Japanese Category

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. Japanese at least 2 level.

General Category

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. TOEFL iBT 79 (Do not accept Home Edition) or IELTS 6.0.

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 course information, please refer to the website. Refer to here for language courses. (page 18)
3. Before applying, please proactively confirm whether there are enough courses available for enrollment：Exchange students at Kansai University follow the "KUGF (Kansai University Global Frontier) Curriculum".
4. Provided that they meet the relevant academic background and course enrollment requirements, exchange students may take courses across different disciplines, and graduate students may enroll in undergraduate-level courses.
5. Students can learn a wide variety of subjects from general cultural subjects to specialist ones through these courses, held in the 13 faculties of Kansai University. These are studied in Japanese and students can expect an improvement in their level of Japanese proficiency as well as learning at a higher level of specialty.
6. Exchange students whose Japanese language ability is sufficiently high as proven on the Japanese language placement tests can enroll in undergraduate courses offered by each faculty.
7. Undergraduate exchange students must take at least the number of 7 classes per week. Graduate exchange student does not apply to this regulation.
8. For Master / PhD students: During the exchange period, students who wish to take practicums at a Graduate School of Kansai University will be accepted as a graduate exchange student only if the graduate school of their choice approves. Students who wish to take practicums at a graduate school must search for a professor suitable for their research theme using “the KANSAI UNIVERSITY System for Academic Information“ and submit a research plan (in either Japanese or English) at the time of application. Regarding acceptance at the graduate level, acceptance may be refused at the discretion of the professors due to inconsistency in research content. In that case, please note that students will be accepted as an undergraduate exchange student. *Graduate courses will not be opened if there are no regular students to take a course of a relevant graduate school.
9. Special supervisors are assigned to students who wish to perform graduate level research at Kansai University. These supervisors provide support for research activities.  Students who wish to undertake overseas study at the graduate school level must submit a research plan (in either Japanese or English), so please prepare this before submitting your application. In addition, please use the KANSAI UNIVERSITY system for academic information beforehand to search for a special supervisor suitable for your research theme. Graduate courses will not be opened if there are no regular students to take course of a relevant graduate school.
10. Estimated cost of living: The living expenses necessary to live a normal life in Osaka are around ¥100,000 per month, including dormitory fees. When coming to Japan, please establish a sufficient funding plan.
11. For information on scholarships, living expenses, and insurance, please refer to this link.

• Minami-Senri International Plaza International Students Dormitory is not open to exchange students.
• We might not be able to recruit for KU I-House depending on the availability.