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Yokohama National University's Response to International Applicants Who Cannot Travel to Japan(Updated on January 12, 2022)
1．Important Notes
Yokohama National University will implement alternative measures for international applicants who are unable to travel to Japan due to entry restrictions. We will announce the measures of each college and graduate school as soon as they are decided, by posting them in 2. and 3. below.Applicants who are living or residing in Japan as of the date of the entrance examination cannot take the examination under the alternative measures described in 2. and 3. below, except in the case that all applicants taking the relevant examination are changed to take the examination online, etc.)
Please note that we may take such measures as confirming the date of the applicant’s arrival in Japan with the original passport. If any false application or fraud is found, the admission will be canceled even after enrollment.
2．Undergraduate Admissions
| College of Economics | - For applicants who are unable to travel to Japan, the Individual Achievement Test (Interview) will be conducted online. - The application period will be extended until December 17 following the announcement of the alternative measures. - Application guidelines (in Japanese) are available at https://www.ynu.ac.jp/exam/faculty/essential/pdf/2022_zai_YGEP_tonichi.pdf |
| College of Business Administration | The College of Business Administration will change the selection method to allow applicants who cannot travel to Japan to take the entrance examination. Please refer to the website below (in Japanese) for the details of the changes in the selection method, which will be announced in the application guidelines around January 5, 2022. Regarding the above-mentioned announcement made on December 14 (Tuesday) 2021, the following changes will be implemented. [Changes to the application documents] Applicants who are unable to enter Japan will be required to submit a certificate of residence at the time of application. [Changes in the Selection Method] Second stage screening An interview with faculty members will be conducted. In addition, the combined scores of EJU (mathematics) and the external English proficiency test will be used instead of an essay examination. The screening will be based on the combination of these tests, the statement of purpose, and the academic transcript. For the interview, applicants who have already entered Japan will be interviewed at the university; for those who cannot enter Japan, the interview will be conducted online. For details, please check the application guidelines on the university website. https://www.ynu.ac.jp/exam/faculty/essential/  |
| College of Engineering Science | The College will offer alternative measures for applicants who are unable to take the entrance examination of YGEP-N1 (Standard Admission) at YNU on February 25 (Fri) and 26 (Sat), 2022. Click below for the application guidelines (in Japanese) https://www.ynu.ac.jp/exam/faculty/essential/pdf/2022_rikou_YGEP_tonichi.pdf Click below for details of alternative measures (in Japanese) https://www.ynu.ac.jp/hus/nyushi/27284/30-1-10-1.pdf |
| College of Urban Sciences | Since the application period has already ended, applicants will be notified separately when the admission ticket is sent to them. |
3．Graduate Admissions
| Graduate School of Education | For applicants who are unable to travel to Japan, the screening will be conducted online. Click below for details(in Japanese). Division of Education Support Specialist: https://eduss.ynu.ac.jp/ Division of Advanced Professional Practice in Education (Professional School for Teacher Education) https://pste.ynu.ac.jp/ |
| Graduate School of International Social Sciences (Department of Economics) | For applicants who satisfies necessary conditions, the screening will be conducted online. Click below for details (in Japanese). https://www.economics.ynu.ac.jp/hus/econ/27372/2_27372_1_0_211221061107.pdf |
| Graduate School of International Social Sciences (Department of Business Administration) | Master's Program: Please apply for the Special Pre-arrival Admission. Doctoral Program: Foreign language test will be substituted by the submission of a transcript of TOEIC, TOEFL, or IELTS (see the application guidelines for the required scores). The oral examination will be conducted online. Special Program for Working Adults (Yokohama Business School): There are no entrance exams currently open for application. For details (in Japanese): https://www.b.ynu.ac.jp/hus/busi/27286/3_27286_1_0_211209104108.pdf |
| Graduate School of International Social Sciences (Department of International and Business Law) | For applicants who satisfies necessary conditions, the screening will be conducted online. Click below for details. Master’s Program (in Japanese): https://www.iblaw.ynu.ac.jp/news/2021/M202112.pdf Doctoral Program (in Japanese): https://www.iblaw.ynu.ac.jp/news/2021/D202112.pdf |
| Graduate School of Engineering Science | For applicants who are unable to travel to Japan, the screening will be conducted online. For details (in Japanese): https://www.fse.ynu.ac.jp/english/index.html |
| Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences | Master's Program: There are no entrance exams currently open for application. Doctoral Program: For applicants who are unable to travel to Japan, the screening will be conducted online. For details (in Japanese): https://www.eis.ynu.ac.jp/category04/index.html |
| Graduate School of Urban Innovation | For applicants living overseas who have difficulty in traveling to Japan, the screening will be conducted by alternative measures that do not require the applicants to travel to Japan. For details: https://www.urban.ynu.ac.jp/admission/forms/index.html |
| YNU Interfaculty Graduate School of Innovative and Practical Studies | The special admission for Japanese government (Monbukagakusho) scholarship recipients, etc. is conducted mainly based on document screening. There are no other entrance exams currently open for application. |
* Please check the website of each graduate school for details.