According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the number of national and public universities that conduct admission office (AO) entrance examinations selected by interviews and document screening in one or more faculties reached 2018 for the first time. I found out.On the other hand, the number of recommended entrance examinations selected from high school surveys was 1, with an implementation rate of 85%.

 According to the Ministry of Education, the 2018 selection guidelines for public universities in each country are tabulated as of the end of July. Climbed to.
The total implementation rate of national and public schools has reached 50.3%, an increase of 6 schools compared to the previous year.The total number of recruited people is 4,791, 3.8% of the total.The number of faculties also reached 40.5% of the total, both of which were record highs.

 New AO entrance exams will be held at national universities such as Ibaraki University Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Toyohashi University of Technology Faculty of Engineering, and Tokushima University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.Public universities include Tokyo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Humanities, Economics and Management, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Letters, Osaka City University, Faculty of Life Sciences, Faculty of Fine Arts, Aichi Prefectural University of the Arts, Faculty of Music, Faculty of Systems Engineering, Kochi University of Technology.

 The number of recommended entrance exams is 2 schools, which is two more than the previous year, and the implementation rate is 162%.The number of faculties has reached 95.9, and the number of recruited staff has reached 467.Both have recorded the highest numbers ever.

 AO and recommended entrance exams continue to be introduced mainly at private universities, and the percentage of enrollees is almost comparable to general entrance exams.Although the ratio of national and public universities is not as high as that of private universities, the promotion has been focused on, such as the Japan Association of National Universities setting a goal to raise it to 2021% of the total in 3.

 The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology intends to introduce a certain academic ability evaluation for AO and recommended entrance examinations from 2020.The name is "Comprehensive selection" for AO entrance exams and "School recommended selection" for recommended entrance exams.

reference:[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology] About selection of students enrolled in national and public universities in 30

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