Overview
- The national Common Test will be held January 17–18 at 650 venues with 496,237 applicants, used by 813 universities.
- This year’s process requires applicants to print their admission ticket from their online My Page on white A4 paper and bring photo ID.
- Writing on admission tickets and posting test questions online are prohibited under the exam rules.
- Police will field a 4,600-officer operation to protect examinees, focusing on deterring groping during travel to test sites.
- Interim average scores are due January 21, any score-adjustment decision on January 23, final averages on February 5, and makeup tests January 24–25 in Tokyo and Kyoto, with individual results viewable in April for those who paid the fee.