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【Announcement of 2025 Admission Examination Schedule for Prospective Students】
We are pleased to inform you that the admission examination schedule for the 2025 academic year has been officially released.
・Application guidelines to be released: May 2024
・Application Period: Mid-October 2024
・Notification of Successful Applicants of the First Screening: Late November 2024
・Second Screening (Interview, etc.): Mid-December 2024
・Notification of Successful Applicants of the Second Screening: Mid-January 2025
・Issuance of Admission Permission: Late February 2025
・Enrollment: April 2025
To ensure a smooth application process, please be aware that in addition to English proficiency test scores, submission of SAT/ACT scores is mandatory.
SAT: https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat
ACT: https://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/the-act/registration.html
We recommend reviewing the Application Guidelines from the previous academic year for reference.
The Application Guidelines for 2025 will be released in May 2024.
For detailed information on the admission process, including key dates and requirements, please visit our official website or contact the International Students Section(kokusai.shien[at]ynu.ac.jp) of YNU.
We look forward to receiving your applications and wish you the best of luck in your academic pursuits.
In April 2024, the YOKOHAMA Socrates Program (YNU Program for SOCially Resilient And susTainable EcoSystems) will be starting. It is a bilingual global education program in the YNU College of Urban Sciences enabling students to obtain a bachelor’s degree with English and Japanese as common languages. The new program will be centered around the issues and methodologies in the humanities and social sciences related to the twin themes of social resilience and social sustainability.
https://socrates.ynu.ac.jp/
In the first years after admission, students will take courses that have English as the language of instruction. They will also enroll in Japanese language courses if their proficiency in Japanese is not native level. After obtaining the required level of Japanese language proficiency, students will be able to join classes and seminars conducted in Japanese together with students in the College of Urban Sciences. Students will participate in small classes, including seminars conducted through the dialogue-based Socratic method. Graduation theses will be co-supervised by two faculty members who will advise students with the aim of enabling them to utilize appropriate methodologies for using their own mental faculties for thinking deeply about issues of our times.
https://socrates.ynu.ac.jp/education/
Spending the next four years, the living environment is one of the most important factors to consider when choosing your university. Here are some aspects of student life on our campus.
https://socrates.ynu.ac.jp/life/
Workshop in SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals)
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