Special Entrance Examination for International Students
Eligibility:Applicants must meet all the following requirements.
(1) Applicants must have neither Japanese nationality nor permanent residential status in Japan.
(2) Applicants must either have completed 12 years of school education outside Japan (including those who areexpected to complete them by March 31st, 2025), or meet equivalent conditions specified above and designated by
the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).
(3) Applicants must be able to obtain the “Student (Ryugaku )” visa mandated by Japanese Immigration Control andRefugee Recognition Act by the time of enrollment.
(4) Applicants must have an adequate English proficiency to attend lectures in that language.
※ As a reference guideline, it is preferable to have either at least 80 of TOEFL iBT or 6.0 of IELTS.

Special Entrance Examination for Returnee Students & Students ofInternational School
Eligibility:
Applicants with Japanese nationality or foreign nationals with permanent residential status in
Japan, must have an eligibility for the admission to bachelor’s degree program of universities inJapan, and satisfy one of the following requirements.
(1) Applicants must have studied more than four academic years, including the final school year(It does not have to befour years of continuous study), out of a 12-year school program and graduated from an overseas school (including

those who are expected to complete it by March 31st, 2025), or have studied more than four academic years,
including the final school year(It does not have to be four years of continuous study), and graduated from an overseas
Japanese school (including those who are expected to complete it by March 31st, 2025), which is classified as its
overseas educational institution by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).
(2)Applicants must have spent more than 2 years and graduated from a university or college and postgraduate course
outside Japan (including those who are expected to complete them by March 31st, 2025).
(3)Applicants must have spent more than 6 years outside Japan since they turned 6 years of age.
(4)Applicants must have spent more than 2 years (including the final school year) and graduated from aninternational school in Japan (including those who are expected to complete them by March 31st, 2025).
(5)Applicants must have received or expect to have received the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB FullDiploma) from the International Baccalaureate Organization, a foundation based on the Swiss Civil Code, andmust have completed the following courses specified by our university and meet the grade requirements.
Applicants must meet all of the following conditions.
・Those who must have an overall score (total score) of 32 or higher on the International Baccalaureate exam.
・Those who must have completed the following courses and received the specified grades.
*Students must take three courses in total. One is a mathematics and two science courses must be selected fromPhysics, Chemistry, or Biology.
*Two of the three courses must have a grade of 5 or higher at HL, and another course must have a grade of 5 or
higher at HL or a grade of 7 at SL.
※ Those who wish to make an application under the above requirements (3) need to submit documents which cantestify the years of residence abroad. Please contact the Admissions Office immediately if it is difficult to preparethem for any reason.
Our medical school conducts almost all classes in English until the end of Year 2. However, from Year-3, all classes
are conducted in Japanese since you are able to cope with clinical training in Japan and to pass the National
Examination for Medical Practitioners in Japan.