Division of Modern Economics and Business
Master’s Program【Attention】Applicants who wish to apply for the entrance exams below under the master’s programat Hokkaido University Graduate School of Economics and Business need to obtain an advanceconsent from the prospective supervisor before filing an application.
※Current HU Research students are also required to take this procedures.
〇Required Division / Program / Type of entrance exam
Division of Modern Economics and Business/ Master’s Program / General ExamDivision of Modern Economics and Business/ Master’s Program / Special Exam for Working Adults【Steps to obtain advance consent to official application】

1. Choose your expected supervisor
Please refer to the list of available faculty members (as of FY2025) and choose
prospective supervisor(s).
For details about research fields of our faculty, please refer to Faculty List at Graduate
School of Economics and Business or HU’s Researcher Directory.

2. Apply to the advance consent
In order to obtain advance consent to official application, please apply via Pre-admission
Support System. It is not allowed applicants to contact prospective supervisors for
unofficial agreement of acceptance.
[Note]You may choose up to 2 faculty members as your prospective supervisors. Application toobtain advance consent to official application is allowed only once.

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○Period of application for an advance consent:
1st round (for April 2025 intake): May 10 (Fri.) ~ May 22 (Wed.), 2024 【strict deadline】
2nd round (for April 2025 intake): early October ~ late October, 2024【TBD】○Where to submit: Pre-admission Support System
https://pre-admission.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/○Submission materials:
Required Documents① Research Plan

② Transcript ofAcademic RecordNotesDesignated form：Please download herePlease upload as a PDF file via Pre-admission Support System

1. Graduated from a university in mainland China
Upload documents in English 1)～3) issued by CSSD (Centre for Student Services andDevelopment, Ministry of Education, P.R. China).
For documents 2) below, PDF versions of university-issued documents (Transcript in③ Certificate of

Graduation(Completion) or
Expected Graduation(Completion)

English) may be submitted only if the certificate is not issued by CSSD in time.
If you have not earned a degree, upload a Word file stating that the degree has notbeen earned.
1) Online Verification Report of Higher Education Degree Certificate
2) Verification Report of China Higher Education Student's Academic Transcript3) Online Verification Report of Higher Education Qualification Certificate
4) Others (optional)

2. Enrolled in a university in mainland China
Upload documents in English 1) and 2) issued by CSSD (Centre for Student Servicesand Development, Ministry of Education, P.R. China).
For documents 2) below, PDF versions of university-issued documents (Transcript inEnglish) may be submitted only if the certificate is not issued by CSSD in time.
1) Online Verification Report of Student Record2) Verification Report of China Higher Education Student's Academic Transcript3) Others (optional)

3. Graduated from a university other than mainland China
Upload documents 1) and 2). In principle, digitally certified certificates should beuploaded. Photocopied certificates may be uploaded only when only certificates thathave not been digitally authenticated can be issued. If the degree certificate and2

transcripts are combined in one document, upload the same documents for 1) and2). If the certificate is a translated version, the original certificate (in a language otherthan English) should also be attached in 3) Others.
1) Diploma or degree certificate in English
2) Transcripts in English
3) Others (optional)

4. Enrolled in a university other than mainland China
Upload documents 1) and 2). In principle, digitally certified certificates should beuploaded. Photocopied certificates may be uploaded only when only certificates thathave not been digitally authenticated can be issued. If the certificate of enrollment
and transcripts are combined in one document, upload the same documents for 1)
and 2). If the certificate is a translated version, the original certificate (in a language
other than English) should also be attached in 3) Others.
1)Certificate of expected graduation or certificate of enrollment in English2)Transcripts in English
3)Other (optional)④ Certificate of Foreign

Language Proficiency

Copy of only one of the following documents.
If you don’t have any documents, please upload a memo which mention so.
TOEFL-iBT (Examinee Score Report): 51 or above
TOEIC L&R (Official Score Certificate / Digital Official Score Certificate): 550 or above
IELTS (Academic test) (Test Report Form）: 5.5 or aboveJapanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) (Certificate of Proficiency / Certificate ofResult and Scores) : N1 or aboveEnglish Scores (TOEFL/TOEIC/IELTS) must be from a test taken within four yearsof conducted month of entrance exam.
Required foreign language proficiency: Successful applicants must fulfil one of
the above scores.
International students whose mother tongue is English should contact
Academic Affairs Office of the Graduate School in advance of the application.

○Results of the informal review:
1st round (for April 2025 intake): around June 25 (Tue.)
2nd round (for April 2025 intake): around November 20 (Wed.)[Note]※Documents submitted on the Pre-Admission Support System are only for informal
approval and are not considered part of the application.
33. Official Application for the entrance exam
Only for those who have obtained the advance consent can proceed to the online
application for the entrance exam.

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