Admission

Entering students should have an advanced level competency in Japanese language and are expected to have completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Japanese (or a related field) before matriculation with an undergraduate cumulative grade point average of at least 3.200 in the major and 3.000 overall (on a 4.000 scale).

Non-native speakers of English who are not U.S. citizens are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or other accepted English Proficiency examinations. Please refer to the application instructions for International Students at the UMass Graduate School website. Applicants are no longer required to have taken the Graduate Record Examination before applying.