Standards for Recognition of Equivalent Academic Ability for Junior College Admission Article 2
A person who meets one of the following eligibility criteria may register to take the entrance examination for admission to the first year of a two-year junior college program, on the basis of having an equivalent level of academic skills:(1) The person meets any one of the eligibility criteria set out in all the subparagraphs of Article 2, in Article 5, in Article 6, and in Article 9, Paragraph 2 of the Standards for Recognition of Equivalent Educational Levels for University Admission;(2) The person graduated from a general senior high school or after completing the academic courses of a vocational high school, or graduated from a specialized senior high school; and satisfies criteria set by the junior college in accordance with practical requirements regarding how many years earlier the person left school or how many years they have worked since then, and how many professional course hours, or what period of professional training they must have completed. However, this does not include any person who graduated from a vocational education division or department of a general senior high school, or from a vocational area program offered by a comprehensive senior high school.If a person who meets the admission eligibility criteria stipulated in Article 9, Paragraph 2 of the Standards for Recognition of Equivalent Educational Levels for University Admission referred to in the preceding paragraph is admitted to a two-year junior college program, the junior college shall increase the number of credits required for that student to graduate or extend the prescribed length of their program.