Admissions to Graduate Schools for the 2026 Academic Year: For majors that use the English external exam
The majors that use the English external exam for the foreign language exam in the graduate school entrance examination are as follows.
Please note that obtaining score certificates takes time, so please make preparations well in advance of your schedule.
Red areas indicate information added or changed in the 2026 entrance exam. For more information, please refer to the admissions information to be announced around April 2026.
Foreign language examination
Graduate
SchoolCourse

AgriculturalScience
Applied
Bioscience

DepartmentCourse

Animal Science

Master's Course

Agricultural Chemistry

Master's Course〇

Nutritional Science and Food
SafetyMaster's/Doctoral Programs〇Bioscience
Life Science❶ TOEIC
L&Rscore
onlyChemistry for Life Science andAgriculture❸TOEIC L&R❷TOEIC L&Rscoreoror Select from theDuolingo English
written test
Test

English external test score requirements, etc.
❹TOEIC L&R、TOEFL iBT or、IELTS Academic

Other matters（Whether there is a time limit for taking the examination）

Scores taken in the last four years are eligible.
TOEIC L&R may be taken as either a public test or an IP test, but not online.

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Only scores taken during and after university studies(if there are multiple scores, thehighest score is acceptable for submission).
TOEIC L&R may be taken as either a public test or an IP test, but not online.

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Master's/Doctoral Programs

Molecular Microbiology

Only scores taken during and after university studies(if there are multiple scores,
the highest score is acceptable for submission).
TOEIC L&R may be taken as either a public test or an IP test, but not online.

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TOEIC L&R
Both public test and IP test are acceptable, but online test is not acceptable.
Scores must have been taken while in college and thereafter.
(If there is more than one test score, the highest score is acceptable.)※The maximum score is 785 or more, and the score less than 785 is converted.

Agricultural Engineering〇

Master's/Doctoral Programs

Duolingo English Test
Subject to scores received in the past 4 years
If more than one score is submitted, the highest score is acceptable.
※A score of 100 or more is considered a perfect score, and a score of less than 100is converted.

AgroEnvironmentalScienceInternational
Food andAgriculturalScience

Landscape Architecture

Master's Course

Rural Science

Master's/Doctoral Programs

International Agribusiness
ManagementScores must have been taken while in college and thereafter.
(If there is more than one score, the highest score is acceptable.)
TOEIC L&R: Both public test and IP test are acceptable, but online test is notacceptable.

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Only scores taken during and after university studies(if there are multiple scores, thehighest score is acceptable for submission).
TOEIC L&R may be taken as either a public test or an IP test, but not online.

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Master's/Doctoral Programs

For majors other than those listed above, the written examination is going to be administered as before.

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The test to be evaluated is either TOEIC L&R, TOEFL iBT, or IELTS Academic, andthere is no time limit on the duration of the test.
TOEIC L&R may be taken as either a public test or an IP test, but not online.
TOEFL iBT Home Edition is acceptable, but not ITP or PBT.
IELTS academic paper and computer versions are acceptable, but not the online
version. IELTS general training is not acceptable.
Only one score from the same test should be submitted, but multiple scores fromdifferent tests may be submitted.