The Kobe University students, receiving scholarship from the Japanese government, municipal corporations, and private organizations to visit abroad to study as exchange students to the universities that have an exchange agreement and a compatible credit system with the Kobe University.
Students also visit other universities besides the affiliated universities.
Also there are students who go to study abroad on their own expenses. On the other hand, there are many foreign students enrolled at the Kobe University from the affiliated as well as non-affiliated universities. Also the International Student Center offers Japanese courses, along with an introduction to the Japanese culture and organizes observation tours and all kinds of events to support the foreign students.