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YOKOHAMA SOCRATES PROGRAM

YNU Program for SOCially Resilient And susTainable EcoSystems

  

Important Notice

  • Application Guidelines for April 2025 admission Now Available for Download (Update:March 27, 2024)
  • Changes to the application and selection methods for April 2026 admission(Update:March 26, 2024)
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    Essay questions for 2025

    Applicants must submit the prescribed online form between October 22 and 5:00 p.m. on October 31, 2024 Japan Standard Time.

    Essay questions for 2025

    Admission Policy

    The YOKOHAMA Socrates Program will educate students to become capable of engaging competently with political, economic, and social issues in local and global contexts from the standpoint of social resilience and social sustainability. We seek applicants with the potential to acquire a broad-based competence in methodologies rooted in the humanities and social sciences to analyze and implement solutions to social issues. Specifically, we seek applicants with the following abilities:

    1. Knowledge and Skills: Applicants should possess a solid grasp of basic knowledge from secondary school. They should also possess sufficient English proficiency for classwork and daily life. It is desirable that applicants also possess basic Japanese proficiency. If not, they need the strong motivation and ability to acquire Japanese proficiency after admission.

    2. Abilities in terms of intellect, judgment, and expression: Applicants should possess sufficient abilities in terms of intellect and judgment to understand diverse perspectives and thereby effectively think broadly and imaginatively across time and space when engaging with a diverse range of issues in an increasingly uncertain world. They should also possess the motivation and ability to express their views proficiently in English at the time of entrance to the program and in both English and Japanese upon completion.

    3. Abilities in terms of independence, tolerance, and cooperation: Applicants should possess strong independence to study actively in their academic fields of choice, as well as the motivation and ability to cooperate with others from diverse backgrounds toward the acquisition of new abilities.

    Number of Students Accepted

    8 (eight)

    Application Requirements for April 2025 Admission

    Please see “Application Requirements” of the Application Guidelines.
    *All applicants are required to submit SAT or ACT scores.
    *All applicants are required to have English proficiency at CEFR level B2 or above.

    How to Apply

    Please fill out the form and upload the necessary documents during the application period (October 15, 2024 – October 21, 2024). Application Identification Number will be issued by email when the application is received by the International Students Section.

    Application Schedule for April 2025 Enrollment

    Enrollment Schedule Date
    Application guidelines to be released March 2024
    Application Period Mid-October 2024
    Notification of Successful Applicants of the First Screening Late November 2024
    Second Screening (Interview, etc.) Mid-December 2024
    Notification of Successful Applicants of the Second Screening Mid-January 2025
    Issuance of Admission Permission Late February 2025
    Enrollment April 2025

    Online Information Session (4 July 2024)

    Title Presenter / Moderator Video
    Introduction of Program Jung Hyomin,Yamashita Yoko
    Assistant professor,
    International Strategy Organization
    Click here to watch the video
    Presentation by YNU Students Yeo Kevin Kah Kit(Singapore),
    Savaira Alisha(Indonesia)
    College of Urban Sciences YCCS Program

    Khant May Phone(Myanmar)
    College of Urban Sciences SOCRATES Program
    Click here to watch the video

    Online Information Session (24 June 2023)

    Title Presenter / Moderator Video
    Promotion Video Click here to watch the video
    Introduction of Program Hasegawa Kenji
    Professor, International Strategy Organization
    Click here to watch the video
    Introduction of Classes Kawachi Kumiko
    Lecturer, International Strategy Organization
    Click here to watch the video
    Presentation by YNU Students [AM] Duy Nguyen(Vietnam)
    College of Urban Sciences YCCS Program
    Click here to watch the video
    Presentation by YNU Students [PM] Shima Fernando Yutaka(Brazil)
    College of Urban Sciences YCCS Program
    Click here to watch the video
    Q&A Session [AM] Savaira Alisha(Indonesia)
    College of Urban Sciences YCCS Program
    Click here to watch the video
    Q&A Session [PM] Savaira Alisha
    Country:Indonesia
    College of Urban Sciences YCCS Program
    Click here to watch the video
    YNU Program for SOCially Resilient
    And susTainable EcoSystems
    Yokohama National University
    CONTACT
    kokusai.shien[at]ynu.ac.jp
    *Only e-mail will be accepted.