Admission Requirements－Graduate School of Economics Finance Program

■Admission Policy

The program aims to admit well-qualified students regardless of their specialization during undergraduate studies. The admission will be decided upon the basis of standardized exams of one's English ability (TOEFL¹⁾) and general aptitude (GMAT²⁾). A written exam will also be conducted to determine one's suitability for the graduate program. Students can choose to take mathematics only in the written exam.
・	Special attention will be placed upon the "Readings" section of the TOEFL exam and the "Quantitative Analysis" section of the GMAT.
・	Applicants are not required to submit their undergraduate graduation paper. Special consideration will be made for graduation papers submitted from within the fields of economics, finance, accounting, management, mathematics and statistics. They will be used as reference material in making a final decision. Submissions of records of achievement are positively evaluated, so we highly recommend you to do so.
	1)TOEFL is the acronym for the Test of English as a Foreign Language. 2)GMAT is the acronym for the Graduate Management Admission Test.

■Outline of the Admission Requirements

Selection will be made on the basis of submitted materials, and written and oral exams.

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Required Materials

1)	Application form
2)	Scores of TOEFL and GMAT
3)	Undergraduate transcript and a letter of recommendation from your academic supervisor
4)	Research proposal
5)	Copy of your undergraduate graduation paper (for students who graduated from the fields of economics, finance, accounting, management, mathematics and statistics)

Note: For those students who have received a Master's degree, we also require a transcript of your graduate studies. In this case, please submit your graduation paper and academic reference from the graduate program, and not the undergraduate one.
Note: It is desirable to submit a letter of recommendation although it is not mandatory.

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Written Exam
The written exam will be three hours long and you will be required to choose two questions from four subject fields: mathematics, economics, finance and accounting. It is also possible to choose two questions from the same subject field. For example, you can choose two questions in mathematics or two questions in accounting.

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Oral Exam
The oral exam will be conducted with students who passed the written examination and were selected through a review of submitted materials.

■Timetable for Students Entering in April 2012
The written exam will be conducted on September 8, 2011 and the oral exam on September 22, 2011. Your TOEFL and GMAT scores are required with your application. Since completed applications are to be submitted between August 4 and August 9, 2011, applicants are strongly encouraged to take the TOEFL and GMAT exams at your earliest convenience.

■Applications from Foreign Students
Foreign students may write the entrance exam in English if desired. Since most courses offered in this program will be taught in Japanese, however, you are required to submit a certificate of your Japanese language ability.

■Admission Policy

Admission to the Doctoral Program is decided by an oral exam based upon the documents submitted in your application. Normally, candidates for the Doctoral Program will be successful Master's graduates from our program. Applicants who wish to enter from outside our program are required to have knowledge and understanding of finance or accounting equivalent to the completion of a Master's Degree, a precise research theme, a concrete research plan, and sufficient academic credentials in the proposed research area.
The required application materials for applicants who wish to enter from outside our program are:

1)	Application form
2)	Scores of TOEFL and GMAT
3)	Official transcript from your graduate school and a letter of recommendation from your academic supervisor
4)	Research proposal
5)	Copy of your Master's thesis (or alternatives) and its abstract

Note: It is desirable to submit a letter of recommendation although it is not mandatory.

■Timetable for Students Entering in April 2011(Closed)
The exam will be conducted on March 2, 2011 (Tuseday). TOEFL and GMAT scores are required with the application for some students. Since completed applications are scheduled to be submitted between January 5 (Wednesday), and January 7 (Friday), 2011, people applying from outside the Economics program are asked to prepare TOEFL and GMAT scores in advance.