2025 Admission Information

Admission Information

1. Date of Admission: April 1, 2025

IGS does not have September/October 2025 admission.

2. Candidate Selection System

Selection System		Number of Students to be Admitted	Main Target	Time Period
A	Overseas Entrance Interview Examination for International Applicants in July Main Points of Application Guide Application Guide and Application Forms	Limited	International applicants who take the on-site examination within their own country	Application: June
				Document Screening: July
				Interview Examination: July
				Result Notification： August
B	Overseas Entrance Interview Examination for International and Japanese Applicants in November Application Guide and Application Forms	10	Applicants of all nationalities who take the on-site examination within their own country	Application： October
				Document Screening: October
				Interview Examination： November
				Result Notification： December
C	On Campus Entrance Interview Examination for International and Japanese Applicants in November Application Guide and Application Forms	10	Applicants of all nationalities who take the examination in Hiroshima	Application： October
				Document Screening: October
				Interview Examination： November
				Result Notification： December
D	On Campus Entrance Interview Examination for International Applicants in February Application Guide and Application Forms	Limited	International applicants who take the examination in Hiroshima	Application： December
				Document Screening: January
				Interview Examination： February
				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 Language Requirements

English Proficiency Test	Application Requirements
English Proficiency Test	Selection System A, B and D	Selection System C
1) Cambridge English	160 or above in overall score	140 or above in overall score
2) EIKEN	A Passing Pre-1st grade or above	A Passing 2^nd grade or above
3) GTEC (CBT Type Only)	1180 or above	930 or above
4) IELTS^TM(Academic Module)	5.5 or above	4.0 or above
5) TEAP (4 skills)	309 or above	225 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 _{This score is determined by multiplying your S&W score by 2.5 and adding your L&R score}	1560 or above	1150 or above

Note: Applicants who satisfy either one of the following two requirements are not required to submit the above-mentioned English-proficiency certificates. For details, please refer to the application guide.
(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. Those who have undertaken their secondary education in a country other than Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom or the United States should additionally submit a document that proves that English is the primary language of instruction at school (e.g., certificate issued by the high school attended by the applicant).
(2) Applicants who are taking or have taken the International Baccalaureate Diploma with English as the language of instruction.