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Entrance Examination Overview
Foreign Student Department

Application overview for students enrolling in 2024

The following is an application overview for students enrolling in 2024.
Students wishing to make an application should please contact Bunkyo University Foreign Student Department.

About the Course
Spring semester admission (April) - 1 year course
Fall semester admission (September) - 1 year 6 months course

Number of Students to be Accepted
40 [35 applications from overseas (April or September admission) and some applications from inside Japan (April admission)]

Application Qualifications and Requirements

Applicants must meet the following four requirements.

(1) Hold a foreign nationality that is not Japanese.

(2) Those who have completed at least 12-year school education. Alternatively, the following person.
”¦Spring Semester (April) Admission: a person who is expected to graduate by the end of March 2023
”¦Fall Semester (September) Admission: a person who is expected to graduate by the end of July 2023

(3) The applicant should meet the requirements of any of the following a to j.

a: At least N5 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test

b: Possess at least a score of 300 points or above on the BJT: Business Japanese Proficiency Test

c: Possess at least F level of the J.TEST of Practical Japanese

d: Possess at least 5 level of the Japanese Language NAT-TEST

e: Possess at least a score of 350 points or above on the STBJ: Standard Test for Business Japanese

f: Possess at least Beginner level A of the TOPJ: TOP Japanese Language Test

g: Possess at least Beginner level of the J-cert: Certificate of Japanese as a Foreign Language

h: Possess at least JCT5 of the JLCT: Japanese Language Capability Test

i: Possess at least C- of the PJC Bridge

j: Possess at least a score of 315 points or above on the PT: Japanese Proficiency Test 315 points or

*If none of the tests above are held in the applicants’ country, they are required to possess equivalent Japanese skills.

(4) Have an advisor in Japan. (If not, please contact the university.)

All applicants for the Foreign Student Department must have an Advisor.

*”ČAdvisor”É is a person who will assist the applicant from application procedure to his/her life in Japan. The applicant”Ēs sponsor, family, relative, or acquaintance living in Japan may become his/her advisor as long as all the following requirements are fulfilled.

(1) A resident of Japan (any nationality), who can speak Japanese. Students not accepted.

(2) Will complete all the application and admission procedure, and if any, other required procedure on behalf of the applicant.

(3) Knows the applicant well personally and officially.

(4) Will advise or counsel the applicant regarding problems in his/her life after his/her admission is approved.

Person for Application
The following person must complete the application procedure.
-Overseas application (April or September admission) : Advisor
-Domestic application (April admission) : Advisor or the applicant

Selection Process
¢” Overseas applications: 1 2 below
1. Application review
2. Interview with the advisor (Upon successful review of application)

¢” Domestic applications: 1 2 below
1. Application review
2. Interview with the applicant and his/her advisor

 

Process from Application to Acceptance
(Process for students enrolling in April 2024)
(Process for students enrolling in September 2024)

Overseas application

[Spring Semester Admission]
Application period (If sent by post, application must arrive by the final day of the application period)
September 13 - October 4, 2023

Interview with the advisor (Upon successful review of application)
November 11, 2023

Announcement of successful applicants
November 17, 2023

[Fall Semester Admission]
Application period (If sent by post, application must arrive by the final day of the application period)
April 8- April 20, 2024

Interview with the advisor (Upon successful review of application)
May 18, 2024

Announcement of successful applicants
May 24, 2024

Domestic application

[Spring Semester Admission]
Application period (If sent by post, application must arrive by the final day of the application period)
February 13 - February 17, 2024

Interview with the applicant and his / her advisor
February 24, 2024

Announcement of successful applicants
March 1, 2024

For more information, please contact the Foreign Student Department listed below.

Bunkyo University Koshigaya Campus
International Affairs Office

Address: 3337 Minami-Ogishima, Koshigaya, Saitama, 343-8511 JAPAN
TEL: (048) 974-8811 (Operator)
(For call from overseas ӆ81-48-974-8811)
Fax: (048) 974-8132
Email: bekka@stf.bunkyo.ac.jp
Original Site: Foreign Student Department
*The above page can be viewed in four languages (Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean).
Student Application Requirements Foreign Student Department (Japanese)
Student Application Requirements Foreign Student Department (English)

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