Japanese Category, Kyoto University General Exchange (GE) Program

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 3.30.
3. Japanese at least 1 level.
4. Not available to students in the College of Medicine.

General Category, Kyoto University International Education Program (KUINEP)

1. At least Second-year Undergraduate student (undergraduate students only). 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 3.30.
3. TOEFL iBT 79 (Accept Home Edition) or IELTS 6.5.
4. Not available to students in the College of Medicine.

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)
3. Course information
   • Kyoto University General Exchange (GE) Program guidelines (taught in Japanese)
   • Kyoto University International Education Program (KUINEP) (taught in English)
   • For language courses, please refer to the website.
4. Faculty/Graduate School of Medicine do not accept exchange students.
5. Master's or PhD students are not allowed to take undergraduate courses/subjects/units.
   • Graduate students can take courses offered by Graduate Schools only. They cannot take those offered by Undergraduate Faculties.
6. Graduate students can concentrate on their research without coursework if they prefer. Graduate students cannot mix coursework and research. They have to choose either coursework style or research.
7. Minimum academic workload: 7 courses for undergraduates, 4 courses for graduate students.
8. Levels of KUINEP courses:
   • Although KUINEP students in principle can choose from every KUINEP courses regardless their year in Home University, we would like to remind you that, for proper choice of your students’ exchange destination, our KUINEP courses are mainly designed for 1st and 2nd year of the undergraduate students of the Japanese educational standards.
   • Approximately 65% of the courses are targeted at 1st and 2nd year students and the rest are targeted at every student (1st to 4th). For the details, please refer to the "Target year" column in our Course Catalogue.
9. Departmental Quota Limits
   • Due to capacity issues, Graduate School of Management will not be able to host more than two students per semester from each partner university from Spring 2024.
10. Insurance: Students have to buy Japanese National Health Insurance and Liability Insurance, totally around 30 US Dollars.
11. For scholarship information, please refer to this link; for living expense information, please refer to this link.

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.

Housing is not guaranteed. For more information, please refer to the website.
 

• One on-campus and six off-campus International Houses of Kyoto University, and other dormitories are offered for international students.
• Application period starts around three months before their arrival. Students should apply by themselves with their own preferences through online system. Monthly rent is around 100-400 US Dollars.
• There are one on-campus and five off-campus International Houses of Kyoto University and other dormitories offered for exchange students. However, they are not guaranteed and are subject to availability due to limited housing capacity. As of Fall 2023, 70% of the exchange students were allocated a dorm room on a lottery-basis. We would appreciate your kind understanding on this matter.