Undergraduate programs and graduate programs Please refer to the Appendix 1 and Appendix 3 . Please refer to the Appendix 5. The academic calendar at Keio University starts on April 1 and ends on March 31 of the following year. In general, the academic year is divided into two semesters. No transfer students are accepted at any of the undergraduate faculties or graduate schools of Keio University.
Admissions are open only for first year students.
Courses and Credits Japanese Language Program Students take 2 to 3 classes per day from Monday through Saturday, totaling to 13 classes per week. For each class, students meet for one period of 90 minutes per week for 15 weeks to earn one credit. Usually, undergraduate seminars meet twice a week and graduate seminars meet once a week for one period of 90 minutes. In general, obtaining a doctoral degree in 3 years is very difficult in Japan. For students in literature and the social sciences, this is particularly so even for Japanese students.