2017-2018 Contemporary Japan Program (CJP)
Eligibility
In order to attend Kwansei Gakuin University (KGU) as an exchange student, you must be enrolled at one of KGU's partner universities. See page 38 of the 2017-2018 of the Contemporary Japan Program (CJP) Brochure (found below) for a list of partner universities and consortiums as of January 2017.
* In addition to the list in the brochure, Trinity University (U.S.A) and Universidad EAFIT (Colombia) are our new partner universities.
All required original application documents must be sent to KGU through your home university's international office.
Application Deadlines
The following deadlines apply to both full year and semester study abroad applications.
Fall Semester 2017: April 15, 2017
Spring Semester 2018: November 15, 2017
Note: Students applying for scholarships through KGU (including the JASSO Scholarship) must submit all application documents including the scholarship application documents by the deadline.
Your official acceptance at KGU will be confirmed once you and your home university's international office receives your acceptance email. Emails will be sent out as follows.
For Fall applicants: around the end of May
For Spring applicants: around the end of January
2017-2018 Contemporary Japan Program Brochure
Before beginning the application process, please ensure that both you and your coordinator thoroughly and carefully read the 2017-2018 CJP brochure. Important information regarding Japanese language requirements, program schedules, track selection, course outlines etc., is included in this brochure.
2017-2018 Contemporary Japan Program Application Procedures
Step 1
To be Completed by the Student
1. Gather all of the necessary application forms.
2. Save a copy of all filled out documents to your hard drive.
3. Upload the required documents listed on the following link (Note: not all documents need to be uploaded digitally)
4. Print out a hard copy of all applicable documents on A4 paper and submit them to your exchange coordinator who will send them to KGU.
Step 2
To be completed by the Exchange Coordinator/Advisor of the Applying Student's Home University
1. Nominate students using the KGU online exchange student nomination form (a new link will be sent to exchange partners every semester when applications open).
2. Gather all the application documents from the nominated students.
3. Look through all of the students documents. Check each document and see to it that they have turned in and properly completed all required documents according to the rules and specifications on this website.
4. Complete the Scholarship Application Form if you will be nominating your students for a scholarship through KGU and make sure the students have turned in the necessary documents.
5. Write a nomination letter for all the students (this can be in the form of a single cover letter). Feel free to use the sample letter below.
6. Send all required documents when they are complete and the nomination letter together to the Center for International Education and Cooperation at:
If your student is having trouble gathering all the documents before the deadline, please contact the KGU Incoming Team (incoming@kwansei.ac.jp).
Address
Amina DANTE
Incoming Exchange Coordinator
Center for International Education and Cooperation
Kwansei Gakuin University
1-155 Uegahara Ichibancho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 662-8501, Japan
Tel: +81-798-51-0952
For more information please click "Further Official Information" below.
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