※授業は日本語で行われるため，研究生として本学に所属するためには，少なくとも N２以上の日本語能力が必要です。Classes are held in Japanese, so in order to belong to ouruniversity as a research student, you must have at least JLPT N2 or above.

Application guidelines
for international research students for 2025 admission(Privately financed international students)
Joetsu University of Education (hereafter “JUEN”) accepts research students (nondegree, privately financed international students) on the basis of the following guidelines.
Research students are those who study on a specific subject.
1. Eligibility
Applicants who are eligible for application for research students must meet one of thefollowing requirements and have acquired Japanese proficiency as a level ofunderstanding university lectures given in Japanese language.
(1) Those who have completed 16 years of formal school education in countries other thanJapan.
(2) Those who have completed their undergraduate work and obtained a bachelor’s
degree or can be recognized by our university as having an equivalent level of academicability.
2. Enrollment time and period of research(1) Enrollment time
April or October(2) The period of research
The period of research is up to one year or until the end of relevant academic year.
Extensions may be granted for a period of up to two year in total (including the originallygranted one year) if judged necessary for the student’s research.
3. Application procedures
Each applicant must contact a teacher who the applicant desires to be taught (hereafter
the “prospective academic advisor”) and ask him/her for consent in advance. Please notethat you cannot apply without the prior consent of the prospective academic advisor.
Please look for a suitable prospective academic advisor in our university website:(https://www.juen.ac.jp/index.html).

You can check our faculty members’ research fields on the page of faculty profiles,professors teaching at JUEN. (https://staff.juen.ac.jp/search/index.html).
(1) How to apply
After obtaining the prospective academic advisor’s consent, you need to send or hand in
the submission documents (see below (3)) to the specified delivery address (see below 9)
by the submission deadline (If you are outside of Japan, please send the documents byEMS).
We will send a “certificate of payment for preliminary review fee” to applicants who areallowed to apply by preliminary review (see below 4). Please make sure you pay JPY
9,800 and send or hand in certificate of payment.
If you are living outside Japan, please ask the International Exchange and Regional
Cooperation Team of the Research Cooperation Office about how to pay the preliminary
review fee.
(2) The submission deadline
The enrollment time

Submission deadline

Open hours

April, 2025

Applicants living outside of Japan:

8:30 AM ～ 5:15 PMFriday, October 25, 2024.

Except Saturdays, Sundays,

Applicants living in Japan:

National holidays andFriday, January 10, 2025.

from December 28 to January 3

October, 2025

Applicants living outside of Japan:
Tuesday, April 22, 2025.
Applicants living in Japan:
Monday, June 30, 2025.

(3) Submission documents
As for any certificate written in any language other than Japanese, make sure to attach
Japanese translation.
① Application form for enrollment for research students (Form 1)② Joetsu University of Education investigation form for research students(international students) (Form 2)③ The academic advisor application form (Form 3)④ Letter of recommendation (Form 4)⑤ Certificate of (prospective) graduation/ completion of the last school you attended.
(original)

⑥ Transcripts of academic records of the last school you attended (original).
⑦ One of the following certifications.
Letter of results of JLPT-Japanese Language Proficiency Test-N2 or above
and/or certificate of JLPTCertificate and grade report of practical Japanese test (level A-C) (J-test) level
C or above.

Score report of Examination for Japanese University admission forinternational students (EJU) (Japanese language) 270 points or above

A certificate of Japanese ability of the same standard of JLPT N2 or above inother Japanese proficiency tests, etc.

⑧ Copy of family register or certificate of place of residence (citizenship) which isissued by a public agency of the applicant’s country⑨ Copy of the page with applicant’s photo from his or her own passport⑩ Certificate of graduation and certificate of academic degree, issued by graduation
university (only for Chinese applicants)※ Applicants from the People’s Republic of China additionally need to submit
Verification Report of China Higher Education Qualification Certificate issued byChina Academic Degree & Graduate Education Development Center.
⑪ Written consent from the head of your workplace (only incumbents)
4.

Selection process
Applicants will be selected through the following steps:(1) Preliminary review: Japanese speaking proficiency test (online interview etc.)(2) Main review: Documents review (if necessary, a practical examinaiton and aninterview are required)5.

Selection results
We will inform all applicants about the selection results. A notice of acceptance anddocuments related to enrollment procedures will be sent to successful applicants.

6.

Enrollment procedures
The successful applicants must pay an entrance fee of JPY 84,600 and complete theenrollment procedures within the designated period. If the enrollment procedures
are not completed appropriately within the period, you cannot enter our university.
We will send acceptance letters to the successful applicants who completed theenrollment procedures.

7.

TuitionWe will send a tuition payment slip to the person who gained admission to ouruniversity at the beginning of April or October. Please make sure to pay the tuitionat post offices or banks within the designated period.
(1) Tuition: JPY 29,700 × the registered months at our university
The price of tuition is for the enrolled students in Academic year 2024. It might
be revised in the future.
(2) Time limit of payment:
Entrance in April ― April 30, 2025
Entrance in October ―October 31, 2025

(3) In cases where the tuition is amended during enrollment, the new tuition shallbe applied.
8.

Others(1) If you write false information on documents, the enrollment may be cancelled
even after the entrance date.
(2) Any candidate or student considered to be inappropriate to hold the status ofresearch student shall be expelled from our university.
(3) You need to buy some insurance for learning and living.

9.

Inquiries (the delivery address and inquiries)
International Exchange and Regional Cooperation Team of the Research
Cooperation Office, Joetsu University of Education
1, Yamayashiki-machi, Joetsu-shi, Niigata Prefecture 943-8512 Japan
Tel: +81(0)25-521-3299
Fax: +81(0)25-521-3621
E-mail: ryugaku@juen.ac.jp