Kumamoto University
Center for Globalization

Kumamoto University's Short-Term Exchange Programs are designed for students who are enrolled full time at a university abroad and who have foreign citizenship. The programs offer undergraduate foreign students who are interested in the Japanese language, Japanese and Asian society and culture, advanced science and technology, and interactions with foreign students the chance to study abroad for up to a year in Japan while still retaining their full-time status at their home universities. The university also hopes that the programs will promote exchange between university students from foreign countries and Japanese university students.

As a general rule, this course is intended for students from universities that have an exchange agreement with Kumamoto University. Students in this course will take classes mainly in specialized subjects that are taught in English as well as classes in the Japanese language and in Japanese Studies.

This course is intended for students from universities that have an exchange agreement with Kumamoto University as well as special auditing students. Students in this course will take classes in specialized subjects that are taught in English or Japanese as well as classes in the Japanese language and in Japanese Studies.

Period of acceptance

Students are generally accepted for a term of one year that starts in either October or April of any given calendar year.