Special Admission by Recommendation for Students Living Overseas・Special Admission for Self-funded International Students

Kanazawa University has established the following entrance examinations for international applicants with limited Japanese 

Special Admission by Recommendation for Students Living Overseas（College of Transdisciplinary Sciences for Innovation）

　Kanazawa University has established “Special Admission by Recommendation for Students Living Overseas” for applicants who do not have Japanese nationality and are highly motivated to study, and recommended by the head of their former school, etc. Due to the differences in educational conditions in other countries, the university exempts applicants from Common Test for University Admissions and the University-administered Individual tests related to subjects, aiming to reduce the burden of the entrance examination.

 

College	Application Period	Examination Date	Announcement of Successful Applicants	Application Guidelines
College of Transdisciplinary Sciences for Innovation	November 1 (Sat) – 8 (Sat), 2025 *The internet application system will be available for advance registration from October 25 (Sat), 2025	December 6 (Sat), 2025	December 23 (Tue), 2025 (Admission: April 2026)	Application Guidelines Application Forms

 

Special Admission for Self-funded International Students
（College of Transdisciplinary Sciences for Innovation College of Human and Social Sciences (Except for School of Teacher Education) College of Science and Engineering

　In order to reduce the burden of entrance exams for highly motivated applicants who do not hold Japanese nationality, our university has established the “Special Admission for Self-funded International Students” which exempts them from taking the Common University Entrance Test.
　Please note that taking the Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students (EJU), administered by the Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO), is required.

〇Pre-arrival Admission
　The University operates the “Pre-arrival Admission” (to enable applicants living overseas to complete the entire　admission process, which ranges from submission and acceptance of application documents, participation in admission examinations and receiving of relevant results to enrollment, from outside Japan and in person).
　This is to eliminate the need for applicants living outside Japan to travel to Japan, particularly for the purpose of taking admission examinations. Instead, applicants are required to take the Examination for Japanese University (EJU) administered by the Japan Student Services Organization outside Japan, in addition to participating in admission examinations administered by the University by selecting the online oral examination option. If you wish to take the oral examination online, please contact us by email in advance within the period specified in the Application Guidelines.（boshu＊adm.kanazawa-u.ac.jp  Please change * to @）

〇Scholarships
　New students who have used the pre-arrival enrollment system are eligible to apply under the scholarship program to receive 48,000 yen per month (a student grant payment reservation system that requires a recommendation from the University).

 

　　※ Except for School of Teacher Education

 

 

 

For information on entrance examinations for international applicants who are able to communicate in Japanese, please check here. The application method at Kanazawa University is limited to Internet applications only. For information on Internet application system, please check here. Hard copies (booklets) of the Application Guidelines for Students will not be distributed. Be sure to check application guidelines for the examination you apply for before registering on the internet application system. If you do not have software to open PDF files, you can download it here.

【Reference】Application Guidelines for the 2025 Admission　（Closed）

Special Admission by Recommendation for Students Living Overseas
Special Admission for Self-funded International Students
Form 2-E Statement of Purpose
Form 18-E Statement of Self-Recommendation
Form 19-E Personal Information Form