Please note that the eligibility requirements and applicatoin documents such as acceptable standardized tests are completely different things. Eligibility requirements are the requirements for whether you can apply to Kyoto iUP. If you do not meet the eligibility requirements, you cannot apply to Kyoto iUP. If you meet the eligibility requirements and would like to apply, you will need to submit the application documents including the standardized test results. For more information, please refer to the Application Guidelines.

Please refer to the Eligibility Requirements page of the Applicaion Guidelines. If you are unsure whether you are eligible to apply even after checking the eligibility requirements, please proceed to the "Eligibility Screening Process" during the designated period.

Applicants for whom the eligibility screening process is not mandatory may also apply for it voluntarily, regardless of which eligibility requirements they meet.

No, we cannot. In that case, please judge by yourself whether or not you are eligible before completing your application.

If the curriculum is recognized as equivalent to 12-year formal education by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), you are eligible to apply. Please refer to the MEXT website.

If your grade acceleration was (or will be) accredited by your primary or secondary school, then it is considered that you have (or will have) completed a 12-year course of primary to secondary education. In this case, you will be qualified to apply. However, if you are unsure about your eligibility, please complete the Eligibility Screening Process specified on the Application Guidelines.

If you graduated/will graduate from a Japanese high school that operates a curriculum based on the Japanese education system, it is highly possible that you don't meet the eligibility requirements. Please refer to the Eligibility Requirements page of the Application Guidelines. If you are unsure whether you are eligible to apply even after checking the eligibility requirements, please proceed to the "Eligibility Screening Process" during the designated period.

Please determine the number of years based on the formal education curriculum in the country in which you completed/will have completed your secondary education. If it is a 12-year curriculum, then you are qualified to apply. If it is less than 12-years, please refer to the Application Guidelines and apply for the Eligibility Screening Process.

Kyoto iUP does not accept transfer applications. If you get accepted to Kyoto iUP, you will start over from the Preparatory Course.

At this moment, those who only have Japanese nationality are not eligible to apply. Applicants must be non-Japanese citizens, and must have obtained "Student" status of residence at the time of enrollment.

Persons with dual nationality that includes Japanese are eligible to apply provided they choose to adopt the nationality of the other country by the time of enrollment.

You can apply to Kyoto iUP. However, please note that the applicants must have obtained "Student" status of residence at the time of enrollment. Therefore, if the successful applicants already have their residence status other than "Student", they must change it to the "Student" status by the time of enrollment. For specific procedures to change your residence status, please contact the relevant government agency directly.

There are no age limitations if you satisfy the eligibility requirements.