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University |
Contents:
1. Qualifications
2. Application
3. Entrance examination
4. Courses taught in English
5. Auditors, Credit-earning
students, etc.
6. Universitiy transfers
7. Short-term study programs
8. Conditions for graduating
/ Completing courses
9. International recognition
of degrees obtained in Japan |
Regular
undergraduate programs at universities take four years to complete.
Medical, dentistry and veterinary programs are six years.
Some universities allow students to participate in courses as auditors
or to take only individual subjects rather than a complete program.
Apart from long-term study with the aim of acquiring a degree or
conducting long-term research, there are short-term study programs
without the aim of acquiring a degree (Refer to 7. Short-term study
programs.) |
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Qualifications
(one
of the following requirements must be met)
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Those
who have received 12 years of school education outside Japan,
and have completed secondary education. |
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In
the case of students from countries where school education
lasts for 10 or 11 years, those who complete a "course
of preliminary study for university entrance" at authorized
institutions and at least 18 years. (Refer to Chapter 4) |
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Those
who passed a qualification examination in their home country
to be regarded as having academic proficiency the same level
as the University Entrance Qualification Examination in Japan,
such as the High-school Graduation Equivalency Examination
in South Korea. |
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Those
who passed the International Baccalaureate, or the Abitur
in Germany, or the Baccalaureate in France and are at least
18. |
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"For
transfer to universities, please refer to 6.
University transfers. |
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