Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Applicants are seated at the University of Tokyo in the Japanese capital on Jan. 17, 2026, as the two-day unified university entrance examinations are set to begin across Japan.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Applicants are seated at the University of Tokyo in the Japanese capital on Jan. 17, 2026, as the two-day unified university entrance examinations are set to begin across Japan. (Pool photo)

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Applicants are seated at the University of Tokyo in the Japanese capital on Jan. 17, 2026, as the two-day unified university entrance examinations are set to begin across Japan. (Pool photo)

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Applicants walk at a University of Tokyo campus in the Japanese capital on Jan. 17, 2026, as the two-day unified university entrance examinations are set to begin across Japan.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Applicants arrive at the University of Tokyo in the Japanese capital on Jan. 18, 2025, as the two-day unified university entrance examinations are set to begin across Japan.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Applicants walk on University of Tokyo grounds in the Japanese capital on Jan. 18, 2025, as the two-day unified university entrance examinations are set to begin across Japan.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Applicants are seated at the University of Tokyo in the Japanese capital on Jan. 18, 2025, as the two-day unified university entrance examinations are set to begin across Japan.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Applicants are seated at the University of Tokyo in the Japanese capital on Jan. 18, 2025, as the two-day unified university entrance examinations are set to begin across Japan.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Applicants head to Kanazawa University in Kanazawa in central Japan's Kanazawa Prefecture on Jan. 13, 2024, following the strong Jan. 1 quake that jolted the prefecture's Noto Peninsula, as two-day unified university entrance examinations are held at 668 venues across Japan.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Applicants are seated at Kanazawa University in Kanazawa in central Japan's Kanazawa Prefecture on Jan. 13, 2024, following the strong Jan. 1 quake that jolted the prefecture's Noto Peninsula, as two-day unified university entrance examinations are held at 668 venues across Japan.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Applicants head to Kanazawa University in Kanazawa in central Japan's Kanazawa Prefecture on Jan. 13, 2024, following the strong Jan. 1 quake that jolted the prefecture's Noto Peninsula, as two-day unified university entrance examinations are held at 668 venues across Japan.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Applicants are seated at the University of Tokyo in the Japanese capital on Jan. 13, 2024, as the two-day unified university entrance examinations are set to begin at 668 venues across Japan.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Applicants are seated at the University of Tokyo in the Japanese capital on Jan. 13, 2024, as the two-day unified university entrance examinations are set to begin at 668 venues across Japan.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

People walk to the venue of their entrance exams at Hokkaido University in the northern Japan city of Sapporo on Jan. 14, 2023. Two-day unified university entrance exams started the same day across Japan, with thorough anti-COVID measures taken to protect 510,000 prospective students.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

People walk to the venue of their entrance exams at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2023. Two-day unified university entrance exams started the same day across Japan, with thorough anti-COVID measures taken to protect 510,000 prospective students.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

People walk to the venue of their entrance exams at Hokkaido University in the northern Japan city of Sapporo on Jan. 14, 2023. Two-day unified university entrance exams started the same day across Japan, with thorough anti-COVID measures taken to protect 510,000 prospective students.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

People walk to the venue of their entrance exams at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2023. Two-day unified university entrance exams started the same day across Japan, with thorough anti-COVID measures taken to protect 510,000 prospective students.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

People walk to the venue of their entrance exams at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2023. Two-day unified university entrance exams started the same day across Japan, with thorough anti-COVID measures taken to protect 510,000 prospective students.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

People walk to the venue of their entrance exams at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2023. Two-day unified university entrance exams started the same day across Japan, with thorough anti-COVID measures taken to protect 510,000 prospective students.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

People take university entrance exams at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2023. Two-day unified university entrance exams started the same day across Japan, with thorough anti-COVID measures taken to protect 510,000 prospective students.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

People take university entrance exams at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2023. Two-day unified university entrance exams started the same day across Japan, with thorough anti-COVID measures taken to protect 510,000 prospective students.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

People take university entrance exams at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2023. Two-day unified university entrance exams started the same day across Japan, with thorough anti-COVID measures taken to protect 510,000 prospective students.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

People take university entrance exams at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2023. Two-day unified university entrance exams started the same day across Japan, with thorough anti-COVID measures taken to protect 510,000 prospective students.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

People take university entrance exams at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2023. Two-day unified university entrance exams started the same day across Japan, with thorough anti-COVID measures taken to protect 510,000 prospective students.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

People take university entrance exams at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2023. Two-day unified university entrance exams started the same day across Japan, with thorough anti-COVID measures taken to protect 510,000 prospective students.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

People walk to the venue of their entrance exams at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2023. Two-day unified university entrance exams started the same day across Japan, with thorough anti-COVID measures taken to protect 510,000 prospective students.

Unified college entrance exams begin across Japan

Unified college entrance exams begin across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Examinees sit for the unified college entrance examinations at the University of Tokyo in Tokyo's Hongo district on Jan. 17, 2015, as the two-day event began across Japan with about 559,000 applicants and a record 849 public and private institutions taking part.

Unified college entrance exams begin across Japan

Unified college entrance exams begin across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Examinees sit for taking the unified college entrance examinations at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2014, as the two-day event began across Japan with more than 560,000 applicants and a record 843 public and private institutions taking part.

Unified college entrance exams begin across Japan

Unified college entrance exams begin across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Examinees sit for taking the unified college entrance examinations at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2014, as the two-day event began across Japan with more than 560,000 applicants and a record 843 public and private institutions taking part.

Unified college entrance exams begin in Japan

Unified college entrance exams begin in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Applicants head to a site to take the unified college entrance examinations at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2011, as the two-day test began across the country on the day. The number of people taking the test increased to 558,984, up 5,616 from the previous year.

Unified college entrance exams begin across Japan amid flu alert

Unified college entrance exams begin across Japan amid flu alert

TOKYO, Japan - Applicants sit for the first day of unified college entrance examinations across Japan on Jan. 16, 2010, as the two-day event began at 725 venues put on high influenza alert. The number of applicants increased 9,387 from last year to 553,368, according to the National Center for University Entrance Examinations, an independent administrative agency.

Unified college entrance exams begin across Japan amid flu alert

Unified college entrance exams begin across Japan amid flu alert

TOKYO, Japan - Applicants sit for the first day of unified college entrance examinations across Japan on Jan. 16, 2010, as the two-day event began at 725 venues put on high influenza alert. The number of applicants increased 9,387 from last year to 553,368, according to the National Center for University Entrance Examinations, an independent administrative agency.

Unified college entrance exams begin across Japan

Unified college entrance exams begin across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Candidates prepare for the first day of nationwide university admission exams at the University of Tokyo's Hongo campus on Jan. 17. Hongo campus is one of the 738 test centers across the country for the two-day unified university admission exams. Applicants for this year's exams totaled 543,981, up 596 from last year.

Unified college entrance exams begin across Japan

Unified college entrance exams begin across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Candidates prepare for the first day of nationwide university admission exams at the University of Tokyo's Hongo campus on Jan. 17. Hongo campus is one of the 738 test centers across the country for the two-day unified university admission exams. Applicants for this year's exams totaled 543,981, up 596 from last year.

2 days of unified university admission exams underway in Japan

2 days of unified university admission exams underway in Japan

SAPPORO, Japan - Candidates prepare for the first day of nationwide university admission exams at University of Tokyo's Hongo campus on Jan. 19. Hongo campus is one of the 736 test centers across the country for the two-day unified university admission exams. Applicants for this year's exams totaled 543,385, down about 10,000 from last year, reflecting decreasing childbirths.

Unified university entrance exams begin across Japan

Unified university entrance exams begin across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Applicants take their seats at the University of Tokyo as two-day unified entrance exams for universities and colleges began across Japan on Jan. 20.

Unified university entrance exams begin across Japan

Unified university entrance exams begin across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Students take unified entrance exams at the University of Tokyo Jan. 21, the first day of the two-day tests across Japan. The number of applicants is 551,382, down 18,568 from last year.

University entrance exam season kicks off in Japan

University entrance exam season kicks off in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - University and college applicants sit for national entrance exams offered by the National Center for University Entrance Examinations at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 15. A total of 520,940 applicants began taking two-day exams at 712 test centers across Japan.

Nearly 590,000 begin 2-day university entrance exams

Nearly 590,000 begin 2-day university entrance exams

TOKYO, Japan - University applicants sit in a lecture hall at the University of Tokyo for the national entrance exams on Jan. 17, the first day of the two-day tests, involving some 590,000 applicants at 720 locations across the country.

(1)Nationwide university entrance exams begin

(1)Nationwide university entrance exams begin

TOKYO, Japan - Applicants wait for test papers to be delivered at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 18 as preliminary university entrance examinations began at 693 locations across Japan. A record 552,700 students showed up to take tests in foreign languages, the first of six subjects in the two-day exams.

1st round of univ. entrance exams begins across Japan

1st round of univ. entrance exams begins across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Students prepare for the start of preliminary university entrance exams at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 20. A total of 433 universities will use the results of the two-day tests to help select students to write their own entrance exams, most of which will take place in February and March.

University entrance exam season kicks off in Japan

University entrance exam season kicks off in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - University and college applicants sit for national entrance exams offered by the National Center for University Entrance Examinations at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 15. A total of 520,940 applicants began taking two-day exams at 712 test centers across Japan. (Kyodo)

(1)Nationwide university entrance exams begin

(1)Nationwide university entrance exams begin

TOKYO, Japan - Applicants wait for test papers to be delivered at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 18 as preliminary university entrance examinations began at 693 locations across Japan. A record 552,700 students showed up to take tests in foreign languages, the first of six subjects in the two-day exams. (Kyodo)

Unified university entrance exams begin across Japan

Unified university entrance exams begin across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Students take unified entrance exams at the University of Tokyo Jan. 21, the first day of the two-day tests across Japan. The number of applicants is 551,382, down 18,568 from last year. (Kyodo)

Unified university entrance exams begin across Japan

Unified university entrance exams begin across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Applicants take their seats at the University of Tokyo as two-day unified entrance exams for universities and colleges began across Japan on Jan. 20. (Kyodo)

2 days of unified university admission exams underway in Japan

2 days of unified university admission exams underway in Japan

SAPPORO, Japan - Candidates prepare for the first day of nationwide university admission exams at University of Tokyo's Hongo campus on Jan. 19. Hongo campus is one of the 736 test centers across the country for the two-day unified university admission exams. Applicants for this year's exams totaled 543,385, down about 10,000 from last year, reflecting decreasing childbirths. (Kyodo)

Unified college entrance exams begin across Japan

Unified college entrance exams begin across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Candidates prepare for the first day of nationwide university admission exams at the University of Tokyo's Hongo campus on Jan. 17. Hongo campus is one of the 738 test centers across the country for the two-day unified university admission exams. Applicants for this year's exams totaled 543,981, up 596 from last year. (Kyodo)

Unified college entrance exams begin across Japan

Unified college entrance exams begin across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Candidates prepare for the first day of nationwide university admission exams at the University of Tokyo's Hongo campus on Jan. 17. Hongo campus is one of the 738 test centers across the country for the two-day unified university admission exams. Applicants for this year's exams totaled 543,981, up 596 from last year. (Kyodo)

Japan's new college entrance exams

Japan's new college entrance exams

Young people wearing face masks leave the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Jan. 17, 2021, after finishing the second day of two-day unified university entrance exams newly introduced in Japan in the current fiscal year. The exams to be used for screening by more than 800 public and private universities took place at over 600 venues across the country amid the coronavirus pandemic, covering over 500,000 applicants.

Nearly 590,000 begin 2-day university entrance exams

Nearly 590,000 begin 2-day university entrance exams

TOKYO, Japan - University applicants sit in a lecture hall at the University of Tokyo for the national entrance exams on Jan. 17, the first day of the two-day tests, involving some 590,000 applicants at 720 locations across the country. (Kyodo)