On October 2016, 10, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) announced an outline of the 4 enrollment selection for national and public universities based on the enrollment selection guidelines published by each university.
In 2017, there are 168 universities and 579 faculties in total. Compared to 2016 universities and 166 faculties in 575, 2 universities and 4 faculties have increased.The total number of recruited personnel is 124,920, an increase of about 2016 from 124,753 in 160.
The number of universities that conduct admission office (AO) entrance exams is 79 universities and 213 faculties, and the number of recommended entrance exams is 160 universities and 450 faculties.
The admission office entrance examination, called the AO entrance examination, is an entrance examination method that comprehensively judges the abilities and aptitudes of applicants for admission, their motivation for learning, and their sense of purpose by combining detailed document screening and time-consuming and careful interviews.The recommendation entrance examination is an entrance examination method that is based on the recommendation of the director of the high school from which he was born, exempts from the academic ability test in principle, and judges the survey as the main material.
Universities and faculties that will newly implement AO entrance exams in 2017 include Iwate University (Science and Technology), Yokohama National University (Education, Economics, Management, Urban Studies), Kobe University (International Human Studies), etc.New universities include Shiga University (data science), Kagawa University (Faculty of Medicine), and Kumamoto University (text, law, science, engineering).In addition, the universities and faculties that newly carry out recommended admissions are Nagoya University (Information), Yamagata University (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences), Ibaraki University (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences), etc.The new universities will be the public Fukuchiyama Public University (regional management) and Sanyo Onoda City Yamaguchi Tokyo Science University (engineering).
