Juris Doctor and professional law degrees · Standalone law qualification
School of Law (Juris Doctor)
The University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics / Faculty of Law · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Currently offered, next intake unconfirmed
- Award
- Juris Doctor
- Subject
- General law
- Format
- On campus
- Price
- Not published
About this program
The Graduate Schools for Law and Politics' School of Law is a professional graduate law program granting the Juris Doctor degree; Japanese ability is required.
- School and department
- The University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics / Faculty of LawGraduate Schools for Law and Politics, Faculty of Law
- Subject or specialization
- General lawRecorded only where the official program page names it as a focus, not for individual modules.
- Teaching language
- Japanese
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Juris Doctor and professional law degrees
- Purpose
- Academic legal studiesAcademic study of law without a stated professional-qualification role.
- Exact award
- Juris Doctor
- Credential type
- DegreeA degree awarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Academic credit
- Credit status not stated
- Awarding institution
- Not stated on the pages we checked
- Access and price model
- PaidPaid enrolment.
Professional eligibility must be confirmed with the relevant regulator. Where an official source has been recorded for a jurisdiction, see professional pathways. Academic recognition is not professional recognition.
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- Not published
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Not published
- Teaching location
- Hongo Campus7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033
Admissions, prerequisites and intakes
- Prior law degree
- Not stated
- Prior degree
- Not stated
- Work experience
- Not stated
- Admission test
- Not stated
- International applicants
- The provider states that international students may apply
- Language requirements
- Very high ability in Japanese (reading, writing, discussion) required.
- Enrolment restrictions
- No special admission system for international students in the School of Law.
Fees
Original currency is authoritative. Each fee keeps its basis (per term, per year, per credit, whole program) and the academic year it applies to and is never converted or added up for you.
Tuition is not published on the pages we checked. That does not mean the program is free: ask the institution for current fees, equipment costs and any deposit or refund terms.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: price, prerequisites, duration, schedule, dated intake or deadline.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 1 November 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 1 November 2026)