Graduate Program in Sustainability Science

Important Notice

December 31, 2009 （FINISHED）: Application Due of the International Admission to GPSS Details

November 1, 2009: Topics of Short Essays for the International Admission have been uploaded!

October 8, 2009: Details on the International Admission to Graduate Program in Sustainability Science (GPSS) Academic Year 2010 (October 2010 Enrolment) have been uploaded!

August 31, 2009: Announcement of examination result authorized by Graduate Program in Sustainability Science (Academic Year 2010)
- Master's Program
- Doctoral Program

June 25, 2009: Information on Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarship (Embassy Recommendation) has been uploaded.

June 2, 2009: Topics of Short Essays for Entrance Examination have been uploaded! （FINISHED）

May 9 & 17, 2009 （FINISHED）: Entrance Exam Briefing Sessions will be held in Kashiwa Campus and Hongo Campus. Details

May 1, 2009: We will accept new students for the Doctoral Course at the Graduate Program in Sustainability Science (GPSS) for October 2009.

April, 2009: The Asian Program for Incubation of Environmental Leaders (APIEL) was established in 2008 by the University of Tokyo as the first program that awards certificates to qualify participants as Environmental Leaders. The Program’s goal is to help develop leaders capable of making significant contributions to resolving global environmental problems in the 21st century. Details

Graduate Program in Sustainability Science is an International graduate program to train internationally-minded professionals and researchers that can help create a sustainable society. All lectures and practical courses will be carried in English, and those that complete the program are awarded with a "Master of Sustainability Science"/"Ph.D. in Sustainability Science".
This program started in October, 2007 as an interdepartmental program of five departments in the Division of Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, also supported by Transdisciplinary Initiative for Global Sustainability (TIGS), the University of Tokyo and Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S).
This program provides students with the basic knowledge and concepts necessary to build a sustainable society and features a unique curriculum which emphasizes exercises that enable them to master a diverse set of skills. Students from many different specializations and cultural backgrounds give serious thought to issues related to sustainability through exercises and projects and acquire practical knowledge and skills by stimulating one another intellectually.
Last Update: May 5, 2009