Overseas University Advancement Support Program (ATOP)

ATOP ~ Across the Ocean Program is a program that supports high school students who wish to enter overseas universities under the policy of developing human resources who can play an active role in global society. Select 20 high school students from the first year of high school who wish to enter an overseas university from a municipal high school, combine regular courses at the base school (Minami High School) and study at the enrolled school / home, and plan up to the third year of high school We aim to study systematically and continuously, and go to overseas universities. Students will learn about essays and discussion methods necessary to enter an overseas university while improving their English proficiency.

[ATOP Introduction Video]

In order to participate in ATOP, you must submit an entry sheet and receive a selection.

Those who apply to all three points below are eligible.

①Be a first-year student enrolled in Yokohama City High School.
②Have a willingness and willingness to continue to engage in school learning, base school training, English learning, and extracurricular activities with the aim of fostering a global mindset and realizing that career path for three years in high school.
③Have the basic English, academic, and action skills necessary to prepare for a global career path (selected based on English skills at the time of participating in the program and extracurricular activities at junior high school, etc.) 。

20 students in each grade

Only first-year students will be selected.
※It's an approximate schedule.

Oh Primary selection
Submit an entry sheet until mid-October (submit to your school)
Simultaneous Period　　　　　　Online English Test

Oh Secondary selection
around the middle of November　　　　Interview (face-to-face)
※Only those who have passed the document screening can proceed to the second screening.

If you pass the ATOP selection, you will participate in the program for three years in high school after the opening ceremony of the first year in December.
The details of the program are as follows.

・Regular course (set of English course (90 minutes) and self-expression course (90 minutes))
※Conducted about once a month on Saturday at the base school (Minami High School)
・Intensive training during spring break (1st and 2nd graders only)
・English group lessons by level (only for 2nd and 3rd grade students, about 4 times a month, online)
・Individual counseling, application guidance, etc.

3-year attendance schedule (PDF: 1,594KB)

Self-search course (PDF: 494KB)
TOEFL Course (PDF: 2,258KB)

United States
University of California Santa Barbara, State University of NY, Pennsylvania State University, Florida Institute of Technology, DePauw University, The College of Wooster, Lake forest College, Ohio Wesleyan University, Denison University, Santa Monica College

Canada
University of British Columbia, University of Toronto

Australia
University of Queensland, University of Melbourne, The Australia National University, Griffith University

Other universities
Italy, Hungary, China, etc.

※He has passed the JASSO (Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO)) Overseas Study Support Program (undergraduate degree acquisition type) and the Gluo Bankloft Fund.

2024 ATOP Leaflet (PDF: 1,192KB)

※This program is current as of FY2024. It is subject to change in the future.