YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY

Admission Policies

Yamaguchi University’s Admissions Policy

Yamaguchi University is an education and research institution that holds the ideal of being “Place of Wisdom: Discover it, Nourish it, and Realize it” and it is open to the world and key regional universities. The university conducts sound research and community activities and provides education based on achievements. It is working to develop capable people who live in the region and can spread their wings across the world. To this end, the university is seeking to admit the following types of students.


Desired type of students

  • People who are full of curiosity, have an appetite for learning, and who want to challenge themselves
  • People who have a clear sense of purpose and have set high goals and worked towards them
  • People who are self-motivated and want to realize their potential
  • People who can logically explain their own ideas and opinions

Faculty of Engineering’s Admissions Policy


Educational ideals and goals

Based on Yamaguchi University’s ideals of being ” Place of Wisdom: Discover it, Nourish it, and Realize it” the goal of Yamaguchi University Faculty of Engineering is to develop capable people who have not only scientific and technological knowledge but also an interdisciplinary education as well as an ethical view of the global environment and products. It is also to send out engineers into society who can flourish internationally.


Desired type of students

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
    • People who want to actively learn mechanical engineering and are motivated to contribute to regional and international communities by manufacturing
    • People who have a background in mathematics, English, and physics and the ability to handle general education based on their academic ability
    • People who have learned the basic science of mechanical engineering, study scientifically, and have the ability to apply their learning
  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
    • People who have strong interest in construction and the environment and who have the ambition to learn about these things
    • People who have general academic abilities for mathematics, science and English and who have the ability to apply them or people who have basic knowledge of a specialized field of construction and the ability to apply it
    • People who want to challenge themselves, who are cooperative and who have the desire to flourish internationally
    • People who can logically understand and analyze the problems that should be worked on and who can accurately express their own opinions in words or writing
  • Department of Applied Chemistry
    • People who have an interest in chemical and biochemical technologies and would like to apply their knowledge of chemical technology to develop society by solving environmental and energy problems or developing materials that support cutting-edge technologiesg
    • People who have the ambition to contribute to regional and international communities as engineers in the fields of chemistry and biochemistry
    • People who challenge themselves with new problems and who have the desire and basic abilities to solve problems using the chemical techniques
    • People who have general academic abilities for mathematics, science, and English
  • Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    • People who have a sense of purpose and strong interest in electrical and electronic engineering
    • People who have general academic abilities for mathematics, science, and English
    • People who are capable of independent learning
    • People who have the desire to disseminate new findings in electrical and electronic engineering and to contribute to the development of the global industry
  • Department of Information Science and Engineering
    • People who have an interest and strong desire to learn about technology related to information
    • People who have general academic abilities necessary for learning the technology related to information and particularly the general academic abilities for mathematics, science, and English
    • People who have a strong ambition to contribute to regional and international communities as engineers in the fields related to information technology
  • Department of Architectural Design and Engineering
    • People who have an interest in architectural technologies and the strong ambition to contribute to regional and international communities as engineers in the architecture and construction field
    • People who have an interest in the relationship between spatial design and human sensitivity
    • People who have general academic abilities for mathematics, physics, and English
    • People who can make efforts in independent learning
    • People who can logically understand and analyze the problems that should be worked on and who can accurately express their own opinions in words or writing
  • Department of Sustainable Environmental Engineering
    • People who have general academic abilities for mathematics, science, and English
    • People who have an interest in environmental cycles or changes in materials from the molecular level to the global scale and who are spirited to tackle challenging global environmental problems
    • People who have an interest in the interactions between nature, society, and people or the phenomenon of life and who want to realize their dreams of developing environment-friendly systems and technologies
    • People who can logically understand and analyze the problems and materials and who can accurately express their own opinions in words or writing