Japanese Category, Programme B

1. At least First-year Undergraduate student/At least First-year master’s student (excluding doctoral students). According to the year of study recorded in the Office of Academic Affairs system at the time of internal selection., 不得有曾於日本就學紀錄.
2. GPA should be higher than 2.80.
3. Japanese at least 2 level.
4. Not available to students in the Department of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, College of Bio-Resources & Agriculture, College of Life Science, College of Engineering.
5. Not available to students of Japan nationality..

General Category, Programme A

1. At least First-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., 。不得有曾於日本就學紀錄.
2. GPA should be higher than 2.80.
3. TOEFL iBT 79 (Do not accept Home Edition) or IELTS 6.0.
4. Not available to students in the Department of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, College of Bio-Resources & Agriculture, College of Life Science, College of Engineering.
5. Not available to students of Japan nationality..

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. The exchange admission process at this university is highly competitive, and past exchange students have been denied admission. Students who wish to apply for an exchange at this university must carefully verify that the university offers courses corresponding to their major.
   • Students can take regular courses that match their major field at their home institution only. (For example, science major students cannot take courses offered by Faculty of Business Management.)
3. For exchange information, please refer to the website, Fact Sheet, and the link. 
4. For course information, please refer to the website, Program A, and Program B.
   • Please note these courses are not necessarily available in the year of your participation.
5. Exchange program is available only on Higashi-Osaka campus. 
6. Please be aware that Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Humanity-Oriente Science and Engineering are not open for exchange students.
7. FACULTIES OFFERING COURSES TO EXCHANGE STUDENTS
   A= For Program A, courses in English
   B= For Program B, courses in Japanese-Faculty of Law（B）
   -Faculty of Economics（B）
   -Faculty of Business Administration（A/B）
   -Faculty of Science and Engineering（B）
   -Faculty of Architecture（B）
   -Faculty of Literature, Arts and Cultural Studies（A/B）
   -Faculty of Applied Sociology（B）
   -Faculty of International Studies（A/B）
   -Faculty of Informatics（B）
   -Global Education Center（A/B）
8. Please note that graduate students can participate in our program but can register only for undergraduate level courses.
9. Minimum academic workload for exchange students: 315 hours (45 hours/course x 7 courses
10. Students have to be the ones who need credit transfer from at least 7 of our courses per semester while on exchange. The number of credits earned from our exchange program has to be counted as a part of the total number of credits that students need for graduation.
11. In order to apply for our programs, please note all the following requirements need to be met:
    • Those who have never studied in Japan before.
    • Those who do not have Japanese nationality.
    • Those who will not graduate or complete their degree program at their home institution before the end of the Kindai University exchange program.
    • Students who do not currently take a leave of absent from their home institution
12. Exchange students are not allowed to participate in club activities at Kindai University. Because the club activities insurance which is mandatory for club members to purchase is not available for exchange students, and the club members also require serious commitment throughout the year, aiming for winning national/world championship, whereas exchange students' priority is study.

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 guaranteed. For more information, please refer to the website.

Insurance information：Program participants need to purchase both overseas travel insurance and Japanese National Health Insurance.