Fukui Prefectural University has been officially approved for the Faculty of Dinosaurs, which it plans to open in April 2025, and has announced the entrance examination guidelines. The newly established Faculty of Dinosaurs will have two courses within the single Dinosaur and Geology Department: the Dinosaur and Paleontology Course and the Geology and Paleoenvironment Course, but entrance examinations will be held on a departmental basis.
According to Fukui Prefectural University, the admission quota is 1 students per year, with 30 students for the general selection in the early period and 15 for the later period, 3 students for the school recommendation type selection, 6 students for the comprehensive selection including 2 students for the regional quota, and a few students for the special selection for working adults and self-financed international students. Of these, applications for the school recommendation type selection and the comprehensive selection (regional quota) are limited to those within Fukui Prefecture. Applications for the comprehensive selection (general quota) are also open to those outside Fukui Prefecture.
*A person living in Fukui Prefecture is someone whose individual or guardian has continuously had an address in Fukui Prefecture since before April 6, 4.
出願期間は、総合型選抜が2024年10月1日から8日、学校推薦型選抜が2024年11月1日から11日、一般選抜が2025年1月27日から2月5日となっている。入試科目等の詳細は、入試要項から確認ができる。
Students in the Dinosaur Department study at the Eiheiji Campus in Eiheiji-cho, Yoshida-gun, Fukui Prefecture in their first year, and at the Katsuyama Campus (tentative name) in Muraoka-cho, Katsuyama City from their second year onwards. The Katsuyama Campus is located in the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, and is newly established within the grounds of the Katsuyama Dinosaur Forest, where students can experience fossil excavation. In addition to sharing research facilities, the school has formed a collaborative system with the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, and plans are afoot to hold lectures and practical training sessions by museum researchers.
reference:[Fukui Prefectural University] Dinosaur Department Admissions Selection for 7