1. The applicant submits the required documents including the essays.

2. The applicant will be first evaluated on the basis of the submitted documents together with the essays. Decisions are made only on completed applications.

3. Successful candidates of the preliminary screening will be given an interview by telephone at the university's expense.

4. A face-to-face interview will be arranged between the successful applicant of the telephone interview and a TCU representative. A written exam will be conducted along with the interview. If the candidate is in the Tokyo area, he/she will be asked to come to TCU's campus. For most students outside of Japan, a TCU representative will travel to the candidate's location if possible.

1. The probability that the student will in the future make a significant contribution to the church either as an ordained minister or as a layperson.

2. Academic ability, including the skills of reading, analyzing, synthesizing, original thinking, and the clear expression of the student's ideas both in writing and in speaking.

3. English ability, and the ability to learn additional languages (Japanese and Greek).

4. Ability, flexibility, good humor, and patience to live in a cross-cultural situation for four years.

5. TCU wishes to create through ACTS- ES an international community with representatives from various cultures and countries in Asia and the world. To some extent, students will be selected in an effort to maintain that diversity.

"College Student" visas are required. TCU assists international students in the processing of documents required by Japanese Immigration.