Tokyo University Adds All-English Graduate Course, Asahi Says

University of Tokyo will start a graduate program in English in October to attract more students from overseas and compete against U.S. schools, the Asahi newspaper said.

The program will focus on information technology in Asian society and is intended for future policy makers, diplomats, and journalists, the newspaper reported.

The school aims to initially accept 15 students at the master's level and eight doctoral candidates, screened by TOEFL and GRE scores, rather than the university's conventional entrance exam, the newspaper said.

University of Tokyo is ranked 15 among the world's top schools and faces tougher competition as China's universities seek to attract more students from around Asia, the paper said. Japan's so-called Asia Gateway Initiative started last year aims to attract 350,000 overseas students to Japan by 2025, or three times more than current enrollments.

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