What Duolingo score do you need for Ritsumeikan University?

English tests must have been taken within the two-year period before the last date of the application period you apply in, and the score must be available during that period. The page does not give a Duolingo sending method; the Application Handbook covers how to submit documents.

The same page refuses several other test formats: TOEFL iBT Home Edition, TOEFL Essentials, TOEFL MyBest scores, IELTS Online, IELTS One Skill Retake and institutional tests such as the TOEIC IP Test.

For comparison, the same page asks IELTS Academic 6.5 for the JD Program, 6.0 for Global Studies and 5.5 for CRPS and ISSE, while GLA asks 6.5 with 6.0 in each component.

The page lists no conditional admission or pre-sessional route. Some applicants can skip the test instead: GLA waives it for citizens of listed English-speaking countries with recent English-medium senior secondary study and for IB Diploma holders taught in English, and the JD Program waives it for four years of English-medium high school study in listed curricula or countries with no ESL courses.

Requirements vary by programme and change between admissions cycles. The score that binds you is the one on your Ritsumeikan programme page and in your offer letter, so check it there before you book a test.