According
to the requirements of the university they want to enter and
the course of study they want to pursue,
the examinees select the subject tests that they will take
from the following table.
Examinees may not choose to take both the Science test
and the Japan and the World test.
| Subject |
Aims |
Time |
Score
Range |
Japanese
as a
Foreign Language |
Measurement
of the Japanese Language skills (academic Japanese)
required for studying at Japanese universities. |
120
minutes |
0-400
scores |
| Science |
Measurement
of the basic academic skills in science (physics, chemistry,
and biology) required for studying in the science departments
of Japanese universities. |
80
minutes |
0-200
scores |
| Japan
and the World |
Measurement
of the basic academic skills in required in liberal
arts, particularly thinking and logical abilities, for
studying at Japanese universities. |
80
minutes |
0-200
scores |
| Mathematics |
Measurement
of the basic academic skills required in mathematics
for studying at Japanese universities. |
80
minutes |
0-200
scores |
|
| (1)
Japanese as a Foreign Language |
| |
1) |
Structure: |
| |
|
The
test in Japanese as a Foreign Language consists of writing,
reading comprehension, listening comprehension, and listening
and reading comprehension. |
| |
2) |
Order
and Time: |
| |
|
The
order of the examinations is writing (20 minutes), reading
comprehension (30 minutes), listening comprehension, and listening
and reading comprehension (70 minutes including instruction). |
| |
3) |
Score
range: |
| |
|
The
score range 0 - 400, consists of reading 0 - 160, listening
comprehension 0 - 120, and listening and reading comprehension
0 - 120.
The writing evaluation will be marked in the range 0
- 6, consists of grammatical abilities 0 - 3 and logical abilities
0 - 3.
|
| (2)
Science |
|
|
In
the science area, according
to the requirements of the university they want to enter and
the course of study they want to pursue, examinees have
to select two subjects from physics, chemistry and biology,
on the examination day.
|
| (3)
Japan and the World |
| |
Refer
to the syllabus for
Japan and the World subject for the range of questions in
the examination.
|
| (4)
Mathematics |
|
|
In
the mathematics area, according
to the requirements of the university they want to enter and
the course of study they want to pursue, examinees have
to select either of Course 1 for liberal arts faculties or
science faculties where comparatively less mathematics is
required, or Course 2 for faculties where a higher level mathematics
is required on the examination day.
|
| (5)
Examination Language |
|
|
The
questions can be written in Japanese or English. (The Japanese
language examination will be written only in Japanese.)
Since the Japanese and English question booklets will be different,
according to the requirements
of the university they want to enter and the course of study
they want to pursue, the examinee should notify which
they prefer in the application.
|
| (6)
Answering Method |
| |
Refer
to the answer method.
|
| (7)
Timetables |
| |
Refer
to the timetables.
|
| (8)
Syllabus |
| |
Refer
to the syllabus for
each subjects for the range of questions in the examination. |
