How to get in touch with the "tutor" of the graduate school?

There are three main points in preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination-determining the research field, writing the research plan and contacting the "tutor". The last one is a difficult problem for international students. The following are the precautions for contacting the tutor, please refer to it.

1) Find an instructor: Some Japanese graduate schools will publish the information and contact information of the instructor on their own websites or enrollment brochures, but generally speaking, you need to find this information yourself. I suggest that you usually get information about your research field and related researchers through various channels.

If you can't find it, you can contact the "international exchange room", "educational courses" and "international student support room" of each research department by phone or email and ask the contact information of the teachers who want to apply for the exam. In addition, you can also consult your predecessors who have studied in Japan or professors from domestic universities.

Reference: researchmap (Japanese/English) (you can search for researchers in various majors. )

2) Contact information: If the mailboxes of scientific researchers and tutors have webpage public information, they can send emails directly (in Japanese or English). Please pay attention to the following points when writing an email.

First of all, please introduce yourself briefly and attach your contact information. Teachers receive many emails every day, so the content of the first contact email should be simple and clear.

Please explain how to get the information of the other party (instructor) and write down the reasons for choosing the other party. Has anyone introduced you? Or read each other's papers in academic journals? It is best to attach a recommendation letter from a domestic professor.

Please tell each other your research results and future research direction, and show that you are in line with each other's research direction.

Because the other party can only judge whether to accept you by email, it is unlikely that they will accept you immediately after sending an email only once. Please be patient and continue to communicate many times to express your sincerity.

Although it is very simple to send an email, I suggest that you use letters when contacting your tutor for the first time, so as to give the other party a more careful and solemn impression.

Reference: If you encounter difficulties in choosing a school or contacting an instructor, you can also get information from the liaison office of Japanese universities in China (the website of the Beijing Representative Office of the Japan Federation of Students).

3) Contact time: When should I contact Japanese university tutors for the first time? There is no clear standard. The enrollment brochure of the graduate school is published in June-August of the year before admission. It is best to determine the tutor before this time and start the first contact. /zd/lx