Admission Policy
Faculty of Commerce and Economics
In the Faculty of Commerce and Economics, we strive to unlock the potential of practical learning while valuing tradition and achievement. To fulfill our curricular requirements and degree program policy, we welcome applications from candidates who possess the appropriate knowledge and skills for our degree programs and a desire to actively engage in the study of the social sciences as a whole with a particular focus on commerce, economics, and business administration as well as the three languages—natural languages (foreign languages), artificial language (computer programming language), and the language of accounting (bookkeeping).
Fundamental Qualities for Prospective Students
- A desire to develop the expertise and wide-ranging knowledge and skills in the liberal arts to identify and address real-world problems and issues
- A desire to develop the ability to work independently, collaboratively, and with a sense of fairness through active learning and collaboration with various people in society
- A desire to develop the capacity for thinking, making decisions, expressing opinions, and having a strong sense of ethics by engaging in the learning described above
- A willingness to engage in the study across the whole spectrum of social sciences, with a particular focus on commerce, economics, and business administration
- A desire to develop business skills by acquiring a wide range of qualifications
Admission Assessment Policy
Candidates will be assessed on the three components of their academic abilities, namely, "knowledge and skills," "capacity for thinking, making decisions, and expressing opinions," and "independence"; however, the relative weight of each component will vary depending on the admission category.
- Selection by School Recommendation
Application is made, based on the formal recommendation of the school principal. Candidates will be assessed on how well they fulfill the "Fundamental Qualities for Prospective Students" through application documents such as their school record and an interview. To assess the candidate's performance in high school, documents such as the school record will be given greater weight than the interview. In addition, "capacity for thinking, making decisions, and expressing opinions" will be weighted more heavily in the Selection by School Recommendation under the Designated Schools System and the Selection by School Recommendation under the Open Recruitment System (Academic Evaluation Category); "knowledge and skills" will be weighted more heavily in the Selection by School Recommendation under the Open Recruitment System (Qualifications/Certifications Category). The school record and other documents submitted as part of the application will be used to confirm the candidate's academic background and extracurricular activities in high school. Candidates will also be interviewed individually by a panel of interviewers to assess their motivation for applying to this university, their goals for studying at university, and their goals for the future. - Comprehensive Selection
Candidates will be assessed on how well they fulfill the "Fundamental Qualities for Prospective Students" through an interview and application documents such as their school record. To assess the candidate's motivation for studying at university, the interview will be weighted more heavily than the school record and other documents. In addition, "knowledge and skills" will be weighted more heavily in the General Comprehensive Selection (Aptitude Test Category and Qualifications/Certifications Category) and in the Comprehensive Selection for Scholarship Students (Qualifications/Certifications Category and Recommendation by a Teacher who graduated from this University); “capacity for thinking, making decisions, and expressing opinions” will be weighted more heavily in the Comprehensive Selection for Scholarship Students (Presentation Category); and "independence" will be weighted more heavily in the Comprehensive Selection for Scholarship Students (Inquiry-Based Learning Category), the General Comprehensive Selection (Activities Category), the Simultaneous Comprehensive Selection (Activities Category), and the Culture/Sports Achievement-based Comprehensive Selection. For the Comprehensive Selection for Scholarship Students (Presentation Category), in addition to the interview, candidates will be required to give a presentation on a specified topic. The presentation will be evaluated on how well the candidate understands the topic, clarity of expression, techniques used in the presentation, appropriate responses to questions, and time management. For the Comprehensive Selection for Scholarship Students (Inquiry-Based Learning Category), in addition to the interview, the ability to act independently, capacity for thinking, and intellectual curiosity through inquiry-based learning will be evaluated by an inquiry-based learning report and an oral examination. - General Selection
Candidates will be assessed on whether they possess the appropriate knowledge and skills for our degree programs (general comprehension, reading comprehension, foreign language competence, mathematical ability, and general knowledge) through the scholastic ability test and assessment of application documents such as their school record. The scholastic ability test focuses on content covered in high school and is intended to assess whether candidates have accurately understood what they learned in high school. "Knowledge and skills" will be weighted more heavily for both the Individual Examination Category and the Standardized Examination Category. For the Individual Examination Category (for the selection of scholarship students), candidates who achieve excellent results on the scholastic ability test will be selected for a scholarship.