2025 Entrance Examination (for admission in April 2025)
[Important] The 2023 Entrance Examination has ended.
[For students enrolling in April 2025] Laptop Loans (March 10, 2025)
For students who have difficulty in preparing a laptop computer due to financial circumstances, etc., a long-term loan system for six months or one year is available, and a temporary loan system is available for those who would like a temporary loan due to their own laptops malfunctioning or other reasons when needed for class. Please refer to the following for more information on the loan system.
2025 Application Materials [posted November 28, 2024]
*The 2025 Application Materials, which include details on how to apply, schedules, and documents to be submitted, can be found in the PDF file posted above. A printed edition of these guidelines is not available.
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Support for prospective students and new students by Osaka University COOP
Note: Osaka University does not arrange hotel accommodations for students.
2025 Application Guidelines [posted July 16, 2024]
(Updated November 5, 2024)
*The 2025 Application Guidelines (includes Special Entrance Examinations) can be found in the PDF file posted above or by clicking here. (file in Japanese)
*The Faculty of Medicine plans to apply to the MEXT to increase the quota for the Department of Medicine. Thus, the quota listed in the Application Guidelines for the February Entrance Examination is subject to change.
-> The quota increase for the Faculty of Medicine has been approved by MEXT. (95->98) (November 5, 2024)
Information regarding this change will be posted to this webpage once it is finalized.
*Methods on how to obtain other materials, such as the Osaka University Handbook and brochures for undergraduate/graduate schools, can be found here.
Announcements
Regarding changes in admission numbers for the School of Engineering and School of Engineering Science from 2025 [April 17, 2024]
-> The increase in admission numbers has been approved. For details, click here. (posted August 1, 2024)
Regarding a change in selection methods for the 2025 February Entrance Examinations [May 26, 2023]
Applicants whose 2025 February Entrance Examination scores are not sufficient to get into the following schools may be rejected even if there is a shortage of applicants:
- School of Letters
- School of Human Sciences
- School of Foreign Studies
- School of Law
- School of Economics
- School of Science
- School of Medicine (including the Division of Health Sciences)
- School of Engineering Science
Regarding a change in the number of students to be admitted to the School of Foreign Studies in April 2025 [April 3, 2023]
For details, click here. (file in Japanese)