Japanese Category, JLCC Program/Undergraduate School and Graduate School

1. At least First-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.
4. Not available to students in the College of Medicine, College of Management, College of International College.

General Category, JTW Program/Undergraduate School and Graduate School

1. At least First-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. TOEFL iBT 79 (Accept Home Edition) or IELTS 6.0.
4. Not available to students in the College of Medicine, College of Management, College of International College.

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 the following details and the Brochure：
   • Japanese group：
     • Japanese Language and Culture Course(JLCC)
       • JLCC Course Period: October 1 – August 31 of the following year. Open only for one-year exchange students enrolling in the fall semester.
     •  Undergraduate School and Graduate School
   • General group：
     • Japan in Today‘s World (JTW)
     • Undergraduate School and Graduate School
3. Course information：Course information for each group 
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   • School of Letters
   • School of Law
   • School of Agriculture (Global 30 Program)
   • For language courses, please refer to this link.
4. Courses NOT Open to Exchange Students: Practical courses such as Medicine, Pharmacy, Dental Sciences are not open to exchange students. Courses offered by Kyushu University Business School (QBS) are open only to exchange students who are enrolled in QBS.
5. Master's or PhD students are NOT allowed to take undergraduate courses/subjects/units.
6. Exchange students must select courses to meet 14 credits or more each semester under Japanese Immigration Law. (More than 20 credits are not recommended.)
7. For information on living expenses, please refer to this link; for information on insurance, please refer to this link.
8. Scholarship Information：
   • JASSO Scholarship (Japan Student Services Organization) 
   • MEXT Scholarship (Japanese Government Scholarship)
     • Only JLCC applicants are eligible to apply.
9. National Health Insurance: All foreign nationals with a residence permit for a period exceeding 3 months who are students or who are not covered by an employer's social security plan (mutual aid, health insurance) are required to join National Health Insurance. 
10. Emergency Security Plan (ESP): Emergency Security Plan, which international students enrolled at Kyushu University are required to join, will provide assistance with various medical services. Please note, however, that ESP is not a health insurance, and does not substitute for or replace the National Health Insurance which international students enrolled with a residence card are also required to join.
11. Cost of Living (monthly average):
    • Housing and utilities: ¥15,000 - ¥50,000
    • Food: ¥30,000 (lunch at the school cafeteria runs about ¥400, and students typically prepare their own breakfast and dinner at dormitories)
    • Local transportation: ¥10,000 (individual spending habits may vary)
    • Books and supplies: ¥5,000 (instructors typically provide reading materials in class)
    • Health insurance: ¥2,000
    • Personal expenses: ¥20,000 (individual spending habits may vary)

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.