[Charliehsv]

Hey guys..

I’m sorry if these questions have been asked again and again, but I’ve used the search funciton and none of the threads gave me the answers I need so..

For starters just some general info. I’m 19 years old am attending my last year of highschool and am currently living in Sweden. I’m going to attend a one year language course in Kyoto which is starting in October next year and am currently in the progress of attaining a student visa through the language school (Nihongo Center Kyoto). The school has already accepted my application so there shouldn’t be any problems in this area.

Now, since the language school’s goal for it’s students is to prepare them and teach them the necessary japanese proficiency to enter a japanese university I’ve been playing with the thought ”Hey, if I’m already there why not take the oppurtunity and give a university there a shot?!”. Since I doubt that I can achieve the needed japanese skills within one year I was considering to extend the period of my course to 2 years (which is the max as I’ve heard) if life suits me over there. This is something I can do over there, so that’s no problem either.

So I had some questions concerning the entry procedures to the universities over there. What I’ve learned through some googling was that it’s mostly regulated through entrance exams .I was wondering how much the results of my current highschool will influence (if at all) the entrance procedure since I've found no info about that whatsoever.

If I decide to study there the absolute best-case scenario would be of course to be accepted into the Kyoto University (which is what I’ll be aiming for atleast) so I’m curious as to how difficult their entry exams are compared to other universities in the area (they are harder right? It’s such a prestigeous uni after all). I just want to get a general idea about how realistic it is for a foreign student to be accepted into it that’s all :P. I'm open to alot of other options aswell, but if it's possible for me to do it I'll give it my all and go for it.

Oh,yes and before anyone mentions it the economic stuff is already sorted out.