The Changes in Entrance Examination Systems

Date	Program	Types of Admissions	Contents
2025/11/18	Master’s Program	General Admissions Internal Admissions by Recommendation	Starting with the September 2026 entrance examinations, the following changes will primarily be implemented. Please refer to the relevant entrance examination guidelines for details. “All applicants must submit. However, submission is not required only if the applicant holds citizenship of a country where English is an official language and English is their first language.”
2025/11/18	Doctoral Program	General Admissions	Starting with the September 2026 entrance examinations, the following changes will primarily be implemented. Please refer to the relevant entrance examination guidelines for details. “All applicants must submit. However, submission is not required only if the applicant holds citizenship of a country where English is an official language and English is their first language.”
2020/12/2	Master’s Program	Special Admission	Change of Application Requirements
2020/07/24	Doctoral Program	General Admission	Change in Requirements for Language Proficiency Submission
2020/07/24	Master’s Program	General Admission Special Admission	Change in Requirements for Language Proficiency Submission Regarding the change in requirements for Language proficiency submission
2018/5/11	Doctoral Program	General Admission	Changes in Entrance Examination for Doctoral Program
2017/4/14	Master’s Program	General Admissions	Changes to Entrance Examinations for Master’s Programs General Admissions (English-based Degree Program) from 2018
2016/10/26	Master’s Program	All Types	Integration of Courses in the Graduate School of Political Science and the Graduate School of Economics (AY 2017)