Sophia University - Exchange
City: Tokyo Country: Japan
Overview
What Sophia has to offer:
- One of the leading Japanese universities; known to be a pioneer in international education
- Student to teacher ratios are less than 20:1
- Has a wide variety of academic disciplines; with 27 departments in 8 faculties
- Has over 300 student groups
- Aims to be a campus without harassment; it prohibits any act of harassment and ensures that education, research, studies, student life and work are conducted in a fair and safe environment
- Located in Tokyo - the Imperial Palace, the Parliament, the State Guest House, and the National Diet Library as well as an array of offices of multinational enterprises are all within easy walking distance of the university
- George Takei, the actor best known for his role as Mr. Sulu in the TV series, Star Trek, is an alumnus of Sophia!
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Yuichi Kurimoto Award for Japan Business Students: Bachelor of Commerce students may be eligible for a fully funded experience. Award value will be dependent on the length of the program and program costs.
When Can I Go?
Terms Offered: Fall, Winter, Full Year
Term Dates:
Fall term equivalent: September - February
Winter term equivalent: April - August
Eligibility Requirements
Open to: All Faculties
Level: Undergraduate, Graduate
Students require a minimum GPA of 3.0 (cumulative) to be eligible for this exchange.
See Eligibility.
Course Information
Language of Instruction: English, Japanese
Field of Study: All
FLA (Faculty of Liberal Arts) core courses (Basic Skills, Academic English Skills, English Composition, Public Speaking, Thinking Process), FST laboratory classes, GPGS compulsory courses, Language courses (except Japanese) and Studies in Christian Humanism courses are NOT open to exchange students. All courses in Sophia's FLA and their Green Science and Green Engineering programs in the Faculty of Science and Technology are offered in English.
Sophia University Course Information
Sophia University Credit Information
Housing
Sophia University Accommodation
Program Contact
University of Alberta International, Education Abroad
Funding Opportunities
Students receive on average between $1,400-$2,000 in funding.
Over 80% of students who apply get funding.