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All applicants must have completed 16 years of formal education in a country other than Japan or expect to compete 16 years of formal education by September 2017.


All applicants must already hold a bachelor’s degree obtained from a university outside Japan, with a score of at least a 3.0 grade point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale or at least 2.3 GPA on a 3.0 scale.


Applicants who hold a bachelor’s degree obtained from a university outside Japan, are at least 22 years old by September 2017 and have completed 15 years of formal education in a country other than Japan are also allowed to apply by individual screening.


All applicants must be less than 30 years old at the end of September 2017.