Exchange Program through IST

・Application Procedure

  1. Receive a permission to go study abroad from your supervising professor at IST.
  2. Take TOEFL iBT or IELTS. (B2 level or above)
  3. By the deadline set by the Graduate School of IST, please submit a PDF copy of your "Exchange Program Participation Plan" along with the complete application documents required by the school you plan to study at to the Office of International Relations (OIR), Grad. School of IST (see Application Deadlines below).
  4. OIR will nominate you to the university you plan to study at.
  5. Apply at the school you plan to study at by following their application instruction.
  6. Apply for Scholarship etc.
  7. Note:You are not allowed to take a "leave of absence" from the university.

Application Deadlines

・Partner Universities Student Exchange web site

・After you are accepted(after you receive your acceptance letter from the university you applied)

  1. Submit the Acceptance Letter to Office of International Relations.
  2. Apply for the visa and accomodation by following the accepted university's instruction
  3. Purchase overseas travel insurance "Futai Kaigaku"(Comprehensive Insurance for Students Lives Coupled with Gakkensai) (mandatory.)
  4. Purchase the OSSMA (Overseas Student Safety Management Assistance) service (optional)
  5. Fill out some forms at your department office for Study Abroad ("Request for Approval to Study Abroad" is mandatory. Please check the deadline for submission at your department office.)
  6. Register the "Tabi Reji (たびレジ)" (Japanese only) service by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (optional)

Up to 15 credits can be transfered to UTokyo. If you are interested in transferring some credits, please fill out those documents listed below. You can get the documents at your department office. (It is not guaranteed 100% for the credits to be accepted.)

  • "Credits Recongnition Application"
  • "Course Names and Credits Number Recongnition through Study Abroad"

・After you finish your Study Abroad (Must submit a Study Abroad Reoprt within one month of returning to Japan. No particular format but please include the following information. And please let us know if it is okay to disclose your name or not.)

    1. Name, department, name of the University you studied at, the study abroad period (Month, Day, Year ~ Month, Day, Year)
    2. Why you chose the University
    3. Detail of the application process (the specific period of the process from the day you started to think about the study abroad till you departed Japan. Please include the timeline of which month and year you did what etc. )
    4. About scholarship application if any
    5. About the application process of visa and accomodation
    6. Shool life (Your lab and classes. Please inlude some photos.)
    7. Private life (Weekends and holiday life. Please include some photos.)
    8. Some advise to those who are planning on applying study abroad. etc.

Related Link: "Program Offered by University"

Contact: Office of International Relations, Grad. School of IST <istoir.t[at]gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp>

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