Pre-Screening of Eligibility for Application (Admission as a First Year Student)
Admissions Office
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
If you would like to undergo a pre-screening of eligibility for application, please follow theinstructions given below and request your pre-screening 10 days before the official application
period begins.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the pre-screening process, please contact theAdmissions Office (telephone +81-977-78-1120; e-mail apumate@apu.ac.jp).

1. The Pre-screening System(1) Individuals who require pre-screening
Those who are applying for first year admission and are unsure whether or not they fulfill
application eligibility criteria as prescribed by APU, or individuals that will not have reached theage of 18 by the time of enrollment.
2. How, where and when to apply for pre-screening
Refer to the table on page 2 and send required documents as attachments by email.
Please make sure to password protect the attachments and inform us of the password in thefollowing email.

Please submit to: apumate@apu.ac.jp.
When to apply: Your pre-screening documents must be received by APU at least 10 days beforethe first day of the period for each application type with which you intend to apply.
3. Pre-screening process and notification of outcome
The pre-screening will be conducted using the documents you have submitted. You will be sent anemail of the outcome of the pre-screening regardless of whether or not your eligibility has beenrecognized. The notification will be sent roughly two weeks after we receive your documents.
4. Pre-Screening documents
When applying for pre-screening, please refer to (1) and (2) below and submit all applicable
documents.
(1) Documents for pre-screening application (‘C’ = compulsory – must be submitted by all
pre-screening candidates; ‘D’ = discretionary – only needs to be submitted if applicable to yourspecific case)
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1Request for Pre-Screening of Eligibility for Application

C

2

Educational History SheetC

3

Academic transcripts (*1)

C

4

Certificate of graduation (or prospective graduation)

C

5

Curriculum chart of institution attended

C

6

Country/region specific documents

D

7

Proof of enrollment periodD(2) Notes on documents 1 to 7
1 – Request for Pre-Screening of Eligibility for Application[Must be submitted by all pre-screening applicants]
Please complete all required fields on the form.
2 – Educational History Sheet[Must be submitted by all pre-screening applicants]
Please complete all required fields on the form.
As for the e-mail address, please write an address to which APU can send any questions that may
arise in the course of your pre-screening.
3 – Academic transcripts[Must be submitted by all pre-screening applicants]
Please submit transcripts of academic grades / results for the entire period corresponding to thefirst to third years of senior high school under the Japanese education system.
* For academic transcripts and other official certificates, please attach either the originals, orcertified true copies provided by the issuing institution.
* If you have completed a regular course of study in less than the standard number of years forcompletion due to grade skipping or accelerated graduation, but the details (year level, reason,etc.) are not stated on your transcript, please submit a separate document attesting to thesedetails and issued by the institution in question.
*Please include transcripts for any time spent studying in Japanese senior high schools (even if
you also completed a three year program at a non-Japanese senior high school).
*If you were only enrolled for a short time and no transcript was issued, please submit
documentation that states the period for which you were enrolled.
*If it is not customary to issue transcripts in the country/region in which you received your2／4

education, as a substitute please submit reports assessing your scholastic performance at eachyear level (i.e. school reports consisting of comments from your teachers and indicating the year
level to which they pertain).
4 – Certificate of graduation (or prospective graduation)[Must be submitted by all pre-screening applicant]Please submit a document that shows you are expected to graduate from a school whichcorresponds to senior high school in Japan.
5 – Curriculum chart of institution attended[Must be submitted by all pre-screening applicants
Pleasesubmit

aschool

prospectus

orotherdocumentation

thatstates

theprograms/departments/courses offered by the school at which you are/were enrolled, and theircurricula, standard number of years for completion, number of class hours, credit requirements
and graduation requirements.
6 – Country/region specific documents
If you have graduated or are scheduled to graduate from a school using an education system of acountry/region other than Japan, and have taken an examination normally required foradmission to university, please submit a transcript or statement of results for the examination(s)you have taken.
Examples:Education System/Country

Examinations for which transcript/statement submission isrequired

AbiturAbiturBaccalauréat

Baccalauréat

Statement of results for GCE Advanced Level(Local/International)
Statement of results for IB final examinations in all 6 subjects
International Baccalaureate (IB)(Full Diploma if passed) or IB Predicted Grades*
GCE-A Level

United States of America

Test score for either the SAT, ACT, or GED

United Kingdom

Statement of results for GCSE and/or GCE A levels

Australia, CanadaSingapore
New ZealandStatement of results for standardized examinations operated
by each state/province (for those states/provinces where suchexaminations are conducted)
Statement of results for GCE Ordinary Level and/or GCE
Advanced Level
NCEA Level 1, 2, 3

*If you are going to submit IB Predicted Grades, please use the fill-in form and submit it.
Also you will be asked to submit the Final Grades by your entry to APU.

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7 – Proof of period of enrollment
If you are going to apply using the “Pathway for Returnee Students” method, please submit
documents which show your enrollment at schools outside of Japan meet the minimum timerequired. Please note that if your enrollment time at a single/multiple school meets the required
enrollment time for schools outside of Japan, you do not need to submit ‘proof of period ofenrollment’ from any other additional schools. Proof of enrollment period forms can be producedby schools, or applicants may use the fill-in form.
5. Important notes(1) Submission of pre-screening documents* You will need to submit the original transcripts when actually applying for admission to APU.
*We will not accept applications that do not contain all documentation required for pre-screening. If
you have any questions regarding your documentation or if the institution issuing the documents
is unable to prepare them in time for the pre-screening deadline, please contact the Admissions
Office before you submit your pre-screening request.
*If any of the information you supply is found to be untrue or to involve any dishonesty or fraud,
your eligibility for application will be cancelled even if you have already passed the pre-screening.
(2) Assessment of eligibility for application in cases where application conditions include ‘language
proficiency’
The ‘Pre-screening of Eligibility for Application’ assesses candidates’ eligibility in terms ofeducational history only. Therefore, individuals deemed eligible at the pre-screening stage will stillneed to submit proof of language proficiency (language proficiency examination completion
certificate, statement of results in a standard public examination, etc.) during the actual
application process.

6. Inquiries
Admissions Office, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University.
Telephone: +81-977-78-1120 E-mail: apumate@apu.ac.jp*We accept telephone inquiries between 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on weekdays Japan time.

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