[2] Upon arriving in Tokyo, Chinggeltei enrolled in a juku to study English and mathematics for the university entrance exams; he chose to aim at an engineering school, because he felt that his homeland particularly lacked people with such skills.
He ended up first enrolling at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, but due to the long commute from his home and the intensification of World War II, transferred to Tohoku Imperial University in Sendai.
Ulanhu's speeches about various events of the day (such as the 3 April 1946 meeting in Chengde which provided for the unification of Inner Mongolia as a single governmental unit) left a deep impression on the teachers of the school and helped them to become more knowledgeable about politics.
[4] In May 1947, half of the Autonomous Academy's teaching staff were transferred to Qiqihar to establish the Inner Mongolia Military Administration University (内蒙古军政大学); Chinggeltei was responsible for setting up their Mongolian language and literature division.
[2] In 1949, Chinggeltei was transferred to the Inner Mongolia Daily (内蒙古日报) as editor of the Mongolian-language section and head of internal education; during this time, he also travelled to Hulunbuir for a linguistic survey, and published his Grammar of the Mongol language (蒙文文法).