Application for the MA / DLit / Gakushi Nyugaku courses in Linguistics

The following are excerpts concerning the Department of Linguistics from the Application Forms for the MA / DLit Courses as well as for the Gakushi Nyugaku (BA holders from Japanese Universities to be admitted to the 3rd undergraduate year) distributed on September 3, 2001.
The original Application Forms with more details in PDF format can be viewed at:

http://www.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/official/exam/,which, should any discrepancies arise, naturally takes precedence over what follows.

1. Graduate School : Master Course (Division of General Culture : Linguistics Program [Linguistics])

Capacity		about 6
Application Period		Nov. 9 - 16
Written Exam	Jan. 26
	Foreign Language Requirements	Select 2 from Eng., Germ., French, Russ., Ital., Span., Kor. and Chin.
		Foreign Nationals graduated from non-Japanese Univ./Grad. Schools must select Japanese and one non-native language out of Eng./Germ./French.
	Linguistics	Basic Knowledge of Linguistics and Phonetics at the undergrad. level as well as competence in Linguistic Analysis required.
Result of the 1st stage		Feb. 7
Oral Exam		Feb. 13
Final Result		Feb. 21

2. Graduate School : Doctor Course (Division of General Culture : Linguistics Program [Linguistics])

Notice that a Written Exam is required from this year for the Applicants other than those who finished our Master Course in Linguistics.

Capacity		about 3
Application Period		Dec. 10 - 14
First Stage	Written Exam Other than those who finished our Master Course in Ling.	Jan. 26
		Foreign Language Requirements	Select 2 from Eng., Germ. and French.
			Foreign Nationals graduated from non-Japanese Univ./Grad. Schools must select Japanese and one non-native language out of Eng./Germ./French.
		Linguistics	Basic Knowledge of Linguistics and Phonetics at the undergrad. level as well as competence in Linguistic Analysis required.
	Thesis	Those who finished / are finishing our Master Course in Linguistics	Master's Thesis
		Others	Master's Thesis or Equivalent
Result of the 1st Stage		Feb. 7
Oral Exam		Feb. 15
Final Result		Feb. 21

3. Gakushi Nyugaku (Language and Culture : Linguistics)

Capacity		a few
Application Period		Nov. 9 - 16
Written Exam	Jan. 26
	Foreign Language Requirements	English and one of Germ., French, Russ., Ital., Span., Kor. and Chin.
	Linguistics	Linguistics [to see the aptitude for a professional linguist]
Result of the 1st stage		Feb. 7
Oral Exam		Feb. 13
Final Result		Feb. 21

The PDF files of the past exams (since 1998) can be viewed with the Japanese Version of Adobe Acrobat 3 or later, or with Adobe Acrobat 4 / 5 with Asian Fonts) on a separate page.

The PDF files with the Japanese font embedded (larger file size) for Adobe Acrobat 4 / 5 (non-Japanese version) are available for the exams since Year 2000.

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