Entrance Exam

Past Examination Booklets

The written examination problems for the last five years are uploaded below (common to master/doctor course). For reasons of copyright law, some parts cannot be placed on the WWW. The original booklets can be viewed at the reception room of the department during business hours.
• 2017: Fundamental (PDF) | Individual Fields (PDF)
• 2018: Fundamental (PDF) | Individual Fields (PDF)
• 2019: Fundamental (PDF) | Individual Fields (PDF)
• 2020: Fundamental (PDF) | Individual Fields (PDF)
• 2021: Fundamental Q1 (PDF)| Fundamental Q2 (PDF) | Individual Fields Q1 (PDF)| Individual Fields Q2 (PDF)
Note that following arrangements were made in 2021 Entrance Examination which was affected by the pandemic of COVID-19.
• For Individual Fields, applicants answered questions which he/she selected upon application to the Entrance Examination.
• For Question 2 in Individual Fields, answering time (20, 30, or 40 min) and the methods to answer (by MS-Word file or by hand-writing) depended on each subject.

Past Examination Results

Master Course
Fiscal Year Quota
Applied Attended Passed
UT Other Total UT Other Total UT Other Total
2001 32 32 107 139 16 27 43
2002 32 25(0) 111(13) 136(13) 24(0) 98(12) 122(12) 19(0) 27(4) 46(4)
2003 32 29(0) 85(5) 114(5) 19(0) 77(5) 96(5) 11(0) 32(1) 43(1)
2004 32 30(0) 99(3) 129(3) 28(0) 90(3) 118(3) 17(0) 27(1) 44(1)
2005 32 39(0) 81(4) 120(4) 36(0) 72(3) 108(3) 22(0) 29(2) 51(2)
2006 32 41(1) 99(8) 140(9) 32(1) 88(6) 120(7) 22(1) 34(6) 56(7)
2007 32 26(1) 89(8) 115(9) 23(1) 85(8) 108(9) 18(0) 41(4) 59(4)
2008 32 16(0) 71(8) 87(8) 16(0) 65(7) 81(7) 13(0) 43(5) 56(5)
2009 32 16(0) 111(12) 127(12) 15(0) 92(11) 107(11) 14(0) 45(5) 59(5)
2010 32 23(1) 115(8) 138(9) 21(1) 100(8) 121(9) 18(1) 39(2) 57(3)
2011 32 35(1) 114(4) 149(5) 30(1) 100(4) 130(5) 20(1) 38(3) 58(4)
2012 32 41(1) 91(7) 132(8) 33(1) 74(7) 107(8) 30(1) 26(1) 56(2)
2013 32 26(0) 74(10) 100(10) 21(0) 61(10) 82(10) 21(0) 31(4) 52(4)
2014 32 18(0) 54(6) 72(6) 16(0) 49(4) 65(4) 15(0) 33(1) 48(1)
2015 32 23(0) 36(4) 59(4) 20(0) 33(4) 53(4) 19(0) 25(3) 44(3)
2016 32 31(1) 53(12) 84(13) 28(1) 49(13) 77(12) 23(1) 31(6) 54(7)
2017 32 17(0) 83(17) 100(17) 15(0) 76(15) 91(15) 13(0) 38(5) 51(5)
2018 32 23(1) 69(22) 92(23) 22(1) 55(18) 77(19) 20(1) 27(8) 47(9)
2019 32 22(0) 67(28) 89(28) 18(0) 56(25) 74(25) 17(0) 29(11) 46(11)
2020 32 20(0) 84(41) 104(41) 18(0) 76(37) 94(37) 15(0) 37(18) 52(18)
2021 32 22(2) 118(71) 140(73) 21(2) 104(61) 126(63) 19(1) 42(25) 61(26)

Doctor Course
Fiscal Year Quota
Applied Attended Passed
UT Other Total UT Other Total UT Other Total
2001 14 11 8 19 7 4 11
2002 14 17(2) 6(1) 23(3) 17(2) 6(1) 23(3) 10(1) 1(0) 11(1)
2003 14 15(1) 5(3) 20(4) 14(1) 5(3) 19(4) 13(1) 1(0) 14(1)
2004 14 14(2) 10(4) 24(6) 14(2) 10(4) 24(6) 12(1) 6(2) 18(3)
2005 14 12(2) 8(2) 20(4) 10(1) 8(2) 18(3) 8(1) 4(2) 12(3)
2006 14 9(0) 2(0) 11(0) 9(0) 2(0) 11(0) 5(0) 2(0) 7(0)
2007 14 9(1) 6(2) 15(3) 9(1) 6(2) 15(3) 8(1) 4(2) 12(3)
2008 14 8(1) 6(1) 14(2) 8(1) 5(1) 13(2) 7(1) 3(0) 10(1)
2009 14 3(0) 6(2) 9(2) 3(0) 6(2) 9(2) 1(0) 4(2) 5(2)
2010 14 5(1) 5(4) 10(5) 5(1) 5(4) 10(5) 5(1) 4(4) 9(5)
2011 14 9(4) 3(3) 12(7) 8(4) 3(3) 11(7) 6(4) 3(3) 9(7)
2012 14 10(1) 8(3) 18(4) 17(2) 10(1) 7(3) 6(1) 5(2) 11(3)
2013 14 5(0) 3(0) 8(0) 5(0) 3(0) 8(0) 3(0) 3(0) 6(0)
2014 14 5(0) 3(0) 8(0) 5(0) 3(0) 8(0) 3(0) 3(0) 6(0)
2015 14 5(0) 4(2) 9(2) 5(0) 3(2) 8(0) 5(0) 3(2) 8(0)
2016 14 4(0) 8(2) 12(2) 4(0) 8(2) 12(2) 3(0) 2(0) 5(0)
2019 14 6(3) 9(7) 15(10) 6(3) 9(7) 15(10) 4(3) 9(7) 13(10)
2020 14 4(1) 10(8) 14(9) 4(1) 10(8) 14(9) 4(1) 6(5) 10(6)
2021 14 7(4) 10(4) 17(8) 7(4) 10(4) 17(8) 6(3) 5(2) 11(5)


The numbers in parentheses are for the applicants with overseas education.
The numbers before 2006 are for the Course of SCES.