Student Exchange Program with Partner Universities

Exchange Programs with Partner Universities - Students from overseas universities

Tohoku University has an extensive range of Student Exchange Programs with universities throughout the world.

The exchange programs allow you to complete a semester or two of your degree at Tohoku University.Most programs are open to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Depending on your home University's grading requirements, you may also be able to have the results obtained at Tohoku University credited towards your degree back home.

1. Junior Year Program in English (JYPE)

The main purpose of this program is to offer an opportunity for you to take science, engineering, and agriculture courses at Tohoku University, without having to attain the Japanese language proficiency that would be necessary to take the same courses in Japanese. All lectures are given in English and course credit will be given by the standards for the equivalent courses offered in Japanese.

We recommend that you take two semesters (one-year), because some classes are designed for a whole year. However, a few students can be admitted for a single semester(6 months).

Further information is available here:https://www.cefix.insc.tohoku.ac.jp/ASEP/JYPE/index.html

2. Direct Enrollment Education Programs (DEEP)

Special Auditing Student

You can take regular courses where the lectures are mostly given in Japanese. You are required to provide evidence of proficiency in Japanese such as Japanese Proficiency Test Level 1 or certification of Japanese proficiency by your home university. The certificate(s) should be submitted at the time of the application.

Special Research Student

You can do research activities under the supervision of an academic advisor at Tohoku University. You are not always required to provide evidence of proficiency in Japanese. If your academic advisor would agree to supervise in another language you want, you would not be required to show you proficiency in Japanese.

You can find academic research staff and courses at Tohoku University here:http://db.tohoku.ac.jp/whois/TunvTopE.html

3. Advanced Short-term Exchange Programs (ASTEP: ICI ECP/COLABS)

https://www.cefix.insc.tohoku.ac.jp/ASEP/index.html

Tohoku University has various kinds of Advanced Short-term Exchange Programs　for students from overseas partner universities throughout the world, which are graduate-level and research-oriented with its center on the course of Individual Research Training in Lab (IRTLab) at Tohoku University. Though the short-term exchange international students are not degree candidates at Tohoku University, through the IRTLab course a similar experience is offered by special arrangements.

3-1. Industrialised Countries Instrument Education Cooperation Programme　(ICI ECP), “INTERFACES”, at Tohoku University

https://www.cefix.insc.tohoku.ac.jp/ASEP/ICIECP/index.html

Four universities in Europe (University of Groningen in the Netherlands, Uppsala University in Sweden, Ruhr-University Bochum and Heidelberg University in Germany) and three universities in Japan (Osaka University, Kyoto University and Tohoku University) constitute a partnership to enhance student and staff mobility. Students are in natural sciences at Master level or at undergraduate in their home University. The main purpose of this program is to offer the best education possible to exchange students staying for one semester (about 6 months) in Europe or in Japan in order to stimulate student mobility between EU and Japan.

3-2. 工業化諸国との教育協力プログラム(ICI ECP)：「自然科学高等大学生教育におけるEU-Japan国際交流プログラム（INTERFACES）」

https://www.cefix.insc.tohoku.ac.jp/ASEP/ICIECP_J/index.html

Further information on ICI ECP for Japanese students is available here. 「工業化諸国との教育協力プログラム(ICI ECP)」は、EU側のパートナー大学（オランダのグローニンゲン大学、スウェーデンのウプサラ大学、ドイツのボーフム大学及びハイデルベルグ大学）及び日本側のパートナー大学（大阪大学、京都大学、東北大学）が2008年10月にEU及び独立行政法人日本学生支援機構（JASSO）によって採択された「自然科学高等学生教育におけるEU-Japan国際交流プログラム (INTERFACES)」の学生交流プロジェクトである。このプログラムを通して、ヨーロッパと日本の間の相互理解を深め、日本とヨーロッパ間の学生交流・学術交流をより一層発展させ、国際的で、多角的な視野をもって専門分野で活躍する学生の育成を目指す。なお、このプログラムは、修士レベルの研究指向の高いプログラムであり、英語で行われるものです。

3-3. Tohoku University Cooperative Laboratory Study Program (COLABS)

https://www.cefix.insc.tohoku.ac.jp/ASEP/COLABS/index.html

Cooperative Laboratory Study Program (COLABS) is a program designed to nurture creative capability in students for research in science and engineering, and/or interdisciplinary fields, and to increase their abilities to expand their activity into new science and engineering fields, by offering scientific research training in the assigned research laboratory as well as basic science, engineering and their related courses taught in English. The scientific research training of Individual Research Training in Lab (IRTLab) will be conducted with the support of the faculty and research group members, through experiments, calculations, theorizations and their related activities to acquire basic research-related knowledge and techniques. It is specifically for challenging and research-oriented international students in science, engineering and their related field at Master level in their home University, which must have a formal student exchange agreement with Tohoku University. The exchanging duration should be one semester or one year (less than 12 months).

How do I apply to be an exchange student at Tohoku University?

If you are studying overseas at one of Tohoku Unversity's partner universities, you can contact your Exchange Program Coordinator for infomation about applying to Tohoku University as an exchange student. The Coordnator will be able to give you information about our selection criteria and will be available to assist you through the application and selection processes.

Your application must be submittd through the Exchange Program Coordinator at your home institution. You cannot make apply directly Tohoku University.

Eligibility requirements

To be considered for the Student Exchange program for one semester or one year of study at Tohoku University, you must:

• * be an undergraduate or postgraduate student at your home unversity after completeing the exchange program.
• * have completed at least one year of study towards a degree at a recognized institution in your home country and be continuing towards the degree of your home institution.
• * have a good grade average.
• * have financial support of 80,000 yen per month during your stay in Japan.

Note:Every applicant for exchange programs can apply for the scholarship awarded by the Japanese Student Services Organization. But, the scholarship is highly competitive.

Closing dates for applications

Applcations must be recieved by:

• 10 March (for two semesters from October to September or one semester from October to March)
• 10 December (for one semester from April to September)

The application form and materials to be attached

Junior Year Program in English(JYPE)applicants

1. The application for Junior Year Program in English (JYPE)
   
2. Statement of Purpose / Study Plan (one page of A4 size, please be specific)
3. Official Academic Transcript
4. Letter of recommendation by your advising professor
5. Certificate of Enrollment at your home university
6. Certificate of Health
7. Application for Certificate of Eligibility (CoE)
8. A photocopy of the applicant's Passport (identification page with applicant's photo and name
9. Four photographs (3cm×4cm) (Application, Application for CoE, Student ID, spare)
10. Application for JASSO scholarship(two forms)
11. Application for JENESYS scholarship(KOREAN applicants only)
12. A copy of certificate of language proficiency (if any)

For JYPE application, online application website is available at: https://cefix.insc.tohoku.ac.jp/

Direct Enrollment Education Programs (DEEP)applicants

Important note: Before you submit the application, please verify that your home institution has a current, university-level exchange agreement with Tohoku University. For the exchange by a department-level agreement, please consult with a coordinator at your home institution.

1. The application for Direct Enrollment Education Programs (DEEP)
   On-line application for exchange program 2011-2012(October Admission)is now available.
   Please start application at:
   https://www.cefix.insc.tohoku.ac.jp
2. Statement of Purpose / Study Plan (one page of A4 size, please be specific)
3. Official Academic Transcript
4. Letter of recommendation by your advising professor
5. Certificate of Enrollment at your home university
6. Certificate of Health
7. Application for Certificate of Eligibility (CoE)
8. A photocopy of the applicant's Passport (identification page with applicant's photo and name
9. Four photographs (3cm×4cm) (Application, Application for CoE, Student ID, spare)
10. Application for JASSO scholarship(two forms)
11. Application for JENESYS scholarship(KOREAN applicants only)
12. (Special Auditing Students) Photocopy of Score Report of Japanese language proficiency test (Level1) or a Certification of Japanese proficiendy by the applicant's home university.

We can not review your application if it is incomplete to be read.

Please note: Submitting application materials alone DOES NOT guarantee your admittance. Every application goes through a screening process, and our exchange prigrams are highly competive.

Also: Your Student Exchange application must be accompanied by an official letter of nomination from your home insitution. You will not be accepted under the Exchange Program unless your home institution has a current Exchange Agreement with Tohoku University.

JASSO Scholarship

Although you should basically bear the cost of living, you are eligible to apply for the following scholarship, which is awarded by the Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO). Student Exchange Support Program (Scholarship for Short-term Study in Japan) includes an allowance of 80,000 yen per month. The number of the JASSO Scholarship grantees is limited. Not all students admitted into an exchange program can receive the scholarship. Further information is available here:http://www.jasso.go.jp/scholarship/short_term_e.html

Notification of decision

We wil inform the Exchange Program Coordinator at your home institution of the final admission decision and the results of the screening for the JASSO Scholarship by the end of June.

Housing

We will apply for a room at the dormitories; Tohoku University Internaitonal House and University House Sanjo on your behalf.

• Tohoku University International House
• University House Sanjo

*Every applicant CANNOT choose the dorm. Room assignments will be made according to available space.

Where to send your application

Send your application to:

Student Exchange Division
Internationl Affairs Department
Tohoku University
Kawauchi 41 Aoba-ku Sendai Miyagi JAPAN 980-8576

Phone: +81-22-795-7820
Fax: +81-22-795-7826
E-mail: studyab@bureau.tohoku.ac.jp

Please make sure to submit the application material in full.