Japan's unified university entrance exams began Saturday at 651 venues across the country.
According to the National Center for University Entrance Examinations, which administers the exams, applicants sat for tests in geography, history, civics, Japanese language and foreign languages on Saturday.
On Sunday, tests will be held in mathematics, science and a new subject, "Information 1," which tests knowledge of data utilization and programming.
The number of applicants this year is around 495,000. The results will be used to screen applicants to 838 universities and colleges.
Students who are unable to sit for the exams if they are sick, delayed due to snow disrupting transport or are in disaster-hit areas, can take the exams on January 25 and 26.
© Japan Today
8 Comments
Login to comment
iron man
Best of luck to all of you, I just hope that the requirement for essential english has finally been totally removed. As for info1 good luck, just remember to upgrade annually.
Not making the fun, as you progress in life always remember the hours you devoted to all study and continue to develop it. no matter what year day,
Fighto!
Wishing all candidates the very best of luck and success! Getting into one of the few "famous" universities is not the be all and end all!
TaiwanIsNotChina
Maybe if this is what high schools and companies looked like in terms of dress, the country would be better off.
iron man
getting a good education and having proof is a major step towards being a responsible adult. I Accept that entering one of the few jpn unis is for jpn peoples. But Unitians strive to gain ivy league entrance??? same case!
TWNC dress code is recognised by all nations shirts ties etc. ok if your Taiwan Uni did not require it from you, fair play but it does not give you ultimate right to criticize other nations.
gokai_wo_maneku
Very nostalgic! I was in that room in 1998 taking the exam for Tokyo University. And I passed! It's a great place to study.
Eat the left
Don't speak disparagingly of Salaryman life or your post will be deleted.
Namahage
Pointless.
Just show bank balance and you're in.
ThonTaddeo
@Gokai - same, in 2005. Made some fantastic memories there and wouldn't trade my experience for anything.
@Namahage - perhaps in some schools, but not at the national ones. They're some of the cheapest around, and the playing field is fair. The graders don't know your name or gender or background at all; only your testee number.