1.Date of Admission: April 2019
2.Candidate Selection System
For Selection System B and D, Application requirements for Entrance Examination for 2019 are different compared to 2018.
Selection System |
Number of Students to be Admitted |
Main Target | Time Period | |
A |
Entrance Examination for International Applicants Residing outside Japan |
A few | International applicants who reside overseas and take the on-site examination within their own country/ country of residence | Application: June |
Interview Examination: July |
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Result Notification: August |
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B |
Entrance Examination for International and Japanese Applicants Residing outside Japan |
10 | Applicants of all nationalities who reside overseas and take the on-site examination within their own country/ country of residence | Application: October |
Interview Examination: November | ||||
Result Notification: December | ||||
C |
Entrance Examination for International and Japanese Applicants Residing in Japan |
10 | Applicants of all nationalities who reside in Japan and take the examination in Hiroshima | Application: October |
Interview Examination: November | ||||
Result Notification: December | ||||
D |
Entrance Examination for International Applicants Residing in Japan |
A few | International applicants who reside in Japan and take the examination in Hiroshima | Application: December |
Interview Examination: February |
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Result Notification: March |
Note: In the selection system C and D, applicants are required to take their interview in English at the Hiroshima University Higashi-Hiroshima campus. In the selection system A and B, applicants are not required to come to Japan for their interview. The applicants are requested to take their interview in English via Skype.
3.English Proficiency Requirements
Applicants must submit any one of the following English proficiency certificates as an application requirement.
English Proficiency Test Scores | Application Requirements | |
Selection System A, B and D | Selection System C | |
1) Cambridge English | FCE (160 or above) | PET (140 or above) |
2) EIKEN | Pre-1st grade or above | 2nd grade or above |
3) GTEC CBT | 1160 or above | 880 or above |
4) IELTSTM(Academic Module) | 5.5 or above | 4.0 or above |
5) TEAP (4 skills) | 334 or above | 226 or above |
6) TEAP CBT (4 skills) | 600 or above | 420 or above |
7) TOEFL iBT® | 72 or above | 42 or above |
8) TOEIC® L&R and TOEIC® S&W | 1095 or above (L&R 785 or above and S&W 310 or above) |
790 or above (L&R 550 or above and S&W240 or above) |
Note: Applicants who satisfy either one of the following two requirements are not required to submit the above-mentioned English-proficiency certificates.
(1) Applicants who have undertaken three years or more of their secondary education(Senior high school, Junior high school, etc.) in English as their primary language of instruction.
(2) Applicants who are taking or have taken the International Baccalaureate Diploma with English as the language of instruction.