Application
Download the application package.
The Application Package will be posted on this website in mid-October of the year prior to the year of enrollment.
Check your eligibility for the APPP and for your preferred scholarship in advance.
Admission Inquiry FormUpon eligibility confirmation, upload your application documents (except for Reference Letters) through the Online Application Page.
Please select "exam no.PM07" for Asian Public Policy. Please note that "exam no. PM07" will be available after the APPP Application Package is released in mid-October.
Online Application Page
The Reference Letters should be sent directly by the referees to the email address specified in Form C of the Application Package.
The Reference Letters should be sent directly by the referees to the email address specified in Form C of the Application Package.
Take the Online Math test and English essay
Take the Online Interview
Please note that APPP will conduct the first round of online tests and interviews around mid-January. The second round will be conducted around mid-April. Please note, however, that these schedules are subject to change. Detailed information will be provided separately to applicants who are invited to proceed to the written examination and interview stages.
Sent the original application documents by registered mail.
The Admissions Office will contact you regarding the timing for sending the original documents.
Asian Public Policy Program, School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University
2-1, Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo 186-8601
Admission Decision
A math test and short English essay will be given to applicants. Those who pass the test will be invited to an online interview. For some scholarship programs, such as JDS and JISPA, the test and interview will be conducted in cooperation of the scholarship sponsor.
Admission decisions will be made on the basis of the application documents, the online test and interview results.
Admission decisions will be made by June, for enrollment in mid-September. All applicants will be notified as soon as the results of the decisions become available.