Entrance Examination Data for the past 3 years
As of April 1, 2021
| Course | Examination Category | Year | No. of Applicants | No. of Examinees | No. of Successful Applicants | No. of Students who Subsequently Enrolled | Among Enrolling Students | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working Adults | Other Fields | Accelerated Placement | |||||||
| Master's Course | information science | 2019 | 348 | 329 | 166 | 128 | 7 | 58 | 1 |
| 2020 | 336 | 311 | 154 | 125 | 8 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 370 | 353 | 167 | 135 | 8 | 24 | 0 | ||
| biological science | 2019 | 192 | 180 | 145 | 108 | 4 | 17 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 183 | 175 | 158 | 108 | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 147 | 139 | 128 | 98 | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| materials science | 2019 | 237 | 226 | 142 | 93 | 2 | 27 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 236 | 217 | 132 | 85 | 3 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 199 | 189 | 138 | 87 | 4 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Doctoral Course | information science | 2019 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 2 | - |
| 2020 | 43 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 9 | 6 | - | ||
| 2021 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 1 | - | ||
| biological science | 2019 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | - | |
| 2020 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 0 | - | ||
| 2021 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 0 | - | ||
| materials science | 2019 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 1 | - | |
| 2020 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 0 | - | ||
| 2021 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 1 | - | ||
* "Other fields" means students with a Bachelor of Arts or similar background.
* Fall semester students are excluded.
* The numbers in the yellow boxes have been adjusted to include those students who were scheduled to enter NAIST as MEXT Scholars in fall of 2020 but changed their entrance to April 2021 due to restrictions limiting travel implemented for the COVID-19 conditions.
Entrance Examination Data for Master's Course, 2021
As of April 1, 2021
| No. of Applicants | No. of Examinees | No. of Successful Applicants | No. Students Subsequently Enrolling | |
| 1st | 249 | 238 | 130 | 102 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 91 | 87 | 27 | 23 |
| 3rd | 30 | 28 | 10 | 9 |
| Screening of Specially Recommended International Students | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. of Applicants | No. of Examinees | No. of Successful Applicants | No. of Students Subsequently Enrolling | |
| 1st | 90 | 87 | 85 | 60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 35 | 31 | 30 | 25 |
| 3rd | 22 | 21 | 13 | 13 |
| Screening of Specially Recommended International Students | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. of Applicants | No. of Examinees | No. of Successful Applicants | No. of Students Subsequently Enrolling | |
| 1st | 131 | 127 | 96 | 53 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 55 | 51 | 36 | 28 |
| 3rd | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| Screening of Specially Recommended International Students | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
* Fall semester students are excluded.
Home School Locations for Students Enrolling in 2021
As of April 1, 2021
| Master's Course | ||
| Hokkaido | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tohoku | 5 | |
| Kanto | 49 | |
| Chubu | 21 | |
| Kinki | Shiga | 4 |
| Kyoto | 28 | |
| Osaka | 65 | |
| Hyogo | 39 | |
| Wakayama | 3 | |
| Nara | 24 | |
| Mie | 6 | |
| Chugoku | 18 | |
| Shikoku | 14 | |
| Kyushu | 19 | |
| America | 1 | |
| Thailand | 1 | |
| Bangladesh | 2 | |
| Vietnam | 2 | |
| Mexico | 1 | |
| Korea | 1 | |
| China | 15 | |
| Doctoral Course | |
| Hokkaido | 0 |
|---|---|
| Tohoku | 0 |
| Kanto | 3 |
| Chubu | 2 |
| Kinki | 52 |
| Chugoku | 1 |
| Shikoku | 1 |
| Kyushu | 0 |
| Indonesia | 2 |
| Vietnam | 1 |
| Philippines | 2 |
| Malaysia | 3 |
| China | 1 |
* Fall semester students are excluded.
