3rd Year Transfer Admissions & Second Bachelor’s Degree admission
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Credit Transfer
Credits earned at your previous universities, junior colleges, and other higher education institutions will be transferred as APU credits.
Students entering APU as 3rd year students will have up to 62 credits transferred .
- Subjects will not be transferred under the same APU subject title.
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In principle, subjects completed at your previous universities, junior colleges, and other higher education institutions will not be transferred as APU subjects under the same title. However, for the College of International Management (APM), subjects completed at institutions accredited by AACSB, EQUIS, EPAS, or AMBA may be transferred as APU subjects under the same title.
- Credits for Required Subjects at APU cannot be transferred.
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Credits for Required Subjects at APU cannot be transferred. This applies to Language Education Subjects, Common Liberal Arts Subjects, and Major Education Subjects. However, for the College of International Management (APM), subjects completed at institutions accredited by AACSB, EQUIS, EPAS, or AMBA may be transferred as APM required subjects
How to check Transferred Credits
Please check your transffered credits on the CAMPUS WEB “Registered Courses and Grade Report” screen around two business days before the Priority Registration Period B.
The university will not provide individual notifications regarding transffered credits .
For the course registration schedule and instructions on how to use CAMPUS WEB, please refer to “Chapter 4: Course Registration.”
Seminar Subjects
At APU, Seminar Subjects are required in some colleges.
Students will begin to take seminar subjects immediately after their enrollment.
You must apply for registration in advance. You will be contacted individually about the registration procedures that need to be completed before enrollment. Please complete the necessary procedures accordingly.
Before applying, we recommend that you read through the seminar subject pages of each College (Chapters 8–10) to find the information necessary for your application, such as which professor’s seminar you would like to take.
Each College’s Seminar Course Page
- This is an important procedure that APS and ST students must carry out in order to graduate. Please check the application schedule and overview yourself.
- Applications from transfer and second bachelor’s degree students are accepted after the application period for current students. Therefore, you may only apply for seminars that still have available spaces at that time. Please be aware of this in advance.
Exemption from Required Language Education Subjects (Japanese)
Regular students must earn credit for required language education subjects (Japanese) in order to graduate, but students entering APU as 3rd year students are exempt from this requirement.
However, you may choose to take Required Language Education Subjects (Japanese). To do so, you must apply in advance and take the Language Placement Test upon enrollment. You will be placed in the appropriate level based on the results of the placement test.
Please note that if you do not take the Language Placement Test upon enrollment, you will not be able to register for Required Language Education Subjects (Japanese) after enrollment.
Registration of Asia Pacific Language Courses
Prior application is required if a transfer student wishes to take an AP Language Subjects after their semester of enrollment. Information about the application process and dates will be sent out via email. However, a student may not register for a course if they are a native speaker of that language.
Graduation Requirements and Special Provision for Subjects Taught in English
Japanese-basis domestic students are normally required to “earn 20 credits of subjects taught in English” in order to graduate. However, 3rd-year students entering APU through Transfer Admissions & Second Bachelor’s Degree Admission are exempt from this requirement.
In addition, Japanese-basis students are required to “earn credit for Intermediate English A/B” before they can take subjects taught in English. These students are also exempt from this requirement.
- Inquiries：
- common-p@apu.ac.jp
Special Provision for Course Registration in Major Education Subjects (APM Only)
For students admitted through the Transfer Admission or Second Bachelor’s Degree Admission to APM, a special provision for course registration will be applied to APM Major Education Subjects that list Accounting I, Finance, Introduction to Marketing, Introduction to Management, and Research Design and Methods as prerequisite subjects. Under this special provision, students may register for the relevant Major Education Subjects even if they have not completed these prerequisite subjects.
For the list of eligible APM Major Education Subjects, please refer to Chapter 9: College of International Management > 4. Curriculum Outline & Subject List> APM 2023 Curriculum Subject List & Course Outline.
※ This special provision applies only to course registration and does not change your graduation requirements.
