How to take an art test in Japan

Many art students studying in Japan are more concerned about the news of the Japanese art test. Here is a brief introduction to the art test in Japan.

I read a lot of materials about studying in Japan and taking the art test on the Internet, but many of them are wrong, so I decided to write an article about studying in Japan and related literacy, hoping to provide useful help to everyone.

All along, many friends who study art design in China or want to study art design are asking how to prepare to study in Japan. It is said that a lot of information on the Internet is different. What's more, after getting the information, some study agents reported to the language school and got good visas. When they finally came to study in Japan, they found that many things would be completely different from those introduced by the intermediary at the beginning, and they would feel like headless flies. Then I will explain the Japanese art test for you one by one, and also share how we should prepare before taking the Japanese art test.

1. Do I need TOEFL, TOEFL and other English scores to take the Japanese and American university exams?

It is estimated that many students who want to study in Japan will ask. Here, I can tell you with great certainty: "No need". Many domestic friends were told when they first came into contact with domestic study agents that many universities in Japan, whether American or not, needed English scores. But I want to say that many domestic intermediaries have no experience in studying in Japan, not to mention that they understand the beauty of Japan. What they say may cause a great burden to friends who want to go to Japan to study in American universities, because they also want to learn English besides Japanese. But don't worry, Japanese public, private and junior colleges don't need it as long as they are fine arts universities. However, it should be noted that if it is a comprehensive university, it depends on the major, but generally it is not necessary if it is an art or art subject in a comprehensive university. For example, the five famous universities in Japan, Tama University of Fine Arts, Musashino University of Fine Arts, Tokyo Shaping University and Women's University of Fine Arts, are beautiful universities in themselves, so they do not require affirmative English scores. There is also a Japanese university, which is a comprehensive university, but the art department in it does not need English grades.

Then some people will say that it is impossible for architecture not to need English grades. Here, I want to make it clear that architecture is divided into science and engineering and liberal arts (art design), and the architecture department of American University in Japan belongs to liberal arts, so it is not necessary to get English scores for the architecture of liberal arts, but from another perspective, English is still very important for architecture. If you have English scores, you can take both science and engineering and liberal arts exams, and you have more choices.

Another thing related to English is that in the exam, we will see that this English will be written in the exam content of some subjects. Don't worry too much about this, because it's just a translation exam. Just give you an English article, which needs to be translated into Japanese, but you can bring a paper Japanese-English dictionary into the examination room during the exam, and some schools can even let candidates bring a paper mother tongue translation dictionary.

2. What qualifications and materials do you need to apply for a school?

Qualifications:

First of all, if you apply for the department, you must complete high school; If the department is registered, it is necessary to complete a four-year university or a sophomore or above in a four-year university, and have graduated from a junior college; For a big college, you need to graduate from a four-year university or hold a bachelor's degree certificate. If you don't meet the above qualifications and want to take the exam, there is another way, that is, submit some materials required by the school to take the exam within the time specified by the school, and you can take the exam after passing, but generally this exam is very strict. I haven't heard of anyone taking exams in this way in the last five or six years.

Submit:

1. Graduation certificate or quasi-graduation certificate of the graduation school (referring to the certificate that you can graduate before April of the following year)

Step 2: Copy

3. Japanese scores

(Generally JLPT passes N2, and EJU scores 50% in Japanese; Four points before the exam are valid)

4. Registration fee payment certificate (payment receipt)

5. Japanese residence certificate (copy of visa or residence card)

6. Fill in the books provided by the school

3. Can Japan University of Fine Arts take the entrance examination directly?

In China, you can apply directly to the Japanese Academy of Fine Arts without going through a language school. Many friends may have heard from the intermediary that it is impossible to apply for a language school directly without studying in Japan. In fact, this is a trap. Many intermediaries have signed agreements with Japanese language schools, that is, pushing students to take kickbacks to language schools. However, some students want to take the exam immediately after they come to Japan, but because the language school has given kickbacks to domestic intermediaries, you have not been in the language school for two years, and many language schools will make things difficult for students, such as not issuing lectures. Therefore, if you want to come to Japan to take the exam through a language school, you must be careful not to be admitted to the target university. Speaking of direct examination, in fact, the preparation for direct examination is the same as passing the language school examination. Going to a language school is nothing more than learning Japanese, but many language schools can't help you with the content of the college exam, so you still have to find a cram school to train outside. If you want to find a cram school, there are many institutions in China that can guide you to take the exam in Japan. Here I take a friend of mine as an example to see how he prepares.

After graduating from junior college in China, he worked in an advertising company for more than two years, and then resigned to take an examination of universities in Japan. But he contacted the school by email and learned that his qualification could not be reached. The school advised him to take the exam first. After graduating from an American university in Japan, I was admitted to the university. The pass rate is 99%, because I haven't seen anyone who graduated from a department and failed in a university. Then apply for registration directly in China, apply for a tourist visa during the exam, come to Japan to take the exam while playing, and start to go through the admission procedures and transfer to a study visa after receiving the qualified notice of returning to China. He told me that he had seen that if you go through a language school, the annual tuition fee of the language school is about 700- 1 10,000 yen, as well as various miscellaneous expenses such as rent and living expenses in Japan. He thought about it and thought that he might as well spend his money on travel, and there was still some left.

I only give this example for your reference. I don't mean that it will be good to take the exam directly, but that it will save money than language schools. Because I went to a language school, I also found a cram school to guide the research plan in Japan at that time; However, if I had considered taking the direct exam and asked for remedial classes in China, I think I would have chosen the direct exam, because it would save more money and would not increase the burden on my family.

4. Is it difficult to change majors?

"Is it difficult to change majors in Japan?" This kind of problem is rather general, so I will introduce it in two aspects.

First of all, from the perspective of the school, the school requires that candidates be treated equally. You won't say you are a professional, so you will be given priority. If you change your major, you will set various requirements, but the students in this major will have a little advantage, but if you work hard enough, you are fully capable of surpassing the students in this major. Therefore, in the same exam, those with excellent grades are admitted.

Therefore, as far as students are concerned, we can't generalize because of the different situations of different students. But if you are a major-changing student, I suggest you have more than one year's preparation, such as some professional basic knowledge, portfolio preparation and so on.

5. What do I need to take in the Japanese art test?

In the Japanese art examination, the general content of the examination is the above-mentioned submission materials, and the submission materials are for the school to audit. As for the report card, some friends will ask, what if some subjects on the report card are not very good? Don't worry about this, because any score on the report card won't affect your exam. It should also be noted that the writing provided by the school for you is very important, especially during the college entrance examination. In addition to simply filling in your personal background information, those books should also write the reasons for admission, research plans (the most important content of the college entrance examination professor is the decisive key to whether you can be admitted), what you have studied or studied, and your plans after graduation. In addition to these submitted materials, I will briefly introduce them by taking the exam and enrolling in the university.

Entrance examination:

Practical skills (generally refers to sketch, color composition; But there are some subjects that don't test sketch color, but test senses)

Small paper

Portfolio (candidates in pure art direction)

interview

Compile into:

Practical skills (content varies from subject to subject, not just painting)

Small paper

Collection of works (works or papers)

interview

University:

English translation/translation/interpretation

Small paper

Collection of works (works or papers)

interview

6. Graduate students

Some universities have a postgraduate system, and Japanese postgraduate students are totally different from those in China. Domestic graduate students refer to masters, that is, Japanese monks (universities); The Japanese graduate student is just an auditor and has not been awarded a degree. In fact, the postgraduate system did not exist before, but it was only recently established. Some people on the internet say that it is a system only for domestic students, and I don't know much about it. What I want to say here is that for the postgraduate system, in universities, not every subject will set up an examination to recruit postgraduate students, so students who plan to take the postgraduate entrance examination must ask whether the major they want to apply for is to recruit postgraduate students; There is also a subject that generally recruits graduate students, and the content and time of the examination are the same as those of the big college.

Let me introduce it to you here today. I hope it will help your exam. If you want to know anything, please tell me. I will also sort out all kinds of materials and share them with you in the future.

Finally, I wish all the friends who want to take the exam in Japan success!