Nagoya University AY2026 Entrance Ceremony will be scheduled to be held as follows.
Date： Sunday, April 5, 2026
Location：Toyoda Auditorium, Nagoya University Higashiyama Campus
Students’ guests and other attendants and faculty and staff members may not enter the Toyoda Auditorium. Please see “Other notices” below for information on the waiting room for students’ relatives, etc.
Start time and target audience
| Ceremony | Start Time | Undergraduate/Graduate Schools |
| Undergraduate Entrance Ceremony (1) | 9:20 a.m. (enter by 9:05 a.m.) | School of Education, School of Informatics, School of Engineering, and School of Agricultural Sciences |
| Graduate School Entrance Ceremony | 10:50 a.m. (enter by 10:35 a.m.) | All Graduate Schools |
| Undergraduate Entrance Ceremony (2) | 12:10p.m. (enter by 11:55 a.m.) | School of Humanities, School of Law, School of Economics, School of Science, and School of Medicine |
・Start times are approximate. Depending on the progress of the ceremony, the start time of the next session may be delayed.
・Each session takes about 50 minutes.
Program
1. Opening Address
2. Address by the President of Nagoya University
3. Introduction of Chancellor, Vice Presidents and Deans
4. Oath by a Representative of New Students
5. Congratulatory address
6. Closing Address
Other notices
・Only new students may enter the Toyoda Auditorium.
・Inside the auditorium, students are asked to be seated without leaving the seat next to them empty. Please note that if the capacity of the auditorium is exceeded, participants will be asked to watch the live video in temporary seating in the Toyoda Auditorium building.
・The ceremony will be streamed live (or on-demand after the ceremony) so that you can watch it at home or other places. (The URL for the live streaming will be provided on this page before the ceremony begins.*)
・Students’ guests are not allowed to enter the Toyoda Auditorium.
Please use the waiting room for students’ relatives, etc. (Faculty of Economics Lecture Room, and IB Lecture Room). Please give priority to using the IB Lecture Room during the time of the graduate school entrance ceremony. The ceremony will be streamed live in the waiting room for students’ relatives, etc.
・People with a fever or other cold-like symptoms may not enter the Toyoda Auditorium.
・No cars, motorcycles, or other vehicles are allowed on the university campus. Please use public transportation. Please do not park in the parking lots of convenience stores, stores, etc. in the vicinity of the university.
・The ceremony will be conducted in Japanese.
If you have a disability or need assistance, please contact the following department in advance:
General Administration Division, Education & International Affairs Department, Nagoya University
Phone: +81-(0)52-789-2159
Internet video streaming
It will be posted here by the start of the ceremony.
Contact
General Administration Division, Education & International Affairs Department, Nagoya University
Phone: +81-(0)52-789-2159
