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The examination results for the Graduate Program for International Students in Urban and Environmental Studies (October 2025 Intake) have been published.

Yan Tung Lo (Ph.D candidate) received Best Oral Presentation Award at the 14th International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment (SEAWE-14) on 6th December 2024.

This award is given to students who demonstrated the most outstanding and promising performance at the 14th International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment.

Title: Tannic Acid Functionalized Graphitic Carbon Nitride-based Thin-film Nanocomposite Membrane for Potable Water Reuse

Professor Kumiko Oguma recieved the JSWE New Technology Award.

A research group, including Dr. Torii and Professor Kitajima, received the Best Research Award at the 8th International Society for Food and Environmental Virology Conference.

Authors: Shotaro Torii, Bikash Malla, Hiroki Ando, Masaaki Kitajima, and Eiji Haramoto
Title: Relative occurrence and reduction of waterborne viruses, tobamoviruses, crAssphage, polyomaviruses, and protozoa at wastewater treatment plants determined by high-throughput quantitative PCR

Vu Thi My Hanh (Ph.D candidate, Water Environment Technology Laboratory) won the best poster award at 7th Environmental Dimension of Antimicrobial Resistance (26-31 May, Montreal).

Her poster title is “Proximity-guided metagenomics to unravel physical association between plasmid-borne antimicrobial resistance genes and hosts in wastewater in Vietnam”. 

The admissions information page for the October 2025 intake has been updated. Please note that the application deadline this year is earlier than previous years.

Project Professor Masaaki Kitajima, Laboratory of International Wastewater-based Epidemiology, Research Center for Water Environment Technology, recieved the 5th Japan Research Front Award.

Professor Kumiko Oguma was included in the 2023 list of World Top 2% scientists.
See the full list here: https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/6

The admissions information page for the September 2024 intake has been updated:

The examination results for the Graduate Program for International Students in Urban and Environmental Studies 2023 have been published.

The admissions information page for the September 2023 intake has been updated:

Emeritus Professor Kazuo Yamamoto was awarded the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize for 2020 for his pioneering work in developing the submerged membrane bioreactor (MBR).
The Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize honors outstanding contributions by individuals or organizations towards solving the world’s water challenges.

The admissions information page for the September 2022 intake has been updated:

http://www.due.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/english/admission/

Information about the DUE guidance to newcomers and online lectures from September 2020 will be announced on http://www.due.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/english/guidance/.

• A password for access to the above page will be notified to the DUE members and newcomers individually.