April 4, 2017 Released
August 1, 2017 Revised
December 21, 2017 Revised
March 26, 2018 Revised
April 1, 2019 Revised
May 17, 2019 Revised
Notification regarding a Foreign Language (English) Examination
for Admission to the Graduate School of Engineering Science
held in April 2018 and onwards【Important Notice】
In the admission to the Graduate School of Engineering Science, the casethat an applicant fails to submit a score certificate of TOEIC or TOEFL will betreated as follows:○ Examination held prior to April 2018
: A score of 0 is assigned for the applicant's examination on foreign
language (English).
○ Examination held in April 2018 and onwards: The applicant fails an entrance examination on the basis of unsubmitted
documents.
In the Graduate School of Engineering Science, applicants for the written
examination for Master’s and Doctoral programs, and the special admission
for Master’s program, must take a TOEIC or TOEFL test and submit the scorecertificate or report on the day of the written examination or specialadmission.
Submit a score certificate from a test taken within the last two years
counting from the last date of the designated application period.
Applicants should get the detailed information of the admission in theapplication guidelines. Test dates can be confirmed on the official website ofTOEIC or TOEFL shown below.
The foreign language (English) examination of the written examination for Master’sand Doctoral programs, and the special admission for Master’s program at theGraduate School of Engineering Science, is based on scores from TOEIC or TOEFL
tests. Score certificates or score reports (collectively called "score certificates") fromthe following tests are reviewed in the examination. Applicants should get thedetailed information of the tests on the official website of TOEIC or TOEFL.

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Score certificate to be submitted

Official Website

TOEIC Listening & Reading
Test (public test)

Official Score Certificate

TOEIC(http://www.toeic.or.jp/)

TOEFL iBT or TOEFL PBTTest Taker Score Report

TOEFL(http://www.cieej.or.jp/toefl/)* Performance in TOEIC Bridge, TOEIC Speaking & Writing Test, TOEFL-PBT or
institutional testing programs such as TOEIC IP and TOEFL ITP is not
acknowledged.
* Score certificates from TOEFL need to be submitted on the date of theexamination. Our university does not accept any score certificates sent
directly from ETS.
○ Submit a score certificate on the day of the written examination or the specialadmission (Original only, no copies are accepted. The same rule applieselsewhere.).
○ Submit a score certificate from a test taken within the last two years counting fromthe last date of the designated application period. If an applicant have taken multipletests, submit the certificate with the best total score. If an applicant submits aninvalid certificate or fails to submit a certificate on the day of written examination or
the special admission, the applicant fails an entrance examination on thebasis of unsubmitted documents.
○ 【About TOEFL score】Graduate School of Engineering Science does not recognize“My Best Scores” written on “Test Taker Score Report” which will be issued after
August 1, 2019.
○ Submit a score certificate with a photo of the applicant’s face.
○ TOEIC scores are converted according to the following table into a scale of 100
points and are counted as the examination on foreign language (English).
○ Submitted score certificates will not be returned to applicants.
Conversion method for TOEIC scores
Conversion methodForeign language(English)

00 point350–500 points(TOEIC − 350) / 3

0–50 points

500–800 points(TOEIC − 500) /6 + 50

50–100 points

TOEIC
349 points or less

801 points or more

100 points○ TOEFL scores are converted into TOEIC scores, which are again converted intoscores in examination on foreign language (English).
▶ TOEFL iBT scores are converted into TOEFL PBT scores according to theconversion table presented on the next page.

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▶ TOEFL PBT scores are converted into TOEIC scores by the formula (TOEFL
PBT score − 296) / 0.348 = TOEIC score.
* Scores are rounded to the nearest whole number.

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TOEFL Total Score Comparisons
Score Comparison
Internet-based
Total

Paper-Based
Total

Internet-based
Total

Paper-Based
Total

120
120
119
118
117
116
114-115
113
111-112110
109
106-108105
103-104
101-102
100
98-99
96-97
94-95
92-93
90-91
88-89
86-87
84-85
83
81-82
79-80
77-78
76
74-75
72-73
71
69-70
68
66-67
65
64
62-63
61
59-60
58
57
56
54-55
53
52

677
673
670
667
660-663657
650-653647
640-643637
630-633623-627617-620613
607-610600-603597
590-593587
580-583577
570-573
567
563
557-560553
550
547
540-543537
533
527-530
523
520
517
513
507-510
503
500
497
493
487-490483
480
477
470-473

51
49-50
48
47
45-46
44
43
41-42
40
39
38
36-37
35
34
33
32
30-31
29
28
26-27
25
24
23
22
21
19-20
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
98
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
0

467
463
460
457
450-453447
443
437-440433
430
423-427420417
410-413407
400-403397
390-393387
380-383377
370-373363-367357-360
353
347-350
340-343333-337330
323-327317-320
313
310
310
310
310310310
310
310
310
310
310
310
310

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