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There are many guidebooks and pamphlets of universities, graduate schools, and vocational schools in our office. Also there are some samples of passed examination, theme of short thesis, report of questions for interview test for entering the universities.


			There are many guidebooks and pamphlets of universities, graduate schools, and vocational schools in our office. Also there are some samples of passed examination, theme of short thesis, report of questions for interview test for entering the universities.


			For entering a higher education institution, we have lesson advice for interview examination practice and guidance for thesis. You can practice for thesis and guidance for interview besides class lessons.

EJU is the examination that evaluates the Japanese and basic academic skills of the foreign student who expects to enter the university in Japan. Since 2002, many universities and vocational schools have accepted the applications of international students mainly based upon EJU scores.

The examination is 2 times per year (June and November)

Subject	objectives	time	score
Japanese as a Foreign Language	Measurement of Japanese language skills (academic Japanese) required for studying at Japanese universities	120 min.	0--400
Science	Measurement of the basic academic skills, requied in science (physics, chemistry and biology), for studying at the science depertment of Japanese universities	80 min.	0--200
Japan and the World	Measurement of the basic academic skills, required in liberal arts, particularly thinking and logical abilities, for studying at Japanese universities	80 min.	0--200
Mathematics	Measurement of the basic academic skills, requied in mathematics for studying at Japanese universities	80 min.	0--200

The test in Japanese as a foreign language consists of writing, listening comprehension, listening and reading comprehension.
In the science field, examinees have to decide on two subjects from physics, chemistry and biology depending on the course they pursue.
In the mathematics field, depending on the course of study they want to pursue, examinees have to select either course 1 or course 2.
Depending on the course of study they want to pursue, examinees have to select either “Japan and the world” or “Science”.

Scholarship will be given to the student with excellent test results EUJ.

The aim of this examination is measurement of the Japanese language skill (academic Japanese) which consists of 4 levels.
The examination is 1 time per year (December). The test consists of three sections: writing and vocabulary, listening comprehension, reading comprehension and grammar.

The standard of each level is as follows:

Level	Grade	Number of Kanji	Number of words to know	Number of hours needed to study
Advanced	1	2000	10000 words	900 hours
Pre-advanced	2	1000	6000 words	600 hours
Intermediate	3	300	1500 words	300 hours
Beginner	4	100	800 words	150 hours

Level 1 consists of 3 sections:

Subject	Time	score
Writing and vocabulary	45 min.	0--100
Listening comprehension	45 min.	0--100
Reading comprehension and Grammar	90 min.	0--200
Mathematics	180 min.	0--400

Condition of passing level1: Total mark should be 280 or more points (70% of the whole).

This level can be obtained after studying Japanese for about 900 hours. Our school has more than 800 hours classes in one year. Therefore, if you prepare and review in addition to the lesson of our school, you will be able to reach Level 1 in a year.

Scholarship will be given to the student with excellent test results for JLPT.