Information for Exchange Program for Spring 2025
Shizuoka University, JapanCountryJapan

University

Shizuoka University (National University Corporation)

Campuses

Shizuoka Campus (Shizuoka-City) or Hamamatsu Campus (Hamamatsu-City)

WebsiteProgram Name

https://www.shizuoka.ac.jp/english/
https://www.suoic.shizuoka.ac.jp/english/international/exchange-student/International Exchange Program

A reasonable command of Japanese and/or English. (If you’d like to take a
Qualification

class/classes of your major, please be sure to check column ‘Academic Studies’
carefully.)

Academic Levels〇Undergraduate levels●Graduate (Master Course) levels〇For the Undergraduate level:
We have seven faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences, Education, Informatics,Science, Engineering, Agriculture, and Global Interdisciplinary Science andInnovation.

Faculties

Note: Shizuoka University will decide the faculty for successful applicant based on

his/her major and study plan, Japanese proficiency and the capacity of faculties andso on. We don’t accept any request for the change of faculty or campus.
●For the Graduate (Master Course) level:
We have three Graduate Schools of Humanities and Social Sciences, Education,Integrated Science and Technology.
Spring term：April 1st ～ September 30thTermsFall term：October 1st ～ March 31st
*Applicants can choose either one term (6 months) or two terms (1 year).
SUOIC (Shizuoka University Organization for International Collaboration) provides
Japanese language and culture classes for the international students from the
beginner’s level to the advanced level. The study plan will be confirmed after
consulting with his/her faculty advisor and academic advisor.

Japanese

Please refer to the information of Japanese Language Studies including some culture

Language Studies

classes, on the following website:
https://www.suoic.shizuoka.ac.jp/english/international/program/
SUOIC also provides various activities such as exchange activities with the local
people, home stay programs and get-togethers with Japanese students in order tosupport international students in adjusting smoothly to Japanese society.

〇At the Undergraduate level:

Most classes are given in Japanese. If an applicant would like to study his/her major
and to take these classes, the high command of Japanese must be required.
(We have some classes in English as General Education. However, these aren’t
specialized subjects, it’s very likely that these will not be approved as credit transfer
Academic Studies

to the exchange student’s home university.)●At the Graduate (Master Course) level:
The details will be offered at the orientation at the beginning of each term. (Thereare a few introductory courses given in English.)Some courses in Agriculture, Science, Engineering and Informatics may be offered inEnglish. All the courses in the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Education
are given in Japanese.
Obligation

Nomination

All exchange students are under obligation to take classes for more than 7 classes(10 hours) per week.
Applicant’s name and his/her desired term must be notified of us by October 1, 2024.
Accepted only through the partner university office via email.
Application documents and information must be emailed to us through our partner

Application

university office by October 10, 2024.
Application details will be provided only to the partner university office after thenomination.
Nao TAKI (Ms.)

Contact

International Affairs Section, Shizuoka University
836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka-shi, 422-8529, Japan

Transcripts

Official transcripts are available upon students’ request.

School Fees

Tuition is waived.
The monthly cost of living: Approx. 80,000JPY (Residence cost included)

Living Cost

Note: Applicants need to guarantee the above amount on Certificate of Deposit

Balance issued by bank. (Please make sure this when submitting the certificate.)
Scholarships

There is no information of available scholarship currently.
Shizuoka University offers the International Residence (dormitories).
Most exchange students stay in the International Residence, and they are given
priority to move into there, but we cannot guarantee a desired room type to all

Accommodationexchange students due to space limitations. International Residence application
forms will be sent after the notification of acceptance of exchange program.
Please see details about the information of the housing below.
https://www.suoic.shizuoka.ac.jp/english/international/dwelling/

Medical Coverage

Please check the website below.

Insurances

https://www.suoic.shizuoka.ac.jp/english/international/medical-insurance/

* Applicants who have only Japanese citizenship are not eligible to apply.
Notice* An applicant who will graduate from home university during the exchange program
will not be accepted.