Japanese Category

1. At least Second-year Undergraduate student/First-year master’s student/First-year doctoral student. According to the year of study recorded in the Office of Academic Affairs system at the time of internal selection..
2. GPA should be higher than 3.70.
3. Japanese at least 1 level.

1. The language requirements listed are the minimum standards. Applicants are advised to look into specific departments and courses to ensure they meet all prerequisites and additional language criteria. The host institution reserves the right to deny admission if no suitable departments or courses are available.
2. For exchange information, please refer to the website. and Fact Sheet (For reference only). For course information, please refer to the website. For language courses, please refer to the website.
3. The following types of courses offered by the Faculty of Oceanology, the Faculty of Maritime Sciences and the Graduate School of Maritime Sciences are NOT open to exchange students:
   • Experiment
   • Practicum
   • Tutorial
   • All classes for 1st year undergraduate students
4. The following Faculties/Schools do NOT accept undergraduate exchange students:
   • Faculty of Intercultural Studies: The Faculty of Intercultural Studies and Faculty of Human Development were integrated into the Faculty of Global Human Sciences in 2017.
   • Faculty of Human Development: The Faculty of Intercultural Studies and Faculty of Human Development were integrated into the Faculty of Global Human Sciences in 2017.
   • Faculty of Maritime Sciences: The Faculty of Oceanology was established as the successor to the Faculty of Maritime Sciences in 2021 and now accepts undergraduate exchange students.
   • School of Medicine
5. Courses NOT open to exchange students:
   • Courses offered by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
   • Courses for Teaching Credentials
   • Courses offered by the Faculty of Intercultural Studies
   • Courses offered by the Faculty of Human Development
6. Students must possess sufficient Japanese-language ability to understand classes and engage in academic research in Japanese (the equivalent of JLPT N1 is recommended). 
7. All international students including exchange students must take at least 10 lesson hours (equivalent to 6-7 courses/classes) per week in accordance with immigration law.
8. Students who apply for the Graduate School of Maritime Science are required to obtain approval from a professor in your chosen academic field before the application.
9. Master's or PhD students are NOT allowed to take undergraduate courses/subjects/units. Master/PhD students should search for an academic supervisor, research group or specific field of study prior to application and mention them in the application form.
10. All students belong to one of the faculties or graduate schools at Kobe University. Students should choose their preferred faculty/graduate school which is close to their major.
11. Kobe University has implemented the Measles and Rubella Registration Policy. Learn more here.
12. Students don't need to submit English proficiency test except School/Graduate School of Business Administration.
13. For life cost information, please refer to the website.
14. For insurance information, please refer to the website.

1. Exchange students who have been selected and granted institutional nomination by the university must submit their exchange admission application to the host university in accordance with the language requirement under which they were admitted (JLPT, IELTS, or TOEFL iBT).
   For example, students who obtained exchange eligibility based on JLPT results must apply to the host university’s regular exchange student program (i.e., courses taught in Japanese). Students who obtained exchange eligibility based on IELTS or TOEFL iBT results must apply to the host university’s English-taught exchange student program (usually English-taught courses offered by international or global studies faculties specifically for international students).
2. Exchange students who have been selected and nominated by the university may not request changes to the admission conditions after receiving admission approval from the host university, nor may they request to reapply under a different set of conditions if their exchange application is rejected by the host university (including, but not limited to, changing from a Japanese-taught program to an English-taught program). Any such cases will result in immediate cancellation of exchange eligibility and will be subject to penalties and fines.
3. If the host university offers two or more exchange student programs in different languages, the exchange quotas are calculated separately. Applications for exchange admission under different language requirements are also reviewed by different committees at the host university.