The Application Guidelines were published on September 14. If anything about your eligibility, transcripts, or evaluator is unclear, you must contact UTokyo by September 25, 5:00 PM JST — otherwise you may not be able to apply at all. Our team has read every page of the guidelines and will sort out your individual situation.
These are the expectations stated in the guidelines. If you meet them, or expect to, contact us now.
Applicants in these situations must submit a Pre-Application Check Request to UTokyo. Miss the deadline and you may be unable to apply this year.
Write about something in your local area that you feel passionate about. Your essay should describe it and reflect on why it is meaningful to you.max. 300 words
Tell us about something that made you take action without anyone telling you to.max. 50 words
There is no statement of purpose. What decides this is whether you have a subject that is genuinely yours.
Details arrive November 6; you record and submit inside the application system between November 13 and 16. Route A’s second screening is a full day at Komaba (interview, teamwork exercises, written assignments). Route B’s is a 30-minute online interview in English.
A teacher enters the evaluation directly online: concrete examples for five qualities, “three words that describe the applicant,” and more. Ask your teacher by early October.
An admissions consultancy specializing in Japan’s holistic and recommendation-based university entrance. Our students have been admitted to the University of Tokyo through its recommendation track and to universities in Japan and abroad.
Supervised by Tatsuhiro Son, CEO and author of a published guide to UTokyo’s recommendation admissions.
We published a full Japanese summary and video explainer on the day the guidelines were released, and run sessions for high school teachers.
Yes. The LINE exchange and one online meeting (40–60 minutes) are free. After the meeting we may describe a paid program that supports you through to the deadline; joining is entirely optional.
This service is only for applicants to the 2027 intake (current final-year and gap-year students). We will publish separate guidance for younger students.
Yes — but we will tell you honestly if the gap is too wide, and help you think about alternatives. We do not push anyone to apply.
On LINE, yes. For the online meeting we ask that the student join, because essay topics have to come from the applicant’s own words.
Yes. Write to us in English or Japanese; our staff work in both.
“Year 13, predicted 3A, IELTS 7.5” is enough. From that alone we can tell you whether a consultation is worth your time, or whether you should focus elsewhere.
