Academics
Exchange Students
Based on the exchange agreements, we accept short-term exchange students from our partner institutions all over the world.
Requirement
- ?Applicants must be enrolled as a regular student at a partner university and the graduation must be after the end of this program at University of Tsukuba.
- ?The college, school, or program applicants wish to pursue at University of Tsukuba must be within the scope of the student exchange agreement.
- ?Applicants must be nominated by their home
university.
List of Overseas Partner Universities - * For those who would like to apply from outside exchange agreements (including students of non-partner universities), please contact us in advance.
Student Status
Exchange Students(Tokubetsu Chokogakusei)
Exchange students (Tokubetsu Chokogakusei) are undergraduate students or graduate students from other universities who wish to attend courses at the University of Tsukuba. Their admission is granted upon mutual consultation between the two universities. Exchange students can earn credits if they pass the required examinations, and credit transfer is also available depending on the system at their home universities. Exchange students should confirm the credit transfer arrangements with the International Office at their home universities before applying for the exchange programs at the University of Tsukuba.
Exchange Research Students (Tokubetsu Kenkyugakusei)
Exchange research students (Tokubetsu Kenkyugakusei) are students of other universities, with which the University of Tsukuba has agreements, who are receiving guidance from supervisors at the graduate level at the University of Tsukuba.
Program Outline
| Exchange Student | Exchange
Research Student (Graduate students only) |
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| Purpose of study | ?To attend classes and earn credits. ?Possible to earn credits for courses taken at the University of Tsukuba. * Class attendance for more than 600 minutes(8 periods) per week is required. |
?To conduct research under the guidance of
Tsukuba's academic advisor. ?Not possible to earn credits. * Research activity for more than 600 minutes per week is required. |
| Period | One or two semesters from April or October * One semester consists of A, B and C module. Applicants can choose AB or ABC module as their study period. |
Within one year from any month |
| Affiliation? Academic Advisor |
(Undergraduate) School/College * College of Japanese Language and Culture：JLPT N2 or N1 is required (Graduate) Degree Program ※Program in Service Engineering : JLPT N1 is required. |
Find desired academic advisors at the University
of Tsukuba. (Prior informal consent is not
necessary for partner university students.) TRIOS Please sort and search by affiliation or research field. |
| Course Information | Please refer here for course search. Information for Searching Courses (Kdb) AB module：Courses offered in the C module are not available. ABC module：Courses offered in the C module must be taken. |
Only Japanese Language courses offered by CEGLOC
can be taken (no credit given) Auditing may be possible with the approval of the class instructor. |
| Scholarship | JASSO scholarship is the only financial support that we can offer to applicants. Students may apply for the scholarship when applying to this program. However, only a hadful of students are eligible for the scholarship. We recommend considering financial support provided by home univerisities or countries when self-payment of living expenses is difficult. | |
| Notes | ?Exchange student is unable to
choose Degree
Program in Business Sciences / Law School
Program / MBA Program in International Business.
Also, the courses offered by these degree
programs are unable to be taken. ?Undergraduate students are unable to take courses for graduate students offered by Degree Programs. Graduate students are unable to take courses for undergraduate students offered by School/College. |
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| Reasonable accommodation | If you need reasonable accommodation
for your study, please contact us with the
prescribed form through the coordinator
during
the nomination period. Applicants will not be disadvantaged in the reviewing process by this. Before applying, you may inquire about support in advance through the consultation service. Consultation Desk | University of Tsukuba BHE - Bureau of Human Empowerment Promotion |
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Application Outline
Please visit the program page to find application information