Japanese Category

1. Second-year Undergraduate student/Third-year Undergraduate student/At least First-year master’s student/At least 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 3.00.
3. Japanese at least 2 level.
4. Not available to students in the College of Medicine, College of Public Health.

General Category

1. Second-year Undergraduate student/Third-year Undergraduate student/At least First-year master’s student/At least 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 3.00.
3. TOEFL iBT 79 (Do not accept Home Edition) or IELTS 6.0.
4. Not available to students in the College of Medicine, College of Public Health.

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 student information, please refer to this link and this link; for course information, please refer to this link.
   • Short-term Exchange Programs at Kanazawa University (2024-2025) (KUEP)-Programs
   • Japanese Language & Culture Program 
     • Fall admission only, for a duration of one academic year.
3. Students who wish to select this university as a preferred exchange destination must carefully review the Guidelines for Application for Short-term Exchange Programs at Kanazawa University and ensure that they meet all program requirements, including field of study, year level, and language proficiency. Please note that the number of exchange students allowed in each program at the university is limited, so students should take this into careful consideration.
4. Please note that some students cannot be accepted when we have more applicants than the maximum number of students to be admitted in a program, and enrollment in the program does not guarantee that the student could receive the scholarship.
5. The subjects you can take may change depending on your language ability.
6. Kanazawa University Exchange Program (KUEP) Human and Social Sciences: Graduate students must get an agreement of acceptance from their desired supervisor before applying; Science and Engineering Sciences/Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences: Applicants must get an agreement of acceptance from their desired professor before applying.
7. Insurance: All international students at Kanazawa University are required to join the National Health Insurance program. It costs about 1,500 yen per month. This insurance covers around 70% of costs for medical care and hospitalization.
8. Health Care
9. Cost of Living: The monthly rent for an apartment (one bedroom with kitchenette, toilet and bath, unfurnished) in Kanazawa is from ¥40,000 to ¥60,000 and the deposit and (non-refundable) “key money” will be approximately ¥150,000 to ¥300,000.

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.