Entrance examination data on students entering with and without a degree

Please note:

The following schools accept students entering with as well as without a degree. The eligibility of applicants and screening methods vary by school. Please directly contact the school you are interested in.

  • Admission of students with a degree is for students who have graduated from a university as well as students scheduled to graduate. Admission of students without a degree is for students who have graduated from junior college or specialized vocational high school as well as students scheduled to graduate, and those who have been enrolled in a four-year university more than 2 years as well as students scheduled to enroll. Eligibility and screening methods vary by school.
  • The schools of Engineering and Engineering Science only accept graduates of technical high schools (as well as students scheduled to graduate from such).
  • The Division of Health Sciences, School of Medicine (Course of Nursing, Course of Medical Physics and Engineering, and Laboratory Sciences), only accepts students who have graduated from a junior college and from professional courses at special training schools (as well as students scheduled to graduate). (For details, view the application materials for third-year students entering to the Division of Health Sciences from other universities.)

Admission data and enrollment figures for recent years:

Schools Students to be accepted
 Application guidelines will be announced
School of Letters
Students with a bachelor's degree  Mid-October
School of Human Sciences Third-year students entering from other schools Late June
School of Foreign Studies Third-year students entering from other schools Around August
School of Law Third-year students entering from other schools  Late May
School of Economics Third-year students entering from other schools  Early June
School of Science Students with a bachelor's degree The decision to conduct screening has not been made (July 1). Screening will be held pursuant to students making application and the decision to conduct screening for this year.
Faculty of Medicine    Faculty of Medicine Second-year students entering from other schools  Mid-April
Division of Health Sciences Third-year students entering from other schools  Late May
School of Dentistry Third-year students entering from other schools No applicants will be accepted in the academic year of 2012-13.
School of Engineering  Third-year students entering from other schools Late May
School of Engineering Science Third-year students entering from other schools Early June

The numbers to be accepted by each faculty are as follows:

The Faculty of Medicine began accepting second-year students from other schools in September 2010.

School Quota 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10
A S E A S E A S E
Human Sciences 10 68 14 14 65 12 11 61 14 13
Foreign Studies
 10 19 7 7 19 5 4 … … …
Law 10 81 11 11 51 10 9 83 14 10
Economics 10 65 10 6 62 14 10 76 15 10
Medicine Medicine 10 … … … 197 10 10 167 10 10
Health Sciences
 20 49 9 9 52 13 13 80 14 14
Dentistry No screening in 2012
 … … … 19 6 6 10 5 3
Engineering moderate 146 50 46 125 43 40 139 49 36
Engineering Science moderate 89 29 17 92 33 26 109 34 23

The number of students with a bachelor's degree to be accepted by each faculty are as follows:

School Quota 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10
A S E A S E A S E
Letters
moderate 6 2 1 1 1 1 4 3 3
Science moderate* … … … 2 1 1 … … …
Medicine Pre-med 10 201
 10
 10
 173 10 10 … … …

*Screening is held pursuant to students making application and the decision to conduct screening for that particular year. In short, screening is not necessarily an annual event.