WEB Lotteries(for Undergraduate students, Postgraduate students, Exchange students, and MEXT Japanese Studies Students)◇1st Entry : Sep. 9 (9 a.m.) – Sep. 10 (noon)
For courses offered in the autumn and/or winter quarters, winter intensive course
Announcement of results: Sep. 11 ( 3 p.m.)◇2nd Entry: Sep. 11 (5 p.m.) – Sep. 12 (2 p.m.)
For courses offered in the autumn and/or winter quarters, winter intensive course
Announcement of results: Sep. 12 ( 8 p.m.)◇3rd Entry : Oct. 8 (noon) – Oct. 9 (noon)
For courses offered in the winter quarter and winter intensive course
Announcement of results: Oct. 10 (noon)◇4th Entry : Dec. 9 (noon) – Dec. 10 (noon)
For winter intensive course
Announcement of results: Dec. 11 (noon)• Postgrad. students (Degree-seeking, Exchange, Research) can apply for the “2nd Entry” only.
• After all lotteries, the registration will be closed even if some courses still have seats remaining.

• Read information on the following slides carefully and follow the instructions posted on Campus
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Education Learning System (CELS).

Information on WEB Lotteries (1)• Depending on the lottery period (1st Entry ～ 4th Entry), the courses eligible for the lottery
differ (Autumn-Winter semester courses, Autumn quarter courses, Winter quarter courses,
and Winter Intensive courses).
• Before applying for the lottery, check the following course registration rules carefully.
1. Applicable Lottery Courses
To check if a course is a lottery course, refer to the syllabus on CELS.
→ Go to “Syllabus” > “Search for Specific Items”
Lottery courses are indicated with a “〇” symbol in the “Online Registrator Lottery”
section. (You can also use a search function to find courses subject to lotteries.)

2. ”学士課程ガイドブック”（For Undergraduate degree-seeking students）
3. ”学生便覧”（For Postgraduate degree-seeking students）
4. “Course Registration Guidelines for Exchange Students (Undergraduate level)and MEXT Japanese Studies Students” （For Exchange students and MEXT JapaneseStudies students）

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Information on WEB Lotteries (2)• If many students try to access CELS as the deadline approaches, you may not be able tocomplete your entry properly in time. There is no remedy even if you cannot complete
your entry, so complete the procedures as early as possible.

• You can change/add/delete your choices as many times as you wish during each entry
period only. (Be sure to confirm details of your registration at the end of your operation.)• The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th lotteries are held only for courses that have seats remaining after
the previous lottery. You are not allowed to register for any courses after the end of alllotteries even if some courses have seats remaining.
• Courses that you’ve won in the lotteries will be automatically registered. You are notallowed to change them to the other courses. You are not allowed to take any coursesthat you did not win, either. If you wish to withdraw from any of the courses you’ve
won in the lottery, you may only delete them during the designated Course Withdrawal
Period.
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How to Apply for the Lottery (1)• Log in to CELS @ https://cels.hit-u.ac.jp/.

• Go to “Course” > “Pre-registration.”4

How to Apply for the Lottery (2)• Select the course category.

5How to Apply for the Lottery (3)• Select the course group (day and period).

• Courses with two classes per week are categorized into the course group of the first class.
(e.g. A course with two classes on Mon. 2nd period and Thu. 2nd period → The course group is “Mon2”)

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How to Apply for the Lottery (4)• Input priority rankings from 1 to 5 (up to five choices for each course group).

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How to Apply for the Lottery (5)• Click on the “Confirm” button.

8How to Apply for the Lottery (6)• Click on the “Register” button.

9How to Apply for the Lottery (7)• Registration succeeded (Registered courses can be checked under “View Pre-Registrations.”)

10How to Apply for the Lottery (8)• To change your registration, follow the procedures on “How to Apply for the Lottery(1)～(3)” again and change priority rankings and click on the “Confirm” button.

11How to Apply for the Lottery (9)• To delete your registration, follow the procedures on “How to Apply for the Lottery(1)～(3)” again and click on the “Delete and Return” button.

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Announcement of Lottery Results• Lottery results can be checked under “View Pre-Registrations” after the announcement.

• The number of courses you may win is one per course group. (You may not win any of them.)• From the end of the entry period until the announcement of results, the following menusof CELS cannot be accessed:‒ Class Portfolio‒ Course Registration/View Course Registration and Status‒ Class Cancellations/Supplementary Classes Schedule‒ Grade13

Notes for
WEB lotteries

Four essential check points
1.

Do not forget to click on“Register”!

You will not be able to register for thecourses unless you click on “Register”!
Otherwise your choices will not be saved.
* You will not receive a confirmation e-mail atcompletion of your registration.

2.

Open the “View Pre-registrations” page and check your registration status!

Select the entry (1st ~4th) for which you
would like to check the registration status.

Check theregistration status!
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Notes forWEB lotteries

3. Be careful with overlapping day and period!

Make sure that courses
registered in one course groupdo not overlap with courses
registered in another course
group.
Even if you apply for multiple
courses on the same day andperiod,
1. you can win only one course
per day and period,
2. no error message will be
displayed when you apply.

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Notes forWEB lotteries

Four essential check points
4. Be careful with language of instruction!

You cannot check the language ofinstruction on the WEB lottery screen.
Do not judge by the language of thecourse title, as it is not related to themedium of instruction, but depends on
the language displayed on CELS.
If you do not wish to take courses
offered in Japanese, be sure to checkthe “Language” (J/E) in the syllabus
before applying for the lottery to avoid
applying for courses instructed inJapanese by mistake.

Language (J/E)
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Common errors at the time of the entry(examples)

Notes forWEB lotteries

Errors due to course
registration restrictions
Example: A postgraduate student enters a course that is open only
to undergraduates (“学部基礎科目” offered by 4 faculties etc.).
Make sure to check:”学士課程ガイドブック” (for Undergraduate degree-seeking students)“学生便覧” (for Postgraduate degree-seeking students)“Course Registration Guidelines for Exchange Students(Undergraduate level) and MEXT Japanese Studies Students”（for Exchange students and MEXT students）

Repeat marks
If you retake a course that you have taken in aprevious semester, it will be marked as “上書き.”
If you retake the course, the grade will beoverwritten.
* The previous grade will not appear on yourtranscript, only the most recent grade will appear.
* Even if the grade before the overwriting ishigher, it is unconditionally rewritten to thegrade after the overwriting.
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Notes on the 2nd/3rd/4th lottery

The number of seats available for one course in the 2nd/3rd/4th lottery is the number ofseats remaining after the previous lottery (lotteries).

Capacity (定員) = 40

Number of remaining seats(残席数) = 21

• Courses with no remaining seats are excluded from the list of choices.
• You can win only one course per course group.

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Be sure to check out the latest information onlottery courses and the lotteries on CELS.

Notes forWEB lotteries

A list of lottery courses and manuals
are available on the CELS Bulletin Board
Refer to the “Announcements for Students (EducationalAffairs)” section for a list of lottery courses and checkcourse groups, priority requirements, etc.
Refer to the operation manuals when you have questions
on how to use the website.

Operation manuals are also available on CELS.
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