The application guidelines were released on February 15, 2013, on the Entrance Examination for Recommended Applicants from within the University page.
*Application eligibility and the character limit for the statement of purpose were changed on February 14, 2013.
Starting from the 2013 academic year, the Graduate School of Media and Governance is introducing an entrance examination system for recommended applicants from within the university for students enrolled as regular students in the Faculty of Policy Management or the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies at Keio University. The outline of this entrance examination is as follows.
Examination Period | Spring Semester | Fall Semester |
|---|---|---|
Enrollment Period | April 2014 | September 2014 |
Application Eligibility | Applicants who meet all of the following criteria As of April 1, 2013 (for applicants wishing to enroll in April 2014) or September 22, 2013 (for applicants wishing to enroll in September 2014), applicants must be enrolled as regular students in the first semester of their fourth year in the Faculty of Policy Management or the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies at Keio University and be expected to graduate in March 2014 (or September 2014 for those wishing to enroll in September 2014). Applicants who have taken the "Research Seminar" of the faculty member who will write their "Statement of Acceptance for Research Supervision" or "Letter of Recommendation" for two or more semesters, and have received a grade of 'A' in that "Research Seminar" in two or more different semesters. | |
Application Period (*1) | April 1 (Mon) - April 5 (Fri), 2013 | September 23 (Mon) - September 27 (Fri), 2013 |
Announcement of First Screening Results (*2) | April 25 (Thu), 2013 | October 17 (Thu), 2013 |
Second Screening (Interview) Date (*2) | July 13 (Sat), 2013 | December 21 (Sat), 2013 |
Announcement of Final Results | July 16 (Tue), 2013 | December 24 (Tue), 2013 |
Enrollment Procedure Deadline | Early March 2014 (tentative) | Early September 2014 (tentative) |
Application Documents (*3) | Applicant Information Form Statement of Purpose (within 6,000 characters) Statement of Acceptance for Research Supervision: 1 copy (from a faculty member of the Graduate School committee in the desired program) Letters of Recommendation: 3 copies (from three different Keio University faculty members; one may be the same person who wrote the Statement of Acceptance for Research Supervision) Academic Transcript: 1 original and 1 copy (must include grades up to the previous semester; grade certificates are not acceptable) Application Form for Admission (with the Certificate of Payment of Application Fee attached) Optional Supporting Materials | |
Application Fee | 35,000 JPY |
*1: Prior to submitting the application, applicants must complete the online entry and pay the application fee.
*2: Depending on the results of the first screening, the second screening (interview) may be waived.
Depending on the results of the first screening, applicants may be required to submit additional documents and take an essay examination.
*3: Some application documents must be registered (entered or uploaded) on the online entry website.
For details on this entrance examination, please check the Application Guidelines for the Entrance Examination for Recommended Applicants from within the University, available on the Entrance Examination for Recommended Applicants from within the University page (https://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/admissions/graduate/recommendation.html).
Issued by: Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC)
Admissions Office