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Eligibility
Applicants who are eligible for application for research students must meet one of the following
requirements and have acquired Japanese proficiency as a level of understanding university lectures given
in Japanese language.
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Those who have completed 16 years of formal school education in
countries other than Japan. |
| (2) |
Those who have completed their undergraduate work and obtained a
bachelor’s degree or can be recognized by our
university as having an equivalent level of academic ability. |
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| 2. |
Enrollment time and period of research
| (1) |
Enrollment time |
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April or October |
| (2) |
The period of research |
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The period of research is up to one year or until the end of
relevant academic year.
Extensions may be granted for a period of up to two year in total (including the originally granted
one year) if judged necessary for the student’s research. |
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| 3. |
Application procedures
Each applicant must contact a teacher who the applicant desires to be taught
(hereafter the “prospective academic advisor”) and ask him/her for consent in advance. Please note
that you cannot apply without the prior
consent of the prospective academic advisor.
Please look for a suitable prospective academic advisor in our university website:
(https://www.juen.ac.jp/index.html).
You can check our faculty members’ research fields on the page of faculty profiles,
professors teaching at JUEN. (https://staff.juen.ac.jp/search/index.html).
| (1) |
How to apply
After obtaining the prospective academic advisor’s consent, you need to send or hand in
the submission documents (see below (3)) to the specified delivery address (see below 9)
by the submission deadline (If you are outside of Japan, please send the documents by
EMS).
We will send a “certificate of payment for preliminary review fee” to applicants who are
allowed to apply by preliminary review (see below 4). Please make sure you pay JPY
9,800 and send or hand in certificate of payment.
If you are living outside Japan, please ask the International Exchange and Regional
Cooperation Team of the Research Cooperation Office about how to pay the preliminary
review fee.
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| (2) |
The submission deadline
| The enrollment time |
Submission deadline |
Open hours |
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April, 2025 |
Applicants living outside of Japan:
Friday, October 25, 2024.
Applicants living in Japan:
Friday, January 10, 2025.
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8:30 AM ～ 5:15 PM
Except Saturdays, Sundays, National holidays and from December 28 to January 3
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October, 2025 |
Applicants living outside of Japan:
Tuesday, April 22, 2025.
Applicants living in Japan:
Monday, June 30, 2025. |
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| (3) |
Submission documents
As for any certificate written in any language other than Japanese, make sure to attach Japanese
translation.
| 1) |
Application form for enrollment for research
students (Form 1) |
| 2) |
Joetsu University of Education investigation
form for research students (international students) (Form 2) |
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The academic advisor application form (Form 3)
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| 4) |
Letter of recommendation (Form 4) |
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Certificate of (prospective) graduation/
completion of the last school you attended. (original) |
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Transcripts of academic records of the last
school you attended (original). |
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One of the following certifications.
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Letter of results of JLPT-Japanese
Language Proficiency Test-N2 or above and/or certificate of JLPT |
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Certificate and grade report of practical
Japanese test (level A-C) (J-test) level C or above. |
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Score report of Examination for Japanese
University admission for international students (EJU) (Japanese language) 270
points or above |
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A certificate of Japanese ability of the
same standard of JLPT N2 or above in other Japanese proficiency tests, etc. |
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| 8) |
Copy of family register or certificate of place
of residence (citizenship) which is issued by a public agency of the
applicant’s country |
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Copy of the page with applicant’s photo from
his or her own passport |
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Certificate of graduation and certificate of
academic degree, issued by graduation university (only for Chinese
applicants)
※ Applicants from the People’s Republic of China additionally need to submit
Verification Report of China Higher Education
Qualification Certificate issued by China Academic Degree & Graduate Education Development
Center. |
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Written consent from the head of your workplace
(only incumbents) |
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| 4. |
Selection process
Applicants will be selected through the following steps:
| (1) |
Preliminary review: Japanese speaking proficiency test (online interview etc.)
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| (2) |
Main review: Documents review (if necessary, a practical examinaiton and an interview are
required)
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| 5. |
Selection results
We will inform all applicants about the selection results. A notice of acceptance and documents related to
enrollment
procedures will be sent to successful applicants.
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| 6. |
Enrollment procedures
The successful applicants must pay an entrance fee of JPY 84,600 and complete the enrollment procedures
within the
designated period. If the enrollment procedures are not completed appropriately within the period, you
cannot enter our
university. We will send acceptance letters to the successful applicants who completed the enrollment
procedures.
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| 7. |
Tuition
We will send a tuition payment slip to the person who gained admission to our university at the beginning
of April or
October. Please make sure to pay the tuition at post offices or banks within the designated period.
| (1) |
Tuition: JPY 29,700 × the registered months at our university
The price of tuition is for the enrolled students in Academic year 2024. It might be revised in
the future.
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| (2) |
Time limit of payment:
Entrance in April― April 30, 2025
Entrance in October― October 31, 2025 |
| (3) |
In cases where the tuition is amended during enrollment, the new
tuition shall be applied. |
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| 8. |
Others
| (1) |
If you write false information on documents, the enrollment may be
cancelled even after the entrance date. |
| (2) |
Any candidate or student considered to be inappropriate to hold the
status of research student shall be expelled from
our university. |
| (3) |
You need to buy some insurance for learning and living. |
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| 9. |
Inquiries (the delivery address and inquiries)
International Exchange and Regional Cooperation Team of the Research Cooperation Office, Joetsu University
of Education
1, Yamayashiki-machi, Joetsu-shi, Niigata Prefecture 943-8512 Japan
Tel: +81(0)25-521-3299
Fax: +81(0)25-521-3621
E-mail:ryugaku@juen.ac.jp
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