Guide for International Student Applicants
The Tokyo University of Science (TUS) can trace its roots back to the founding of its predecessor, the Tokyo Butsurigaku Koshujo (Tokyo Academy of Physics), in 1881. Since then, the TUS has evolved into a comprehensive science and technology university steeped in 129 years of history and tradition. At the undergraduate level, the university consists of 8 Undergraduate Schools namely, the Faculty of Science Division I, the Faculty of Science Division II, the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the Faculty of Engineering Division I, the Faculty of Engineering Division II, the Faculty of Science and Technology, the Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology and the School of Management—and their 33 departments. At the graduate level, the university consists of 11 Graduate Schools namely, the Graduate School of Science, the Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Technology, the Graduate School of Mathematics and Science Education, the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the Graduate School of Engineering, the Graduate School of Science and Technology, the Graduate School of Industrial Science and Technology, the Graduate School of Management, the Graduate School of Biological Sciences, the Graduate School of Management of Science and Technology, and the Graduate School of Global Fire Science and Technology and their 30 departments.
New students are admitted to the university every April. The academic year starts in April and ends in March the following year.