Japanese Category, Japanese Language Track

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..
2. Japanese at least 1 level.

General Category, Japanese Language Track/Modern Japan Track

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

Japanese Category
1 student for 1 semester.
(Limited to 1 exchange student for the 2nd semester)
General Category
1 student for 1 semester.
(Limited to 1 exchange student for the 2nd semester)

Fall Semester: Late September - Late January
Spring Semester: Mid-March - Early August

✔️ Refer to here for the academic calendar.

Students must register as a full-time student at NTU and are liable for tuition fees at NTU while overseas. Students do not have to pay tuition fees to the host university, but remain liable for miscellaneous, accommodation, living, insurance, transportation and other personal fees.

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, KGU Exchange Program Fact Sheet (For reference only), and the Brochure.
3. For course information, please refer to the website. 
4. Master's students are NOT allowed to take undergraduate courses/subjects/units.
5. Workload: Exchange students are required to take more than 7 KGU credits per semester
6. Estimated cost of Living
7. Insurance: Every Japanese citizen and foreign national residing over three months in Japan is required to enroll in the National Health Insurance system, and voluntary withdrawal is not permitted.
8. KGU-Sponsored Scholarships: Exchange students can apply for a scholarship through KGU along with their application to KGU. Applicants will be informed if they will receive the scholarship roughly a week before arriving in Japan. However, there are circumstances in which students may not be informed until after their arrival in Japan. Note: Please be informed that the number of available scholarships has decreased over the last several years, and that applicants should not expect to receive a scholarship. All students must plan for financing their exchange without the help of this scholarship.

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 not guaranteed. For more information, please refer to the website.

Beginning with the Spring Semester 2024 intake, all nominated students will be eligible to apply for KGU-arranged accommodation. While KGU cannot at this time guarantee that all nominated students who apply for KGU-arranged accommodation will receive a housing placement, the KGU Residence Center will make every effort to accommodate as many students as possible.