Insurance

EPS Department recommends students and researchers to purchase insurance dependng on the nature of academic and research activities in addition to “Personal Accident Insurance for Student Pursuing Education and Research (Gakkensai)“.

“Personal Accident Insurance for Student Pursuing Education and Research (Gakkensai)” and “Liability Insurance coupled with “Gakkensai”” does not cover sickness and other private life accidents. To have a broader coverage for private life in general, “Student Comprehensive Mutual Insurance” which covers private activities, trips and other for 24 hours, is recommended.

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Insurance for all students, research students and JSPS Research Fellows (in Japan).

The University of Tokyo pays the insurance premiums and all students, research students and JSPS Research Fellows (excluding invited foreign researchers*) are covered by Personal Accident Insurance for Students Pursuing Education and Research (Gakkensai).
This insurance pays for injuries sustained by subscribers themselves during university research and educational activities.
The insurance covers not only lectures, experiments and exercises on campus, but also extra-curricular activities, tours, fieldwork related to graduation, master’s and dissertation theses, and during commuting to and from school.

Insurance taken out by members of the Faculty of Science and Graduate School of Science.

At the Faculty of Science and the Graduate School of Science, from 1 April 2022, the department pays the insurance premiums for those covered by the university’s GAKKENSAI membership, and they are now covered by the Student Education and Research Liability Insurance (GAKKENSAI), which is one of the supplementary indemnities of the GAKKENSAI.
This insurance pays for bodily injury and property damage during university research and educational activities.

Contact person for subscription certificates and enquiries.

●Notification Forms (for Students in the Undergraduate School of Science)
<Graduate School of Science HP Application/Information page>
https://www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/info/5673/#!

●Contact for applications and enquiries
Academic Affairs Team, Academic Affairs Division, Graduate School of Science and Faculty of Science (Room 275, 2F, East Building, Science 1)

Insurance for Academic and Research Overseas Travel

The department/faculty recommends that students travelling abroad for research and educational activities take out accident insurance or travel insurance to cover accidents and illnesses during the trip. If you are not covered by such insurance, you may incur high medical costs in the event of injury or illness in the country.

[Supplementary information] If you have your own credit card, some credit card companies may provide such cover for the cardholder.

Head of Earth and Planetary Science Department:SUGITA Seiji
Head of Earth and Planetary Physics:SUGITA Seiji
Head of Earth and Planetary Environmental Science:TAJIKA Eiichi
Head of Departmental Academic Affairs:MASUMOTO Yukio
Head of Academic Affairs of EPP and EPES:SUGITA Seiji
Security Management Manager (also in charge of fieldwork safety):KANO Akihiro

[updated on 2023/4/1]

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