Entrance Examination Guidelines

1. Number of students for admission
Doctoral Program
Environment Systems: 4 students
Geographical Space Systems: 3 students
Master’s Program
Environment Systems: 10 students
Geographical Space Systems: 8 students
2. Entrance examination types
  1. General entrance examination
  2. Entrance examination for working adults
  3. Foreign student entrance examination
3. Application qualification Please refer to the application guidelines
4. Examination fee ¥35,000 (Japanese yen)
5. Entrance Examination Guidelines
Distribution / Application
*Scheduled for distribution in early June 2020
Rissho University Entrance Examination Center
4-2-16 Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
141-8602 JAPAN
TEL: 03-3492-6649 (direct)
6. Application period,
examination date and location
Application period
Schedule A: August 17-28, 2020
Schedule C: January 14-27,2021
*Application documents must be mailed to the University during the application period
(There is no Schedule B)
Examination day
Schedule A: September 5, 2020
Schedule C: February 13, 2021
Examination
Rissho University Kumagaya Campus
Academic Cube (Building 19)
Magechi 1700, Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture
360-0194 JAPAN
7. Examination Subjects

■ Doctoral program

■ Environment Systems
Foreign language
English for Japanese nationals, and Japanese for international students .
Special topics
Geo-Environmental Science (questions related to Geosphere Science, Atmospheric Sciences, Hydrosphere Sciences, Biosphere Sciences, and Geoinformatics)
Oral examination
You will be asked about the contents of your master’s thesis and research plan upon admission, etc.
Geographical Space Systems
Foreign language
English for Japanese nationals, and Japanese for international students .
Special topics
Geography
Oral examination
You will be asked about the contents of your master’s thesis and research plan upon admission, etc.

Master’s Program

■Environment Systems
Foreign language
English for Japanese nationals, and Japanese for international students
Special topics
Geo-Environmental Science (questions related to Geosphere science, Atmospheric Sciences, Hydrosphere Sciences, Biosphere Sciences, and Geoinformatics)
Oral exam
You will be asked about research plan upon admission, etc.
■ Geographical Space Systems
Foreign language
English for Japanese nationals, and Japanese for international students
Special topics
Geography
Oral exam
You will be asked about research plan upon admission, etc.
8. Admission briefing
Place
Rissho University Kumagaya Campus
Academic Cube (Building 19)
Magechi 1700, Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture
360-0194 JAPAN
TEL: 048-539-1630 (direct)