Admissions

PhD Program

Application Fee

"Payment Service of the Application Fee by Credit Card, Union Pay, and Alipay" for applicatns living outside Japan will be started from September 2012 Admission.

The application fee is 35,000yen. Please pay the fee within the designated payment period.
The application fee will not be refunded once remitted in principle. However, the application fee will be refunded to the applicants who fall under one of the following cases:

  1. Applicants paid the application fee but did not submit the application documents.
  2. Applicants submitted the application documents after the application deadline.

Please contact the GSAPS Admissions Office if you fall under these cases.

* The application fee is waived for the following cases.

  1. In case that current master's degree students at GSAPS or Graduate School of Japanese Applied Linguistics (GSJAL), which belong to Faculty of International Research and Education of Waseda University wish to continue their study at the GSAPS PhD program right after their graduation from the master's program.
  2. In case that applicants who continuously enroll as a non-degree student (not sponsored) at GSAPS or GSJAL right after their graduation from the master's degree program at GSAPS or GSJAL wish to continue their study at the GSAPS PhD program within four years after their entrance of the master's degree program at GSAPS or GSJAL.

* Applicants who enroll in Waseda University as a Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho:MEXT) Scholarship recipient at the time of application and have a possibility to enroll in GSAPS as a Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho:MEXT) Scholarship recipient continuously after admission to GSAPS may be eligible for an exemption of the application fee. Please contact the GSAPS Admissions Office before applying in this case.

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Period for Payment

April Admission December 14-21, 2011
September Admission May 18-25, 2012

Method of Payment

Please pay the application fee, by using one of the following methods. Bank transfer fee shall be borne by applicants.

<< For payment of the application fee at banks in Japan >>
Using the designated form "Application for Telegraphic Transfer" (card E), the fee should be transferred by the designated dates at banks in Japan except for Japan Post Bank. Please do not use the Automated-Teller Machine (ATM), a mobile phone or a personal computer in making this transfer. Please note that banks in Japan are normally closed on weekdays after 3:00p.m., on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
<< For payment of the application fee at convenience stores in Japan >>
For payment of the application fee at a convenience store, please access the following website from a personal computer or a mobile phone at http://e-shiharai.net/. You must first complete all the required application procedures before you are allowed to pay at any convenience stores.
After payment at the convenience store, please detach the "Certificate of Payment"(receipt) from the "Entrance Exam / Screening Fee Statement".
Please attach the "Certificate of Payment"(receipt) to the designated column in the application form.
The payment service is available everyday (24hours) , including Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. However, please do note that the online application (website) for payment of the application fee will be available only until 11:00 p.m. on the last day of the application fee payment period.
For details, please refer to the following links.
<< For payment of the application fee through overseas banking institutions >>
The amount of 37,500 yen, the sum of the application fee (35,000 yen) and the handling fee (2,500 yen), should be transferred. A photocopy of the Application for the Telegraphic Transfer of Application Fee must be enclosed with the rest of the application documents.
Transfers should be made by Telegraphic Transfers.
If the local bank requires a separate handling fee, pay the fee to the bank in addition to the following remittance.
Method of payment Advise and Pay
Amount to be remitted 37,500 yen
Purpose of remittance Application Fee
Message to payee Applicant's full name
Bank The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
Branch Edogawabashi Branch
Account number 0035967FKA
Payee Waseda University
Address of Bank 1-48-13, Sekiguchi Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 1120014, Japan
Swift code BOTKJPJT
<< For payment of the application fee by Credit Card, Union Pay, and Alipay>>
*ONLY those who live outside Japan (Japanese and non-Japanese) are eligible.
For payment of the application fee by Credit Card, Union Pay, and Alipay, please access the following website from a personal computer or a mobile phone at http://e-shiharai.net/english/. You must complete all the required application procedures before you are allowed to pay at this website.
After payment by Web Application - Online Transaction, please print the "Result" page.
Please attach the printed "Result" page in the application envelop with other necessary application documents.
For details, please refer to the following links.
 

Application fee waiver program for applicants from specified countries

  1. Outline
    Applicants who wish to be admitted into GSAPS are eligible to apply for the application fee waiver if they reside in one of the countries designated by Waseda University AND hold nationality of one of those countries.
  2. Eligibility
    The following conditions must be fulfilled:
    1. The applicant must reside in one of the countries classified as "Least Developed Countries" or "Other Low Income Countries" in the list of ODA recipients as published by OECD/DAC AND hold nationality of one of those countries (the applicant's country of residence and nationality do not necessarily have to be identical).
      * Please refer to the ODA Recipient List (2008 - 2010 edition).
      * Applications from within Japan are not eligible.
    2. Applicants with dual nationality are only eligible if both nationalities are specified in the list of ODA recipients as published by OECD/DAC.
  3. Procedures
    When applying to GSAPS, please enclose the following documents together with the other application documents instead of the certificate of payment for the application fee such as "Photocopy of the Telegraphic Transfer Application Form".
    Applications for the application fee waiver program must be made along with the application for GSAPS. Application made afterward or separately will not be accepted under any circumstances.
    1. Application Form for Application Fee Waiver (designated form)
    2. Copy of passport (including all details of the applicant)

* Applicants who apply for the application fee waiver program are not required to pay the application fee. However, if payment was made before the application for the application fee waiver program, the application fee will not be reimbursed.

* In the event that the applicant is not eligible for the application fee waiver program, or that the application for the application fee waiver program is found to be false, the application for GSAPS itself might be cancelled immediately.

[ODA Recipient List (2008 - 2010 edition)]
Least Developed Countries * 49 countries
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Rep., Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Island, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia
Other Low Income Countries * 12 countries
Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, D.P.R.Korea, Kyrgyz Rep., Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe

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