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Admissions

IMC has enrollments twice a year; spring entry and fall entry.
The entrance examinations for IMC will take two forms. Candidates residing in Japan will take the Pattern A examination, candidates residing overseas the Pattern B examination.
Candidates may not take both examinations in the same (spring or fall) examination period. For inquiries please, email to imc@kwansei.ac.jp

Online Information Session

Date	Time *In Japan time	Place
Saturday, May 7, 2022	13:00〜15:00	Online
Saturday, October 8, 2022	13:00〜15:00	Online
Saturday, October 22, 2022	13:00〜15:00	Online
Saturday, December 10, 2022	13:00〜15:00	Online
Saturday, January 7, 2023	13:00〜15:00	Online

Pattern A　(for residents in Japan including international residents living in Japan)

The entrance examination will comprehensively evaluate candidates’ basic academic ability and motivation, with the aim of selecting students to be trained as businesspersons who can work effectively in global business. New university graduates, international students and working members of society residing in Japan are qualified to sit this examination.

Qualifications for application

Candidates should be university graduates (or prospective graduates) able to sit the entrance examination in Japan. Overall English-language ability will be evaluated in the entrance examination itself, so applicants are not required to have reached a specific level in a formal English test before applying. However, students will require a level of English sufficient for them to follow without difficulty a graduate-level degree course taught only in English. A TOEFL iBT score of at least 85, a TOEIC score of at least 780 or an IELTS score of at least 6.0, may be regarded as a general indication of the level of English-language ability likely to be necessary. Persons unsure as to whether they are qualified to sit the entrance examination should inquire beforehand to the office of the Institute of Business and Accounting.

Outline of Entrance Examination

	Student Intake	Application Period	Type of Examination	Examination Date	Announcement of Results
2022 Fall Entry	5	June 8-15, 2022	Document Assessment Written Examination Interview	July 2, 2022	July 15, 2022
2023 Spring Entry First Intake	10	November 2-9, 2022	Document Assessment Written Examination Interview	November 26, 2022	December 9, 2022
2023 Spring Entry Second Intake	5	January 18-25, 2023	Document Assessment Interview	February 11, 2023	February 24, 2023

Application Procedures

step 1

Download these files.

step 2

Fill in the form and send them to the university.

Written Examination sample

Pattern B (for residents outside Japan, including Japanese citizens living overseas)

The entrance examination aims to select students to be trained as businesspersons who can work effectively in global business. Those qualified to take this examination are overseas residents and Japanese students at present studying outside Japan. Candidates’ motivation, academic competence and English-language ability will be assessed on the basis of documents submitted by candidates.

Qualifications for application

Candidates should be university graduates (or prospective graduates) able to follow without difficulty a graduate-level degree course taught only in English. To insure that candidates are suitably qualified, they will be required to submit TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS or other internationally-recognized certificates of English language ability. Before submitting a formal application, prospective applicants must submit a Preliminary Inquiry Form(PIF), to ascertain whether they are qualified to take the examination.

Outline of Entrance Examination

	Student Intake	Application Period	Type of Examination	Examination Date	Announcement of Results
2022 Fall Entry	5	April 4 - June 8, 2022	Selection based on documents submitted	None （Document Assessment Only ）	As soon as documents have been assessed
2023 Spring Entry	5	September 14 - October 26, 2022	Selection based on documents submitted	None （Document Assessment Only ）	As soon as documents have been assessed

Application Procedures

step 1

Download these files.
*Entrance Examination Information for 2023 Fall Entry will be uploaded here in early-March, 2023.

step 2

Fill in the Preliminary Inquiry Form above and submit to imc@kwansei.ac.jp.

step 3

Once your eligibility for application is confirmed, we send you the link and forms for the online application. After the application period starts, please complete your application through the online application system.

Pattern JICA

This entrance examination is for the candidates who passed the matching with International Management Course organized by JICA.
Please download the following files, and officially apply through the online application system(TAO).

*For how to handle those files, please be sure to carefully read the ‘Entrance Examination Information’ below.