Editing University of Tokyo (section)

=== Admissions ===
[[File:Tokyo University Entrance Exam Results 3.JPG|thumb|A successful applicant rejoicing on the results day]]
The {{Interlanguage link|University of Tokyo's admission process|ja|東京大学の入学試験}} (東大入試, ''todai nyushi'') is regarded as the most selective in Japan and is almost synonymous with something that is difficult to achieve.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-24 |title=大学･学部別｢難易度ランキング｣トップ30 |url=https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/26876 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=東洋経済オンライン |language=ja}}</ref> To apply, candidates must achieve high scores in the [[Common Test for University Admissions]], a standardised multiple-choice examination. UTokyo applicants are required to take at least seven subjects in this examination. Applicants for natural sciences take two mathematics tests, Japanese (which consists of modern language, classics, and Chinese classics), one foreign language, sciences (two from physics, chemistry, biology, and geology), and one social study subject chosen from geography, Japanese history, or world history. Humanities candidates take two social studies subjects and one science subject instead.<ref>{{Cite web |title=入学者選抜方法等の概要（学部） |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/admissions/adm-data/e01_02.html |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref>

Based on the scores from the Common Test, approximately three times the number of the final admission slots are invited to take the main examination in late February. Based on the idea that regardless of the field of specialisation, all students should have a solid understanding of mathematics and a good command of languages, mathematics, Japanese and one foreign language are compulsory for all applicants.<ref>{{Cite web |title=高等学校段階までの学習で身につけてほしいこと |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/admissions/undergraduate/e01_01_18.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref> For this examination, science candidates are tested in Advanced Mathematics, English, Japanese, and two science subjects. Humanities candidates take Mathematics, a foreign language, Advanced Japanese, and two social studies subjects (options are geography, Japanese history and world history). UTokyo is also known to be the only university that requires all applicants, including those who wish to study natural sciences, to take a non-multiple-choice Japanese and Chinese classics exam. Some applicants are called upon to take an interview.<ref>{{Cite web |title=一般選抜 |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/admissions/undergraduate/e01_02_01.html |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref>

Successful candidates are notified in March of the same year and are matriculated in April. The official acceptance rates for undergraduate degrees are relatively{{Compared to?|date=June 2024}} high, at around 30 per cent,<ref>{{Cite web |title=入学者数・志願者数 |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/about/overview/e08_01.html |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref> which is due to the policy of restricting the number of students who can sit for the exam based on the scores from the Common Test.<ref>{{Cite web |title=一般選抜 |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/admissions/undergraduate/e01_02_01.html |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Undergraduate admissions (domestic) |language=ja}}</ref> Additionally, Japan's university admission policy does not allow applicants to apply to multiple prestigious national universities,<ref>{{Cite web |title=国立大学の入試 {{!}} 国立大学協会 |url=https://www.janu.jp/univ/exam/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=www.janu.jp |language=ja}}</ref> hence non-prospective students tend to switch to other national universities where they are more likely to secure admission.