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Qualifying Examinations for Applicants for Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarships - Sample Examination
Questions

2014 - 2019 examinations are published as samples of exam questions.

・ 2019 examination questions

・ 2018 examination questions
・ 2017 examination questions

・ 2016 examination questions

・ 2015 examination questions
・ 2014 examination questions

Qualifying Examinations for Applicants for Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarships 2019 Examination
Questions

Research Students

Japanese exam（PDF：10,328KB） Japanese exam answer（PDF：453KB）

English exam（PDF：7,267KB） English exam answer（PDF：238KB）

Undergraduate Students

Japanese exam (PDF：10,330KB) Japanese exam answer (PDF：617KB)

English exam（PDF：6,749KB） English exam answer（PDF：151KB）

Mathematics (A) exam（PDF：952KB） Mathematics (A) exam answer（PDF：103KB）

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Undergraduate Students

Mathematics (B) exam（PDF：293KB） Mathematics (B) exam answer（PDF：77KB）

Physics exam（PDF：922KB） Physics exam answer（PDF：70KB）

Chemistry exam（PDF：1,874KB） Chemistry exam answer（PDF：169KB）

Biology exam（PDF：5,694KB） Biology exam answer（PDF：97KB）

College of Technology students

Japanese exam (PDF：10,343KB) Japanese exam answer (PDF：453KB)

English exam (PDF：5,631KB) English exam answer (PDF：70KB)

Mathematics exam（PDF：484KB） Mathematics exam answer（PDF：228KB）

Physics exam（PDF：4,207KB） Physics exam answer（PDF：407KB）

Chemistry exam（PDF：1,753KB） Chemistry exam answer（PDF：103KB）

Specialized Training College students

Japanese exam (PDF：4,264KB) Japanese exam answer (PDF：129KB)

English exam (PDF：5,588) English exam answer (PDF：70KB)

Mathematics exam（PDF：570KB） Mathematics exam answer（PDF：161KB）

Qualifying Examinations for Applicants for Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarships 2018 Examination
Questions

Research Students

Japanese exam (PDF：918KB) Japanese exam answer (PDF：75KB)

English exam (PDF：249) English exam answer (PDF：29KB)

Undergraduate Students

Japanese exam (non-disclosure) ー

English exam (non-disclosure) ー

Mathematics (A) exam（PDF：474KB） Mathematics (A) exam answer（PDF：49KB）

Mathematics (B) exam（PDF：320KB） Mathematics (B) exam answer（PDF：101KB）

Physics exam（PDF：1,058KB） Physics exam answer（PDF：37KB）

Chemistry exam（PDF：293KB） Chemistry exam answer（PDF：49KB）

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Undergraduate Students

Biology exam（PDF：540KB） Biology exam answer（PDF：40KB）

College of Technology students

Japanese exam (non-disclosure) ー

English exam (non-disclosure) ー

Mathematics exam（PDF：286KB） Mathematics exam answer（PDF：154KB）

Physics exam（PDF：338KB） Physics exam answer（PDF：119KB）

Chemistry exam（PDF：191KB） Chemistry exam answer（PDF：58KB）

Specialized Training College students

Japanese exam (non-disclosure) ー

English exam (non-disclosure) ー

Mathematics exam（PDF：114KB） Mathematics exam answer（PDF：36KB）

Qualifying Examinations for Applicants for Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarships 2017 Examination
Questions

Research Students

Japanese exam（PDF：460KB）
Answers（PDF：380KB）
English exam（PDF：317KB）

Undergraduate Students

Japanese exam (non-disclosure)

English exam（PDF：317KB）

Mathematics (A) exam（PDF：248KB）

Mathematics (B) exam（PDF：282KB） Answers（PDF：698KB）

Physics exam（PDF：149KB）

Chemistry exam（PDF：94KB）

Biology exam（PDF：215KB）

College of Technology students

Japanese exam (non-disclosure) Answers （PDF：222KB）

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College of Technology students

English exam (non-disclosure)

Mathematics exam（PDF：295KB）

Physics exam（PDF：218KB）

Chemistry exam（PDF：147KB）

Specialized Training College students

Japanese exam (non-disclosure)

English exam (non-disclosure) Answers（PDF：89KB）

Mathematics exam（PDF：313KB）

Qualifying Examinations for Applicants for Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarships 2016 Examination
Questions

Research Students

Japanese exam（PDF：455KB） Japanese exam answer（PDF：75KB）

English exam（PDF：127KB） English exam answer（PDF：88KB）

Undergraduate Students

Japanese exam (non-disclosure) ー

English exam（PDF：127KB） English exam answer（PDF：88KB）

Mathematics (A) exam（PDF：55KB） Mathematics (A) exam answer（PDF：25KB）

Mathematics (B) exam（PDF：141KB） Mathematics (B) exam answer（PDF：138KB）

Physics exam（PDF：83KB） Physics exam answer（PDF：30KB）

Chemistry exam（PDF：236KB） Chemistry exam answer（PDF：64KB）

Biology exam（PDF：277KB） Biology exam answer（PDF：48KB）

College of Technology students

Japanese exam (non-disclosure) ー

English exam (non-disclosure) ー

Mathematics exam（PDF：40KB） Mathematics exam answer（PDF：35KB）

Physics exam（PDF：66KB） Physics exam answer（PDF：34KB）

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College of Technology students

Chemistry exam（PDF：54KB） Chemistry exam answer（PDF：27KB）

Specialized Training College students

Japanese exam (non-disclosure) ー

English exam (non-disclosure) ー

Mathematics exam（PDF：186KB） Mathematics exam answer（PDF：102KB）

Qualifying Examinations for Applicants for Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarships 2015 Examination
Questions

Research Students

Japanese exam（PDF：933KB）
Answers（PDF：181KB）
English exam（PDF：299KB）

Undergraduate Students

Japanese exam (non-disclosure)

English exam（PDF：299KB）

Mathematics (A) exam（PDF：302KB）

Mathematics (B) exam（PDF：336KB） Answers（PDF：410KB）

Physics exam（PDF：157KB）

Chemistry exam（PDF：210KB）

Biology exam（PDF：96KB）

College of Technology students

Japanese exam (non-disclosure)

English exam (non-disclosure)

Mathematics exam（PDF：282KB） Answers （PDF：245KB）

Physics exam（PDF：138KB）

Chemistry exam（PDF：96KB）

Specialized Training College students

Japanese exam (non-disclosure) Answers（PDF：77KB）

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Specialized Training College students

English exam (non-disclosure)

Mathematics exam（PDF：181KB）

Qualifying Examinations for Applicants for Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarships 2014 Examination
Questions

Research Students

Japanese exam（PDF：460KB）
Answers（PDF：380KB）
English exam（PDF：317KB）

Undergraduate Students

Japanese exam (non-disclosure)

English exam（PDF：317KB）

Mathematics (A) exam（PDF：248KB）

Mathematics (B) exam（PDF：282KB） Answers（PDF：698KB）

Physics exam（PDF：149KB）

Chemistry exam（PDF：94KB）

Biology exam（PDF：215KB）

College of Technology students

Japanese exam (non-disclosure)

English exam (non-disclosure)

Mathematics exam（PDF：295KB） Answers （PDF：222KB）

Physics exam（PDF：218KB）

Chemistry exam（PDF：147KB）

Specialized Training College students

Japanese exam (non-disclosure)

English exam (non-disclosure) Answers（PDF：89KB）

Mathematics exam（PDF：313KB）

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