Nagoya University recently announced changes to a separate undergraduate admissions category. G30 applicants and their families can be assured that this change does not affect G30 admissions in any way. All G30 undergraduate and graduate programs will continue as before.

The notice concerns a different, unrelated admissions category: “Privately Financed International Student Admissions” (私費外国人留学生入試), which Nagoya University will discontinue starting from AY2028. This category is entirely separate from G30 admissions and from the university’s general undergraduate admissions process. The “Privately Financed International Student Admissions” category consists of a standalone undergraduate entrance examination held once a year on its own application and examination schedule. The specific examination components — such as the Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students (EJU), written test, essay, or interview — vary by academic program. It is open only to self-financed international students based outside Japan who are applying for April entry to a defined set of undergraduate programs taught in Japanese. Self-financed international students remain a valued part of Nagoya University’s community, and they can continue to apply to Nagoya University through other admissions routes, including G30.

For those interested in the background: the AY2027 round of this examination (April 2027 entry), for which application guidelines have already been published, will be the final one. Nagoya University made this decision after carefully considering the reduced number of applicants to this category and the increase in applicants to the G30 International Programs over several years, as part of a broader effort to revise its admissions processes. This change does not affect Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship students, graduate students in other programs, or non-degree students such as research students. Other admission categories, such as General Selection (which uses the Common Test for University Admissions), remain open to self-financed international students and all other eligible applicants on the same basis as before.

Nagoya University’s G30 International Programs continue to welcome applications from international students of all backgrounds, and the university remains committed to expanding opportunities for international study through its other admissions categories. The university will continue to foster an educational and research environment that welcomes and draws on the talents of domestic and international students and researchers of all backgrounds.

Links

• Advance Notice: Changes to the “Privately Financed International Student Admissions Examination (April Undergraduate Admission), Effective AY2028” (Japanese-language announcement)
• AY2027 Privately Financed International Student Admissions Application Guidelines (Japanese)