• All application materials must be received by IUJ on or before the appropriate application deadlines. (Please consult the "Admission Schedules" carefully.) Late applications will not be considered.
• We will not return any documents nor application fees once submitted.
• Application documents sent by Fax or E-mail are not accepted.
• Be sure to indicate the mailing status of all your application materials on the "APPLICATION CHECKLIST" of the paper-based application or "MAILED ITEMS SECTION" on the online application system.
• Please do not send any documents/materials which are not required.
• It is the applicant's responsibility to request all supporting documents early enough to meet the designated deadline.
• Only when circumstances require, official College Certificates and/or recommendations may be sent directly to IUJ from the Registrar and/or recommender.
• We strongly recommend that you make a photocopy of your application, research plan and essay for your files.

Please send your application package to the following mailing address.

Admissions
International Relations Program (IRP),
International Development Program (IDP), or

Public Management and Policy Analysis Program (PMPP)
Graduate School of International Relations
International University of Japan
777 Kokusai-cho, Minami Uonuma-shi
Niigata 949-7277 JAPAN

*Test Of English as a Foreign Language
**International English Language Testing System

You may also submit an official TOEIC (Test Of English for International Communication) score certificate. However, we strongly recommend you to take a TOEFL or IELTS test. No other test scores or certificates regarding the applicant’s English language proficiency are acceptable as substitutes.

The official TOEFL or IELTS score must be sent directly to IUJ from ETS or the British Council (or an IELTS test center) by the application deadline.
IUJ’s ETS Institution Code for score reporting is 0712. Department Code is not necessary.
As for a TOEIC, you may send an original score certificate directly to IUJ along with other required application materials in one package.

In principle, the test scores are only valid for two years. Your TOEFL, IELTS or TOEIC test date must be indicated on the "APPLICATION CHECKLIST" of the paper-based application or "MATERIALS SECTION" on the online application system. .

You must not take or register for the tests scheduled on/after the appropriate application deadline for admission. (See "Admission Schedules") It is your responsibility to submit an official test score report by the designated deadline.

Information on the TOEFL is available from:
TOEFL Service, Educational Testing Service
P.O.Box 6151, Princeton, NJ 08541-6151 USA
Phone: 1-609-771-7100
E-Mail: toefl@ets.org
URL: http://www.toefl.org/

Information on the IELTS is available from:
URL: http://www.ielts.org/

Information on the TOEIC is available from:
URL: http://www.ets.org/toeic/

Notes:

Those who fall into one or both of the following
categories are exempted from submitting an English Test score (TOEFL, IELTS or TOEIC):

1) Those whose mother tongue is English and who have lived and were largely educated in the following countries where English is the native language: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK, and the USA.

2) Those who have formally completed an undergraduate or graduate program whose medium of instruction is English in one of the following countries: Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, the UK, and the USA.

All others are required to submit a TOEFL, IELTS or TOEIC as part of their application documents.  Priority will be given in the admissions process to applicants who have at least the following English scores:

TOEFL:  Paper-based exam            550                                           Internet-based exam         80                           IELTS:                                           6.5 TOEIC:                                         800

(No other English test score is accepted)