Entrance Examination for international Students (Outline)
Undergraduate Admission
Application Requirements
Applicants who is not Japanese citizens and who meet any of the following (1) through (6) and all of (7) through (8). If you have any questions about your eligibility, please contact the university’s admissions office before applying.
- A person who has have completed 12 years of school education in his/her country (including a person who is expected to complete the course by March 31, 2025) and have a university entrance qualification from your country.
- If the period of school education is less than 12 years, a person has also completed a preparatory course or a course at a training institute designated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. (Including a person who is expected to complete the course by March 31, 2025). *If the applicant has graduated from a school in mainland China. The university does not include secondary vocational schools, vocational secondary schools, technical schools, adult secondary schools, adult secondary vocational schools and secondary self-study examinations in the 12-year course.
- A person who has passed an academic achievement test equivalent to completion of a 12-year course in his/her country.
- A person who has completed a course of study at a school equivalent to a senior high school in his/her country that meets the requirements, such as being deemed to have completed a course of study of 11 years or more, as determined by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
- A person holding an International Baccalaureate Diploma awarded by the International Baccalaureate Office, a foundation under the Swiss Civil Code.
- A holder of an Abitur qualification is recognized as a university entrance qualification in the Länder of the Federal Republic of Germany.
- A holder of a baccalaureate is recognized as a university entrance qualification in the French Republic.
- A person who has entered Japan for the purpose of pursuing higher education and has a residence status that does not prevent admission to higher education under the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act.
- A person who has passed the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (N1 or N2) administered by the Japan Educational Exchanges and Services Foundation (JEESF), scored approximately 200 points (excluding writing) on the Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students (EJU) administered by the Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO), scored at least level C or above on the J. TEST Practical Japanese Proficiency Test administered by the Association for Testing Japanese Language (ATS), or level 2 or above in the ‘Japanese NAT-TEST’ administered by the Publishers of Professional Education.
2021 Academic Year Entrance Examination Schedule
| Schedule | Application Periods (Postmarked by) |
Date of Examination | Notification of Examination Results |
Period of Enrollment Procedure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schedule S | September 1(Tuesday),2020 -September 17(Thursday),2020 |
September 26(Saturday),2020 | October 1(Thursday),2020 | October 1(Thursday),2020 -October 29(Thursday),2020 |
| Schedule A | Ocober 19(Monday),2020 -November 11(Wednesday),2020 |
November 21(Saturday),2020 *You can take the exam at IOT, or at the regional entrance examination venues. |
December 1(Tuesday),2020 | December 1(Tuesday),2020 -December 24(Thursday),2020 |
| Schedule B | January 20
(Wednesday),2021 -February 10 (Wednesday),2021 |
February 19 (Friday),2021 | February 25 (Thursday),2021 | February 25
(Thursday),2021 -March 11 (Thursday),2021 |
If you apply from your home country for a new visa status, then you must obtain your new visa status as soon as possible after enrolling in the S or A schedule. Applicants in the B schedule will not be in time to apply for the April admission. Please take caution.
* The examination on November 16th will be held here at IOT, and also in Miyagi, Niigata, Nagano, Shizuoka, Osaka and Fukuoka. Access map to the regional entrance examination venues:
Access Map(in preparation)
Examination Contents
Selection Procedure: Interview and review of documents.
Testing Times
The meeting time is indicated on the back of the C examination admission card, which will be sent by post. Please allow enough time to meet at the location of the examination.
Location for the Examination
Institute of Technologists
333 Maeya, Gyoda, Saitama 361-0038
Meeting Area: First floor lobby of the Administration Office
Graduate Admission
Application Requirement
A person who satisfies any one of the below conditions of (1)-(6), and has permission to apply to IOT resulting from the Prior Consultation.
- A person who graduated from a university in accordance with Article 52 of the School Education Law, or is expected to graduate by March of 2021.
- A person who was awarded a bachelor’s degree, or expected to be awarded by March of 2021, as regulated by Article 68.2.3 of the School Education Law (National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation).
- A person who finished a sixteen-year curriculum in a school of a foreign country, or is expected to finish by March of 2021.
- A person in Japan who finished a sixteen-year curriculum of distance learning in a foreign country, or is expected to finish by March of 2021.
- A person designated by a Minster from MEXT (under the Public Notice of the Ministry of Education, No. 5 in 1953).
- A person recognized for IOT’s Graduate School acquired excellent grades for prescribed credits; either enrolled at a university for over three years, or completed a fifteen-year curriculum in a school of a foreign country.
2021 Academic Year Entrance Examination Schedule
| Schedule | Application Period (Must arrive) |
Date for Prior Consultation* | Application Periods (Postmarked by) |
Date of Examination | Notification of Results | Period of Enrollment Procedure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schedule A | April 14 (Tuesday),2020 -May 19 (Tuesday),2020 |
April 21 (Tuesday),2020 -May 29 (Friday),2020 |
May 29 (Friday),2020 -June 15 (Monday),2020 |
July 1 (Wednesday),2020 |
July 9 (Thursday),2020 |
July 9 (Thursday),2020 -July 27 (Monday),2020 |
| Schedule B | July 7 (Tuesday),2020 -August 5 (Wednesday),2020 |
July 14 (Tuesday),2020 -August 31 (Monday),2020 |
August 24 (Monday),2020 -September 10 (Thursday),2020 |
September 23 (Wednesday),2020 |
October 1 (Thursday),2020 |
October 1 (Thursday),2020 -October 16 (Friday),2020 |
| Schedule C | September 23 (Wednesday),2020 -October 21 (Wednesday),2020 |
September 29 (Tuesday),2020 -November 4 (Wednesday),2020 |
November 4 (Wednesday),2020 -November 16 (Monday),2020 |
December 9 (Wednesday),2020 |
December 17 (Thursday),2020 |
December 17 (Thursday),2020 -January 22 (Friday),2021 |
| Schedule D | January 19 (Tuesday),2021 -February 5 (Friday),2021 |
February 3 (Wednesday),2021 -February 18 (Thursday),2021 |
February 9 (Tuesday),2021 -February 24 (Wednesday),2021 |
March 2 (Tuesday),2021 |
March 11 (Thursday),2021 |
March 11 (Thursday),2021 -March 18 (Thursday),2021 |
If you apply for a new visa status from your home country, please proceed to obtain the new visa as soon as possible after the entry procedure for schedule A, B, and C. For the D schedule, applications will not be in time for the April admission. Please take caution.
* We will contact you for a consultation one day before the schedules below.
At IOT’s Graduate School, our students select the project theme for their master’s degree, so applicants (using IOT’s forms) should submit a written explanation regarding the reasons and ambitions for their master’s project in advance. Applicants should consult with IOT’s faculty to smoothly facilitate research guidance after admission.
Testing Details
Ability Assessment Test
- Short essay
- Presentation about degree and achievements thus far
- Oral examination based on short essay and presentation
Aptitude Test
- Interview
Testing Times
The meeting time is indicated on the back of the C examination admission card, which will be sent by post, so please allow enough time to meet at the testing location.
Testing Location
Institute of Technologists
333 Maeya, Gyoda City, Saitama Prefecture 361-0038
Meeting Area: Administration Office
Contact Information
Entrance Examination Division
333 Maeya, Gyoda City, Saitama Prefecture 361-0038
Tel: +81-48-564-3816
Fax: +81-48-564-3201
E-mail: exam@iot.ac.jp