🇯🇵How does Japan mark University Entrance Exams?

大学入学共通テスト

Local date

January 16, 2027–January 17, 2027

When is it?

The first Saturday and Sunday on or after January 13, a two-day period.

Japan's Common Test for University Admissions is run by the National Center for University Entrance Examinations, on a rule rather than a fixed date: the first Saturday and Sunday on or after January 13. For the 2027 cycle that falls on January 16–17, with make-up sittings on January 23–24. The Common Test is followed by each university's own examination; national and public universities split these into early and late schedules. So Japan is two-stage like Taiwan, but arranged differently: the second stage is held by individual universities in February and March, and candidates for national and public universities file their choices after their Common Test scores are known — scores first, then choose, the reverse of Taiwan's apply-then-interview order.