GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY, TOKYO JAPANFact Sheet
2025-2026 Academic YearAs of July 2024
WebsiteJapanese: https://www.univ.gakushuin.ac.jp/
English: https://www.univ.gakushuin.ac.jp/en/

Website forExchange
Students

https://www.univ.gakushuin.ac.jp/global/prospective/frompartneruniversities.html
https://www.univ.gakushuin.ac.jp/en/global/exchange/<Undergraduate Level>-Faculty of Law-Faculty of Economics-Faculty of Letters-Faculty of Science-Faculty of International Social Sciences

Areas of Study*Some partner
universities may haveagreements withspecific faculties only

*If you wish to apply for the Faculty of International Social Sciences, you are required to be
majoring in social sciences including, but not limited to, Law, Economics, Business,Sociology, and Area Studies at your home university.

<Postgraduate Level>-Graduate School of Law-Graduate School of Political Studies-Graduate School of Economics-Graduate School of Management-Graduate School of Humanities-Graduate School of Science
1st semester: April - July (Aug-Mid Sep: Summer Vacation)
2nd semester: September - January(Feb-Mar: Spring Vacation )Academic Calendar for 2024-2025

Academic YearThe exchange period starts in either April or September.
First semester: April-August
Second semester: September-March of the following year.
Lengths of courses are set for either a full year (April to January) or a semester (thefirst semester is April to July and the second semester is September to January).
A full year courses can also be enrolled in from September.
Course List (in Japanese)

Course List

*For the Course list given in English offered by the Faculty of International Social Sciences, click here.
*The International Centre opens the following new four courses given in English in 2024-2025.
-Japan Studies I: Politics and Public Policy-Japan Studies II: Japan and the World-Japan Studies III: Contemporary Japan and Society-Japan Studies IV: Art, Culture and Communication

1Regarding Japanese language ability, successful candidates must satisfy either of thefollowing requirements in principle
1) have studied Japanese for 2 years or more before coming to Gakushuin2) have passed the Japanese Language Proficiency Test(JLPT) LevelN4 or tohave the equivalent ability

Language
Requirement*We supplements its Exchange Programme with a Japanese Language Preparatory
Course (JLPC) for prospective exchange students from the U.S and Europe whose home
universities offer no Japanese classes or who have not reached the Japanese proficiency
level we require for exchange students. Please contact us for the details.
* Students applying to the Faculty of International Social Sciences must also meet either ofthe following requirements in addition to above Japanese language ability.
1) be native speakers of English
2) enrolled in a partner university where English is the major language of instruction3) have the proficiency equivalent to 80 on the TOEFL iBT or 6.0 on the IELTS

Check List for
applicationmaterials

Nomination
Deadlines
Application
Deadlines

Accommodation

FinancialSupport

School Support
Events forExchange
StudentsContactInformation-Application Form
-Japanese Language Proficiency Form
-Health Certificate-Certificate of the Applicants’ student status at home university-English Language Proficiency Form (if applicable)-passport-sized photo data-a photocopy of the “Japanese Language Proficiency Test” certificate (if applicable)-An official transcript of the applicant’s home university-a letter of recommendation from the Dean or an academic supervisor at your homefaculty-a photocopy of the your passport-APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY（for applicant, part1-3）* Click here for the guidelines and forms.
15th October 2024 for April 2025 Admission（28th February 2025 for September 2025 Admission）
31st October 2024 for April 2025 Admission（15th March 2025 for September 2025 Admission）
We shall assist in securing exchange students’ accommodation and may offer
accommodation grants of up to 50,000 yen / 1 month (see “ Financial Support”)
However, please note that we may not be able to secure it due to availability.
If a student do not wish to stay at accommodations provided by Gakushuin, he/she isresponsible for making his/her own arrangements. In this case, we may not offer
accommodation grants.
Please see the attached file for the details of theaccommodation we offer.
Gakushuin University Exchange Student Scholarship
Gakushuin University may offer “Exchange Student Scholarship” (Up to 120,000
Japanese yen / year in principle) to those with an outstanding academic record basedon a transcript from the previous academic year.
Gakushuin University Exchange Student Accommodation Grants
We may offer accommodation grants of up to 50,000 yen/month (25,000 yen for half amonth) to those who stay at the dormitory provided by Gakushuin.
Academic Advisors
Buddy System
Japanese Language SA Lessons
Traditional Japanese Arts Study Trip
One-day Coach Tour
Short-term Homestay ProgrammeInternational Centre, Gakushuin University
1-5-1 Mejiro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8588 JAPANE-mail: guic-off@gakushuin.ac.jp2