Transfer admission selection

Information on the 2025 entrance examination is posted here.
For information on the 2026 entrance examination, please check the entrance examination guidelines scheduled to be published in July.
For more information on the transfer admission selection for the special selection for international students, please see below.
Special Selection for International Students

Number of students to be admitted

Departments	Department / Course		Transfer Entrance Examination		Transfer Entrance Examination for Working Adults
Departments	Department / Course		2nd year	3rd year	2nd year	3rd year
Faculty of Economics	Economics		－	20	－	Few admissions available
	International Economy		－	3	－	Few admissions available
	Regional Economics		5	5	Few admissions available	Few admissions available
	Business Administration		－	30	－	Few admissions available
	Tourism Management		－	5	－	Few admissions available
Faculty of Law	Law		－	3	－	Few admissions available
Faculty of Law	Political Science		－	3	－	Few admissions available
Faculty of Liberal Arts	Japanese Cultures		－	5	－	Few admissions available
	History		－	3	－	Few admissions available
	Sociology		－	3	－	Few admissions available
	Psychology		－	3	－	Few admissions available
Faculty of Languages and Cultures	Department of Foreign Languages	English Course	ー	7	ー	Few admissions available
		German Course
		French Course
		Spanish Course
		Chinese Course
		Korean Course
Faculty of Education	Department of Education and Culture		5	25	Few admissions available	Few admissions available
	Department of Elementary Education	Elementary Education Course	5	ー	Few admissions available	ー
	Department of Elementary Education	Preschool Education Course	5	ー	Few admissions available	ー
Faculty of Science and Engineering	Mechanical and Precision Systems		Few admissions available	Few admissions available	Few admissions available	Few admissions available
	Department of Aerospace Engineering	Aerospace Engineering Course	Few admissions available	Few admissions available	Few admissions available	Few admissions available
	Information and Electronic Engineering		Few admissions available	Few admissions available	Few admissions available	Few admissions available
	Biosciences		Few admissions available	Few admissions available	Few admissions available	Few admissions available

The number of applicants for each term is the total number of applicants for Phase I and Phase II.
The transfer period will be April 2025.
Those who transfer to the second year may only study for three years and may not stay for more than six years.
Those who transfer to the third year may only study for two years and may not stay for more than four years.

*In each course of the Department of Language Studies, Faculty of Language Studies, non-Japanese nationals are not allowed to select courses in their native language or mother tongue.

Transfer Admission (2nd year)

A person who falls under any of the following (1) to (8)

(1) Applicants must be graduates of a junior college (including a foreign junior college and a school in Japan designated as equivalent to a foreign junior college) or be expected to graduate in March 2025.
(2) Those who have graduated from a technical college or are expected to graduate in March 2025.
(3) Those who have completed a specialized course at a vocational school that has a duration of two years or more and requires a total of 1,700 hours or more of class time or 62 credits or more to complete, or those who are expected to complete such course by March 2025.
(4) Those who have completed or are expected to complete a specialized high school course in March 2025 (a course of study that is two years or more and meets the standards set by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology).

(Those who have transferred to another school)
(5) Applicants must have been enrolled in a university for at least one year and have earned 31 or more credits, or be expected to earn such credits by March 2025.
(6) An individual who has completed 14 years or more of regular school education in a foreign country or is expected to complete such education by March 2025, or an individual with an equivalent qualification.
(7) Applicants must have been enrolled in a regular university abroad for at least one year and have earned the equivalent of 31 credits or more by March 2025.

(Those equivalent to bachelor's degree admission)
(8) Those who have graduated from university or are expected to graduate in March 2025.

Transfer Admission (3rd year)

Those who fall under any of the following (1) to (8).

(Those who have transferred to another school)
(5) Applicants must have been enrolled in a university for two or more years and have earned 62 or more credits, or be expected to earn such credits by March 2025.
(6) An individual who has completed 14 years or more of regular school education in a foreign country or is expected to complete such education by March 2025, or an individual with an equivalent qualification.
(7) Applicants must have been enrolled in a regular university abroad for two years or more and have earned the equivalent of 62 credits or more by March 2025.

(Those equivalent to bachelor's degree admission)
(8) Those who have graduated from university or are expected to graduate in March 2025.

Transfer Admission for Working Adults

Applicants must be graduates of a university, junior college, technical college, vocational school designated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (including dropouts) at the time of university transfer and have been in the specialized course of a high school for more than three years since completion. Applicants must be working adults (including unemployed persons) who are 23 years of age or older (25 years of age or older for university graduates) as of April 1, 2025, and meet any of the following conditions (1) to (7).

(1) Those who have graduated from a junior college (including foreign junior colleges and schools designated as foreign junior colleges in Japan) or colleges of technology.
(2) Those who have completed a specialized training college with a minimum term of 2 years and a total of 1,700 hours or more of class hours or 62 credits or more.
(3) Those who have completed an advanced course at a high school (with a duration of two years or more and meeting the standards set by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology).

〈Students equivalent to transferring schools〉
(4) Those who have been enrolled in a university for at least one year and have earned at least 31 credits. (2nd year transfer)
(5) Those who have been enrolled in a university for 2 years or more and have earned 62 or more credits. (3rd year transfer)
(6) Those who have completed 14 years or more of regular school education in a foreign country.

〈Those who are equivalent to entering a bachelor’s degree〉
(7) A person who has graduated from a university.

Selection Process

Departamental proficiency test (1 subject)
Document screening.
interview
Transfer admission selection: about 10 minutes per person
Adult transfer admission selection: about 10 minutes per person

The applicant will be judged comprehensively on a pass/fail basis, with emphasis on the written examination.
Applicants who miss the written exam will not be allowed to take the interview.
If an applicant misses the interview, all test results will be invalid.

Entrance examination schedule

Transfer Examination

[Phase I]
■Application period: Wednesday, October 16, 2024 to Friday, October 25, 2024
■ Screening date: Sunday, November 17th
■ Result announcement date: Monday, December 2nd
■Enrollment deadline: Tuesday, December 10th

[Stage II]
■Application period: Monday, January 6th, 2025 to Thursday, February 13th, 2025
■ Screening date: February 23rd (Sunday)
■Results Announcement Date: March 1st (Saturday)
■Enrollment deadline: Friday, March 7th

Transfer Examination for Working Adults

■Application period: Wednesday, October 16, 2024 to Friday, October 25, 2024
■ Screening date: Sunday, November 17th
■ Result announcement date: Monday, December 2nd
■Deadline for enrollment procedures: Tuesday, December 10th

Test Site

[Hachioji Test Site]
Faculty of Economics (Economics, International Economy, Business Administration, Tourism Management), Faculty of Law, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Faculty of Language Studies, Faculty of Education

[Utsunomiya Test Site]
Faculty of Economics (Regional Economics), Faculty of Science and Engineering

Departamental proficiency test

Transfer Examination

Undergraduate	Department / Course	Course selection
Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Faculty of Language Studies, Faculty of Education	All departments	Select one subject from "Japanese" or "English"
Faculty of Science and Engineering	Department of Mechanical and Precision Systems, Department of Aerospace Engineering: Aerospace Engineering Course, Department of Information and Electronic Engineering	Select one subject from "Mathematics" or "Physics"
Faculty of Science and Engineering	Biosciences	Select one subject from "Chemistry" or "Biology"

Transfer Examination for Working Adults

Undergraduate	Departments	Courses
Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Faculty of Language Studies, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Science and Engineering	All departments	Essay (400-600 characters)

2nd year transfer　　3rd year transfer

Click here for the Admission Guidelines
(Includes application requirements, documents, subjects, and time of examination)