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April 2022 Application Guidelines

The descriptions about the entrance exam


Department Course The descriptions
The Department of Applied Japanese ■The University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Osaka University Course (1 year)
■National/Public University Preparatory Course (1 year)
■Famous Private University Preparatory Course (1 year)
Interview, screening by documents
※Applicants for the University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Osaka University Course have English test (40 minutes) in addition to the exams written above.
The Department of Applied Japanese ■Graduate School Preparatory Course(1 year)
■Advanced Japanese Course (1 year / Morning Classes)
■Advanced Japanese Course (1 year / Afternoon Classes)
■Advanced Japanese Course (2 years / Morning Classes)
■Advanced Japanese Course (2 years / Afternoon Classes)
Japanese language exam, Japanese writing,interview, screening by documents
※If you have the certificate of JLPT N2 or above, you do not need to take Japanese language exam and Japanese writing.
The Department of International Business ■Dual Business (100% job guarantee) Course (1 year)
■ Management & Marketing Course (2 years)
Japanese language exam, Japanese writing,interview, screening by documents
※If you have the certificate of JLPT N2 or above, you do not need to take Japanese language exam and Japanese writing.
The Department of Communication Services & Interpretation Course (2 years) Japanese language exam, Japanese writing,interview, screening by documents
※If you have the certificate of JLPT N2 or above, you do not need to take Japanese language exam and Japanese writing.

The methods of exam


  1. Taking exam at EHLE Institute:To those who come to EHLE Institute to take exam.
  2. Online exam:Only available for the one who has fulfilled the condition written below and been the resident other than Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto, Nara, Shiga, Wakayama prefectures.
Department Course Conditions of taking online exam
The Department of Applied Japanese ■The University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Osaka University Course (1 year)
■National/Public University Preparatory Course (1 year)
■Famous Private University Preparatory Course (1 year)
Those who have the score, higher than 200 points on EJU Japanese Test. (Except the score of EJU Japanese Writing) on 2020 official EJU certificate, 2021 official EJU certificate, or 2021 EHLE’s EJU mock test.
※Applicants for The University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Osaka University Course must submit the score of TOEFL or TOEIC, in addition to the EJU Japanese score written above.
The Department of Applied Japanese ■Graduate School Preparatory Course(1 year)
Those who have JLPT N2 or above
The Department of Applied Japanese ■Advanced Japanese Course (1 year / Morning Classes)
■Advanced Japanese Course (1 year / Afternoon Classes)
■Advanced Japanese Course (2 years / Morning Classes)
■Advanced Japanese Course (2 years / Afternoon Classes)
Those who have JLPT N3 or above
The Department of International Business ■Dual Business (100% job guarantee) Course (1 year)
■ Management & Marketing Course (2 years)
Those who have JLPT N2 or above
The Department of Communication Services & Interpretation Course (2 years) Those who have JLPT N2 or above

Regarding the date of entrance exam, application deadlines, the announcement date of the test result


●Notification

  1. Please refer to the chart of the application deadlines (both coming to EHLE or sending by mail). We only accept your application if we receive your documents by 16:30 on each deadline.(The admission office closes during new years’ break, on Sunday and national holidays)
  2. If your application documents are incomplete, you cannot take the exam on the day you want to take.
  3. No matter what department or course you choose, you cannot reapply and retake EHLE’s entrance exam.
  4. If you want to change the test day or the course, please inform us by 16:30 on each application deadline.
  5. On the day of each application deadline, EHLE’s admission office will be very crowded. Under this circumstance, if you have documents’ incompleteness or a lack, you cannot take exam on the day you want to take. Likewise, we will also stop accepting application after it exceeds the quota of the students. Please prepare your application documents beforehand, and apply earlier.
  6. If you have not received the letter of the test result by each announcement date, please contact us by phone.(Contact:06-6647-0018)
    Until the announcement date of the test result, we will not inform you the test result.
  7. After you pass the entrance exam, then you cannot change your department or course.
Times The date of entrance exam Application starts~the deadline The announcement date of the test result (by letter)
Sat., Oct., 9th Fri., Oct., 1st ~ Mon., Oct., 4th By Wed., Oct., 20th
Sat., Oct., 9th Fri., Oct., 1st ~ Mon., Oct., 4th By Wed., Oct., 20th
Sat., Oct., 23rd Fri., Oct., 1st ~ Thu., Oct., 14th By Wed., Nov., 2nd
Sat., Oct., 30th Fri., Oct., 1st ~ Thu., Oct., 21st By Wed., Nov., 10th
Sat., Nov., 13th Fri., Oct., 1st ~ Thu., Nov., 4th By Wed., Nov., 24th
Sat., Nov., 20th Fri., Oct., 1st ~ Thu., Nov., 11th By Wed., Dec., 1st
Sat., Nov., 27th Fri., Oct., 1st ~ Thu., Nov., 18th By Wed., Dec., 8th
Sat., Dec., 4th Fri., Oct., 1st ~ Thu., Nov., 25th By Wed., Dec., 15th
Sat., Dec., 11th Fri., Oct., 1st ~ Thu., Dec., 2nd By Wed., Dec., 22nd
Sat., Jan., 8th Fri., Oct., 1st ~ Thu., Dec., 16th By Wed., Jan., 19th
Sat., Jan.,22nd Fri., Oct., 1st ~ Thu., Jan., 13th By Wed., Feb., 2nd
Sat., Feb., 5th Fri., Oct., 1st ~ Thu., Jan., 27th By Wed., Feb., 16th
Sat., Feb., 19th Fri., Oct., 1st ~ Thu., Feb., 10th By Wed., Mar., 2nd
Sat., Feb., 26th Fri., Oct., 1st ~ Thu., Feb., 17th By Wed., Mar., 9th
Sat., Mar., 5th Fri., Oct., 1st ~ Thu., Feb., 24th By Wed., Mar., 16th
Sat., Mar., 12th Fri., Oct., 1st ~ Thu., Mar., 3rd By Wed., Mar., 23th
Sat., Mar., 19th Fri., Oct., 1st ~ Thu., Mar., 10th By Wed., Mar., 26th
Sat., Mar., 26th Fri., Oct., 1st ~ Sat., Mar., 19th By Wed., Mar., 26th