Admission Test
Admission Test
Entrance exams are held three times a year. For admission in October, students must take the entrance examination in August; for admission in April, students must take the entrance examination in November and February. For details, please refer to the website of the Graduate School of Engineering.
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[Caution for filling out
application form]
The application shall be printed on white paper on
A4 paper without enlargement
or reduction.
An application shall be completed in English
unless otherwise specified.
When filling in, write in block letters, numbers
in arithmetic numbers,
and English in capital letters with a black
ballpoint pen accurately and
clearly. Do not use ballpoint pens that can be
erased with an eraser.
In the case of making corrections, cancel them on
two lines, affix a correction
mark (confirmation mark), and re-enter the blank
space. Do not use correction
fluid.
Documents, etc Notes
1 Application form
Admission slip for the examination
Photograph form Print the prescribed forms from
the Graduate School of
Engineering website and fill in the required
items.
Affix to the Photograph form a photograph (4×3cm)
taken within the last
3 months to the Photograph form.
Admission slip will be returned or mailed back
after registration. If you
do not receive it at least one week before the
test date, please contact
to Student Affairs Division.
*If you do not have the experience for working,
please write “None” in
work experience section.
*Those who have transferred to a university,
please write your
former educational background in working
experience section.
2 Official transcript (certificate original)
Academic records from the graduating university in
the undergraduate and
master's programs Official transcripts (academic
records) of both undergraduate
and master programs.
-Applicants who graduated from the Undergraduate
School of Engineering
at Nagoya University do not have to submit the
official transcript of the
undergraduate program.
-Applicants who received or will receive by March
2023 their master’s degree
from School of Engineering, Nagoya University do
not need to submit the
official transcript for the Master program.
- Those who have completed the advanced course of
a College of Technology
must submit a transcript of the advanced course.
However, those who transfer from a College of
Technology to a university
do not need a transcript of the College of
Technology.
- English or Japanese translation is required if
the transcript is not
written in either Japanese or English. (If you
translate by
yourself, please write the date and sign your name
on it.)
- International students who are research students
of the Undergraduate
School of Engineering/Graduate School of
Engineering do not need to resubmit
if they have already submitted the original
certificate (limited to the
paper certificate and probability certificate is
not acceptable) at the
time of admission to
the research student.
3 Certification that the applicant has been (or
will be) awarded a master's
degree or a professional degree (certificate
original) -English or Japanese
translation is required if the transcript is not
written in either Japanese
or English. (If you translate by yourself, please
write the date and sign
your name on it.)
-Applicants who graduated from the graduate school
of engineering, Nagoya
University do not need to submit this document.
-International students who are research students
of the Undergraduate
School of Engineering/Graduate School of
Engineering do not need to resubmit
if they have already submitted the original
certificate (limited to the
paper certificate and probability certificate is
not acceptable) at the
time of admission to
the research student.
4 Summary of the applicant's master's thesis or
research work If the applicant’s
master’s thesis has not been completed at the time
of application, submit
a summary of research work undertaken during your
master's program instead.
Print the prescribed form from the Graduate School
of Engineering website.
Summary should be approximately 1,000 characters
in English (If using a
computer, set a line to be about 40 characters).
5 One of the following English proficiency
test scores(original
copy) Those submitting the TOEFL Scores should
submit both ① and ②
below.
① “Institutional Score Report” or “Official Score
Report”
② “Test Taker (Examinee) Score Report (copy)”
mailed to the examinee. Please
follow the instructions below When submitting the
TOEFL Score.
①Make arrangements to have the official scores
(“Institutional Score Report”
or “Official Score Report”) sent directly from the
testing institution
to Nagoya University by the deadline. (Enter the
institutional code for
Nagoya University 0312 and Department code
correctly. Specify Department
Code as 99 if there is nothing the appropriate
code.) After taking the
TOEFL test, it takes about 6 to 8 weeks for the
“Institutional Score Report”
or “Official Score Report” to arrive at the
designated address. Since the
arrival may be delayed, take the TOEFL test with
sufficient time.
②For “Institutional Score Report”, only. “Test
Date Scores” is used. (“MyBestTM
Scores” is not adopted.)
③Submit the copy of the “Test Taker (Examinee)
Score Report” in application
and bring the original to the examination period.
TOEFL iBT:
45 or more
IELTS:
Band Score 4.0 or
more
TOEIC Listening & Reading test 600 or more
*Only the scores of the certification tests
conducted within the past
two years from the application start date are
valid.
6 Application fee 30,000 yen For the application
fee, refer to "6.
How to pay the application fee" on page 6, and pay
at a convenience
store or credit card.
After receiving at the convenience store or paying
by credit card, attach
the "Certificate of Storage" printed by yourself
to the designated
space below the Admission Slip and Photograph
card. However, applicants
from overseas should check with Student Affairs
Division at Graduate School
of Engineering before paying the application fee.
Applicants who will receive
a Master’s degree in March, 2023 from Nagoya
University and proceed to
the Doctoral Program or who currently study under
a Japanese Government
(MEXT) Scholarship do not need to pay this fee.
Applicants studying under
a Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship in a
university other than Nagoya
University must provide a certificate proving
such status
7 Declaration of applicable specific categories
Visit the following website
and check the “Declaration of applicable specific
categories”. Please fill
out the form and submit it along with your
application documents.
https://www.engg.nagoya-u.ac.jp/prospective/?lang=en
Only if the application falls under any of the
categories ①to ③, submit
the attached flow chart as well.
8 Resident certificate (jumin-hyo) (including
resident status and period
of stay) (original copy) or both sides of copies
of Residence Card Non-Japanese
citizen, only
An oversea resident who cannot provide it at the
time of application must
submit a copy of his/her passport pages with the
ID photograph, and submit
any of above certificates at the time of
enrollment procedure.
9 Approval for application
(The applicant currently working as full-time
employees at a company) Needs
to be filled in by the head of the institution
with which the applicant
is affiliated. Print the prescribed form from the
Graduate School of Engineering
website
10 Research proposal Applicants working at a
government agency, only. Print
the prescribed form from the Graduate School of
Engineering website.
11 Approval for dedication to studies upon entry
from the head of the belonging
Institution (original
copy) Applicants working at a government agency,
only. No prescribed form
12 Envelope to return the Admission slip for the
examination Write your
name and address (in Japan) on the envelope
(Long-sized Form 3) after attaching
designated paper to be posted on the Graduate
School of Engineering website,
and affix a 94 yen stamp. Applicants taking the
exam while residing overseas
do not need to submit this envelope.
13 Envelope for announcement of results Write your
name and address (in
Japan) on the envelope (Long-sized Form 3) after
attaching designated paper
to be posted on the Graduate School of Engineering
website.
Applicants taking the exam while residing overseas
do not need to
submit this envelope.
14 Envelope for documents of enrollment procedures
Write your name and
address (in Japan) on the envelope(Square- sized
Form 2) after attaching
designated paper to be posted on the Graduate
School of Engineering website
Applicants taking the exam while residing overseas
do not need to
submit this envelope.