Japanese Category

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..
2. GPA should be higher than 2.50.
3. TOEFL iBT 79 (Do not accept Home Edition) or IELTS 6.0 or The General English Proficiency Test (High-Intermediate).
4. Japanese at least 2 level.

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 Brochure (Exchange Program Okayama, EPOK). For course information, please refer to this link and this link. For language courses, please refer to the website.
3. Provided that they meet the relevant academic background and course enrollment requirements, exchange students may enroll in courses across different disciplines.
4. EPOK students are supposed to belong to Institute of Global Human Resource Development and NOT allowed to belong to other faculties or schools. While we may accept students from any department or faculty at your university, the courses available to them are primarily limited to those listed in the EPOK Course Catalog. *EPOK Course Catalog (2026 April – 2027 February) will be posted on the above website around February 2026
5. Minimum Workload: 10 hours per week (5 OU credits per semester)
6. Candidates from non-English speaking countries must provide a copy of a document that demonstrates a good command of the English language. 
7. For life cost information, please refer to the website.
8. For insurance information, please refer to the website.

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.