The Entrance Examination for International Students
2024 Entrance Examination for International Students: Faculty of Music (1st and 3rd Year)
For more information, please check the 2024 University Faculty of Music Entrance Examination Guidelines for International Students (free of charge) .
2024 International Student Entrance Examination Guidelines
For complete information, please open the above PDF file. However, for a brief outline in English, Chinese or Korean, please open the below PDF file.
Application Requirements
For first year admission applications:
Students must come under the following:
(1) A person who does not have Japanese citizenship. However, this excludes the visa status of “permanent resident”.
(2) A person who meets either (a) (b) or (c):
- (a) A person who has completed 12 years of schooling in a foreign country (including those who are expected to finish by March 2024) and is eligible to enter a university in that country.
- (b) A person who has been separately designated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in a school course corresponding to higher education in a foreign country.
- (c) A person who is recognized to have the same or higher academic ability as the above.
(3) A person who has an appropriate level of Japanese language proficiency. (All classes are taught in Japanese.)
For third year admission applications:
Students must come under the following:
(1) A person who does not have Japanese citizenship. However, this excludes the visa status of “permanent resident”.
(2) A person who meets either (a) or (b):
- (a) A person who has completed a 12-year course in school education in a foreign country and has completed a music specialty course of two years or more at a foreign university (including those who are expected to complete the course by March 2024).
- (b) A person who is recognized to have the same or higher academic ability as the above.
(3) A person who has an appropriate level of Japanese language proficiency. (All classes are taught in Japanese.)
Entrance Examination Date and Venue
Examination Date: December 2 and 3, 2023
Examination Venue: Musashino Academia Musicae Ekoda Campus
Application Dates:
Registration period on the website: 10:00, October 3 - 23:59, October 10, 2023.
By post: October 3 - 12, 2023
Results Announcement Date: December 8, 2023
Contact us
For inquiries about entrance examinations, please contact:
Musashino Academia Musicae Admissions Office
TEL:03-3992-1119 / +81-3-3992-1119(direct number)
MAIL:nyushi@musashino-music.ac.jp
To apply for entrance examination guidelines, etc:
1-13-1 Hazawa, Nerima-ku, Tokyo 176-8521
Musashino Academia Musicae Public Relations Office
TEL:03-3992-1125 / +81-3-3992-1125(direct number)