Requirements for International Applicants

Applicants must meet all of the application requirements and meet at least one of the qualifications for application mentioned below.

Application Requirements

• Individuals who have nationality other than Japanese.
• Individuals who have a daily conversation in Japanese language.
  *Test result of either N2 level of JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) or EJU ( Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students) which has been taken within past two years should be submitted.
• In principal, Individuals who are able to obtain a “Status of residence for study” under the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act by the time of enrollment.

Qualifications for Application

Master's Course

1. Individuals who have graduated or are expected to graduate by the previous year of the expected year of enrollment from a university as stipulated in Article 83 of the School Education Act.
2. Individuals who have not graduated from a university but Individuals who have been granted or are expected to be granted a bachelor's degree by the previous year of the expected year of enrollment pursuant to Article 104, Paragraph 7 of the School Education Act.
3. Individuals who have completed or are expected to complete by the previous year of the expected year of enrollment a 16-year program of school education in a foreign country.
4. Individuals who, while residing in Japan, have completed or are expected to complete a 16-year program of school education in a foreign country, through correspondence courses.
5. Individuals who have completed or are expected to complete by the previous year of the expected year of enrollment a course of a foreign school designated as equivalent to a foreign university in Japan by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as having a university degree in a foreign country.
6. Individuals who have been granted or are expected to be granted by the previous year of the expected year of enrollment a degree equivalent to a bachelor’s degree by completing a course of not less than three years in a foreign university, etc.
7. Individuals who have completed on or after the date specified by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology or are expected to complete by the previous year of the expected year of enrollment a designated special training college for not less than four years deemed to meet the standards by the Minister (Individuals who have been granted or expected to be granted Advanced Diploma).
8. Individuals who have been designated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
9. Individuals who have been enrolled in a university as stipulated in Article 83 of the School Education Act for not less than three years or have completed formal education in a foreign country for 15 years and who have been recognized by the Graduate School as having earned the prescribed credits with excellent grades.
10. Individuals who have been recognized individually through the screening for application qualifications by the Graduate School as having academic credentials that are equivalent or superior to those of university graduates and will reach 22 years of age or older (graduates of a junior college, vocational school, etc. who meet requirements of the screening for application qualifications carried out by the Graduate School).
11. Other individuals who have been recognized individually through the screening for application qualifications by the Graduate School as having academic credentials that are equivalent or superior to those of university graduates and will reach 22 years of age or older.

Doctoral Course

1. Individuals who have been granted or are expected to be granted by the previous year of the expected year of enrollment a master’s degree or a professional degree.
2. Individuals who have been granted or are expected to be granted by the previous year of the expected year of enrollment a master’s degree or a professional degree, or an equivalent from an institution in a foreign country.
3. Individuals who, while residing in Japan, have been granted or are expected to be granted by the previous year of the expected year of enrollment a master’s degree, a professional degree, or an equivalent thorough correspondence in a foreign country.
4. Individuals who have completed a school course (in Japanese campus of a foreign university (equivalent to a graduate school) designated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) and have been granted or are expected to be granted by the previous year of the expected year of enrollment a degree that is equivalent to a master’s degree or a professional degree.
5. Individuals who have been designated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
6. Graduates of universities, etc., who have been engaged in research at universities, research institutes, etc., for not less than two years, and who have been recognized by the Graduate School as having academic credentials that are equivalent or superior to those of a master's degree holders.
7. Individuals who have been recognized individually through the screening for application qualifications by the Graduate School as having academic credentials that are equivalent or superior to those of a master's degree holders and who will reach 24 years of age or older as of the time of enrollment.

Admission

Entrance
Spring Semester (April)

Application schedule
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Entrance Examination Fee
30,000 yen

Application Method (Online)

1. Please send an email containing your name, a course that you wish to enroll in, selection category, contact phone number and email address to the Graduate School Admissions Office at grnyuusi@nuhw.ac.jp in ample time during the application period to receive "My Page" account where applicants can apply online.
2. Once you receive a response email including the URL to access "My Page" account from the Graduate School Admissions Office, you can proceed with the online application process through "My Page".
   The following documents are required to be attached or to be entered so as to complete the online application.

Required documents for application

• Basic information of the applicant (name, date of birth, address, etc,.)
• Reason for application
• S1Point Calculation Sheet
• Research Proposal
• Record of Achievements (if any)
• Employment and Activity History (if any)
• Official Academic Transcript
• Certificate of (Expected) Graduation or (Expected) Completion
• Residence Card or Alien Registration Certificate (both sides)
• A Copy of Diploma, Degree Certificate or Acceptance Certificate of Degree Application
• Test result of either N2 level of JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) or EJU ( Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students) took within the past two years
• Document certifying payment of the entrance examination fee

As for Doctoral Course, the following documents must be submitted in addition to documents mentioned above.

• Essay
  A short essay in Japanese (within 2,000 characters, (1) to (3)) explaining:
  (1) Motivation for pursuing graduate studies
  (2) Reasons for choosing this graduate school and goals after enrollment
  (3) Career design after completing the graduate program
• Summary of Research Achievements in the master’s course

Selection Method

The selection for admission will be made on the basis of integrated evaluation of submitted documents and performance in the online interview.
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< Master's Course >

1. Application documents,
2. Pre-assignment (After reading sentences of assignment written in English, describe your summary and opinion in Japanese,
3. Interview (including an oral examination regarding (2))

< Doctoral Course >

1. Application documents
2. Essay written in Japanese
3. Interview

※For further details, please email the office at email address written at Contact Information.

Tuition and Fees

In order to ease the financial burden of privately financed international students and encourage them to pursue their studies, we offer a half-tuition fee reduction. If the student meets the requirements, he/she can continue to use this reduction during his/her enrollment.
In addition, for international students who have completed a Japanese language school as specified by the Ministry of Justice, half of the entrance fee will be reduced.

Master’s Course (Standard length: Two years)

Doctoral Course (Standard length: Three years)

*Facility and equipment costs are included in the amount of tuition.
*The payment at the enrollment time is the total amount of (1) Enrollment fee and a half of (2) Tuition.
(Example: In the case of Major in Medical and Rehabilitation Sciences, 400,000 yen ((1)+a half of (2))should be paid at the time of enrollment.
*This reduction is not applicable for the applicants mentioned below.
•Government-financed international students
•Applicants who are dispatched from foreign government
•Applicants who are supported by a private company or a scholarship foundation (If the total amount of scholarship is more than half of the tuition).
•Those who are obviously economically advantaged.

Contact Information

Niigata University of Health and Welfare
Graduate School Admission Office
1398 Shimami-cho, Kita-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata 950-3198, Japan
Tel: +81-25-257-4500
E-mail: kokusai@nuhw.ac.jp