure that the file extension is correct.

On the document upload screen, select both the file to be uploaded and the item to which it applies from the list. In the list, there is a "checklist" item. You must upload the checklist.

TOEFL （iBT）
Please ask ETS to send your Official Score Reports directly to our graduate school. Use the following codes for TOEFL Institutional Score Report address (GSFS will not be able to confirm your score if you use a code other than the below). You must submit the codes by the application deadline.
DI (Designated Institution) code: “8001”, Department code: “99”

Please ask ETS to send your score to Graduate School of Frontier Science, UTokyo by the application deadline. If you do so, the score certificate will reach us before we actually need it.

We do not disclose how we evaluate individual applicants in the first-stage screening based on the submitted documents.
You can ask GSFS to disclose your raw scores a few weeks after we officially announce the list of accepted applicants.

We do not disclose the minimum TOEFL score.
The quota is determined by MEXT, and we usually cannot accept significantly more students than the quota. This implies that if too many applicants take higher scores than you, you would fail even if you take a high score. Therefore, we cannot guarantee anything based on the absolute score.
At least, we expect that you are at the university level of proficiency.

You need to submit a PAPER official score certificate issued by individual English proficiency test organizations. We accept only original certificates, so please do not send us a photocopy. Please send the (counterfait-proof) original official paper certificate to us. Please note that you also need to submit an electronic copy online.

How we handle your English score is not disclosed.
However, when more than one score is submitted, we will select the one that is most advantageous to the applicant and use it as the score for the test. so please submit all your scores if you have any concerns. Please note that we do not use MyBest Score of TOEFL.

If there is no other way for you, go ahead; we will just ignore it. To avoid confusion, please do not send official certificates other than those submitted as web submission scores where possible.

You can submit (as a pdf file) the test taker report that you downloaded from the ETS website. Initially, by the application deadline, we require only the web submission score. However, an Official Score Reports with the exact same score must be sent from ETS directly to the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences.
If the official certificate with the exact same score is not sent to the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the acceptance may be cancelled or the applicant may be dismissed. Please note that this may lead to cancellation of enrollment or other actions.

Those who apply to the doctoral course
Candidates who have graduated from (or will have graduated from) the master course in the Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences in the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo are exempted from submitting an English scores. Graduates of the pre-merger Medical Genomics dept or Computational Biology dept are also eligible for the exemption.
Applicants for the Biomedical Innovation Course who have completed (or will have completed) a master course at the University of Tokyo are also exempted from submitting English scores.
For details, please refer to Guidelines for Applicants.

Those who apply to master course
No exemption. All applicants including those residing in English-speaking countries, must submit their English scores.

If you fail to submit the web submission English score by the application deadline, it is quite likely that you cannot proceed to the next stage, the written exam or the oral exam.

Yes. We still need your score.
We understand your frustration, though we need total ordering between examinees on English proficiency. Note that this may change in the future.

No. Use the exact layout we provide. If the specified number of words do not fit within the given frame, please use smaller fonts.

You must not write more words then specified. More words imply that you do not have skills for making long paragraphs compact.

Any symbol will do, as long as we can understand it.
Please note that you need to write numbers (instead of circle or tick) to show the priority for the laboratories of your choice.

No specific style. Please cite in a way you think is appropriate. Make sure that your text fits in the frame.

Describe it in any way you think is appropriate.

No. Professors, staff, and students are not allowed to proofread/improve your Inquiry Sheet. The violation of the rule may result in disqualification.

In the case that you cannot make the specified number of words fit in the frame, please use smaller fonts. Nevertheless, you cannot use more words than the specified in the form.

If you apply to MS Group or CB Group (not MI course), please never miss to indicate the second/third labs you choose in Inquiry Sheet. You would lose some right you ought to have if you miss to do that, although you would never lose anything if you do so.
We first determine whether we accept you or not based on the exam scores (not based on the primary lab you chose), and then determine which lab you belong to. This implies that there is a possibility that you pass the exams but you cannot join the lab you choose for some reason (e.g., the lab capacity exceeded). Omitting choosing the second/third labs will lead to your being dispatched to a random lab, which we believe is not what you want normally.

Students enrolling in April will enter the school in April, and students enrolling in October will enter the school in October. The expected completion date also depends on the enrollment period.
You have to declare the entrance month at the time of application. It is not possible to change the enrollment period after the date of the oral examinations. In addition, you must meet the admission requirements at the time of admission.
We believe that there is no significant difference between April and October enrollment, but for the convenience of prospective students, the differences that come to our mind are as follows:

The University of Tokyo does not deliberately set any systematic differences between April and October enrollment.
However, Japanese schools, from kindergarten to university, basically start the academic year in April. For this reason, students everywhere in Japan are anticipated by (the society) to enter school in April. There may be various direct or indirect disadvantages and benefits arising from this.
In our department, elementary lectures tend to be offered in the semester starting in April and more advanced lectures in the semester starting in October. Students who enroll in October may need to wait 6 months if they want to take certain elementary courses.
Graduation ceremonies in March might look more lavish because of the larger number of students enrolled in April; graduation ceremonies in September may look simpler and less lavish. Similarly, the April entrance ceremony might look more lavish.
The end of March is moving season in Japan, and rents are higher; you may be able to find better housing at the end of September. This may be an advantage of October enrollment.
Let's talk about the case when you want to find a job in Japan after completing the program. In the job market for new graduates in Japan, many companies are recruiting with the anticipation that they will join a company in April. We see some international students who entered a master's course in October extend their stay at school for six months and to join a company in April. Students in the doctoral course usually find it difficult to control the timing of acceptance of doctoral thesis, so it is not always possible to complete the program at the targeted date and time, so we have the impression that fewer students intentionally try to extend their stay at UTokyo.
Getting a student visa in a timely manner is becoming more and more difficult due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Having six months before your enrollment after you pass the entrance exam will give you more time to prepare for living in Japan and makes it easier to be in Japan right on the very first day of the first semester. In the case of Schedule A (summer exam), students residing abroad as of the examination date will not be admitted in October.

No. We do not consider the timing of enrollment when we decide acceptance.

Please tick only items you have uploaded by the end of the application period.

If you have a credit card, you can pay by card on the online application system, which is the recommended way of paying because it is the easiest and the most smooth method. You can also pay at a convenience store, at financial institution ATM [Pay-easy], or by internet banking. Web application is available 24 hours a day. However, please be sure to check the application guideline for the period of application registration and payment of the examination fee. Regardless of the payment method, a handling fee is required in addition to the examination fee. Please note that failure to make payment by the due date will result in cancellation of your application.

What you have to submit is transcripts that your university can officially issue at the end of the online application period. If the transcript for the final semester (or the last few semesters) is not yet officially issued by your university, you do not have to submit it. Just submit transcripts with only available grades at the time.

No. You can see it before you post.

If your main university (the university that issued your degree) recognize the credit you took in such summer school as (directly or indirectly) necessary credits for giving you a degree, please submit it, unless otherwise you do not necessarily have to submit it.
In other words, your main university recognizes that credit of the summer school as acredited credits in your main university, you must submit it.
If the credits of the summer school did not contribute to the number of credits you took in the main university, (e.g., you stayed in a foreign university during a summer vacation mainly for learning English but the credit you earned there is not at all relevant with your main university and it does not count as credits in your main university), you do not have to submit it.

Likely yes.
If any credits in the previous university was directly or indirectly used (i.e., necessary) for getting your degree (BS and/or MS), you need to submit transcripts of both universities.
For examples, your current university recognizes some of the credits you earned in the previous university as some credits you need to graduate from your current university (or to get your degree), please submit both transcripts.
If this does not apply to you, all you need to submit are only transcripts of your current university.

We prefer transcripts with GPA calculated if your university provides transcripts with GPA.
If not, you do not have to manually calculate your GPA.

No. We do not use GRE scores.

It depends on the font size of your transcripts. If we can read your scanned transcripts without hassle on screen (or after we print it), that resolution is sufficient. The maximum file size we assume is 10 MB, though we recommend less than 2 MB in general.

Certificates, documents, and materials written neither in Japanese nor in English have to be translated either into Japanese or into English. The translation must be verified as correct by university or by a public instituion such as an embassy.

The laboratories accepting students are indicated in the Inquiry Sheet, so please take a look at it.
Please note that the lists for the master/doctoral courses and for Schedule A/B may vary. Please make sure that you look the one for the course of your choice and for the schedule of your choice.

It depends. Ask the lab you wish to join.
Generally speaking, when the lab head is not a native speaker of Japanese, or when the proportion of foreign students is large, English is mainly used in the lab. When neither holds, Japanese is often mainly used in the lab.