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YOKOHAMA SOCRATES PROGRAM

YNU Program for SOCially Resilient And susTainable EcoSystems

  

Important Notice

  • Application Guidelines for April 2026 admission Now Available for Download (Update:May 20, 2025)
  • Changes to the application and selection methods for April 2026 admission(Update:March 26, 2024)
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    Admission Policy

    The YOKOHAMA Socrates Program educates 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)

    Basic Conditions and Application Requirements for April 2026 Admission

    Please see “Application Requirements” of the Basic Conditions and Application Guidelines.
    *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. Application Identification Number will be issued by email when the application is received by the International Students Section.

    Application Schedule for April 2026 Enrollment

    Enrollment Schedule Date
    Application guidelines to be released May 2025
    Application Period October 2025
    Notification of Successful Applicants of the First Screening November 2025
    Second Screening (Interview, etc.) November-December 2025
    Notification of Successful Applicants of the Second Screening December 2025
    Issuance of Admission Permission February 2026
    Enrollment April 2026

    Online Information Session (20 November 2024)

    Title Presenter / Moderator Video
    Presentation by YNU Students Khant May Phone(Myanmar)
    College of Urban Sciences SOCRATES Program

    Gazda Marek(Czech Republic)
    JOY Progaram
    Click here to watch the video

    Online Information Session (4 July 2024)

    Title Presenter / Moderator Video
    Introduction of Program Jung Hyomin
    Assistant professor,
    International Strategy Organization

    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
    Associate Professor, 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(Indonesia)
    College of Urban Sciences YCCS Program
    Click here to watch the video
    YNU Program for SOCially Resilient
    And susTainable EcoSystems
    Yokohama National University
    Admissions & Prospective Student Inquiries:
    global.student[at]ynu.ac.jp
    Curriculum & Current Student Inquiries :
    global.education[at]ynu.ac.jp