FAQ

If you belong to “Global Scientists and Engineers Program (GSEP)”, you are not eligible for registration to “Global Scientists and Engineers Course (GSEC)”.
GSEP and GSEC have overlapping scopes of education.
Meanwhile, GSEP students are welcome to register for courses (subjects) offered by GSEC.

The applicant must be a master’s degree or professional master’s degree student as well as one of the following:

(a) A graduate of Tokyo Tech who successfully completed the previous GSEC (beforeMarch2017) or current GSEC-Intermediate.
A photocopy of the Certificate of Completion must be submitted with the application.

(b) A graduate of another university who has acquired basic global competencies and fulfilled the minimum test score or level requirements of one of the following:

TOEFL iBT, 80 points
 TOEFL ITP, 550 points
 TOEIC, 750 points
 IELTS, 6.0 points
 EIKEN Grade Pre-1

The Application Form (Please download here.), including the academic supervisor’s signature of consent, must be submitted to the Support Office for the Promotion of Global Human Resource Development.
A photocopy of the Official Score Report of one of the above-mentioned tests must also be submitted, along with the following:
 – documentation (certificates, etc.) proving that the applicant has the same level of global competencies as those who have completed GSEC – Intermediate
 – an essay describing how the applicant possesses the global competencies necessary to enroll in GSECʷAdvanced
Applicants will be screened accordingly.

Tokyo Tech students in a bachelor’s, master’s, or professional master’s degree program.

GSEC－Basic and Intermediate:
Eligible applicants include

(a) Bachelor’s degree students
(b) Master’s and professional master’s degree students who have not yet fulfilled the criteria for GSEC – Advanced.

GSEC－Advanced:
The applicant must be a master’s degree or professional master’s degree student as well as one of the following:

(a) Graduates with Tokyo Tech Bachelor Degree must have successfully completed the previous (AY2013-2016) GSEC or GSEC－Intermediate.
(b) Graduates with other universities Bachelor Degree must have fulfilled the following condition:

 1.One should hold the minimum test score or level requirements of one of the following:
TOEFL iBT, 80 points ; TOEFL ITP, 550 points ; TOEIC, 750 points ; IELTS, 6.0 points ; EIKEN Grade Pre-1
2.One should proof that s/he has the basic level of “global competences” equivalent to GSEC－Intermediate.

For detail, please see the below.