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Please be sure to check our website  [https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/gr/exam/tokusetsu_e.html/](https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/gr/exam/tokusetsu_e.html/) .  \n-Due to unexpected circumstances, if the university determines that it is difficult to conduct the announcement of the entrance examination results on scheduled dates, alternative measures such as postponing those events may be taken. However, Ritsumeikan University shall bear no responsibility for any resulting inconvenience, expenses or other personal loss that applicants may incur in such events.  \nWhen unexpected circumstances occur, alternative measures will be announced on Entrance Examination website. So please check the website of the graduate school you are applying for.  \n-Different documents are required depending on the graduate school and the admission method you have chosen.  \n-Once you have submitted your application, you cannot change the graduate school, major and/or course that you have chosen.  \n-Application and acceptance into the graduate school will be revoked if any false information or forgeries are found in the submitted documents.  \n1. How to Apply / Application Process  \n（1）Overall Application Process  \nRitsumeikan University Graduate Schools use online application for some part. Online Application System is named as “Ritsu-Mate”. （Excluding some entrance examination）  \n①Check “Application Guidelines” and prepare the Required Documents  \n*Required Documents and Certificates differs depending on the Graduate School and Admission Methods. Please check the relevant “Application Guidelines”.  \n②Register “Ritsu-Mate” Account and Application  \n-Access “Ritsu-Mate” ▶ Register “Ritsu-Mate” Account ▶ Complete “Ritsu-Mate” Registration  \n*The application registration can be made from 10:00 AM (Japan time) of the first day of the application period.  \n③Pay Application Fee  \n-Credit Card, Convenience Store, PayPal, Alipay is available.  \n④Print out Application Sheet / Mailing Label  \n-After confirming your status of payment as “Complete”, please print out your application sheet and mailing label. If you send the documents from overseas, do not print the mailing label.  \n⑤Post Application Documents（Application Sheet, Application documents, Certificates）  \n-Follow the submission method specified in the Application Guidelines provided by each graduate school, and submit them.  \n⑵ Ritsu-Mate  \nOn the website, the application manual is available. Applicants must check the manual.  \n“Ritsu-Mate Manual”  [https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/applicants/manual/g_all_en.pdf](https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/applicants/manual/g_all_en.pdf)  \n*Periodic maintenance will be performed from 7:30 p.m. on every Wednesday to 5:30 a.m. (Japan time) of the following day. Please be aware that “Ritsu-Mate” is not available during this period.  \n⑶ Application Fee  \nThe application fee must be paid before taking the entrance examination. However, the application fee will be waived in the following cases.  \n①If you continue from the Master's Program or Professional Degree Program to the Doctoral Program at Ritsumeikan University or the third year of the university’s Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences of Ritsumeikan University.  \nThe term \"continued\" refers to the following cases (*even if the applicant is a prospective student at the time of application)  \ne.g., April 2023 admission: Completion in March 2023 or completion in September 2022  \nSeptember 2023 Admission: Completion in September 2023 or expected in September 2023  \n②If you are eligible for special measures for the application fee for those who affected by the disaster in areas where the Disaster Relief Act within Japan has been appli","cbCaimq2Y13QNmUn","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimq2Y13QNmUn","pdf",1575091,17,"English","# How to Apply / Application Process\n## Overall Application Process\n## Ritsu-Mate\n## Application Fee Payment","[{\"question\":\"How do applicants start the graduate school application process online?\",\"answer\":\"Applicants check the Application Guidelines, prepare the required documents, then register an account for “Ritsu-Mate” and complete registration. 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