Japan
General information
Japan is a very safe destination with excellent transport infrastructure. The health system is very good and corresponds to European norms. The cost of living equals or exceeds that in Switzerland.
Course planning
The following partner university faculties take part:
- external pageFaculty of Engineeringcall_made
- external pageGraduate School of Engineeringcall_made
- external pageGraduate School of Informaticscall_made
- external pageGraduate School of Energy Sciencecall_made
- external pageGraduate School of Global Environmental Studiescall_made
Kyoto University on courses in English
"We have some lectures and some special programs conducted entirely in English. You can take classes of those courses for auditing. Since the number of English-taught classes/programs differs from each department/School and there might be some that will not open to exchange students. Please check it in each syllabus or ask us in each case."
Links
- external pageACAPcall_made (Academic Course Access Program) for courses
Partner university scholarships
All students are automatically proposed from TokyoTech for the Japanese external pageJASSO Scholarshipcall_made. Note the application deadlines.
Course planning
You must specify an Academic Advisor for your application to TokyoTech.
Important: The Department of Architecture and Building Engineering (upload CV and portfolio online) and the Department of Technology and Innovation Management are exempt.
Here you can find information about the external pagedepartmentscall_made and how to external pagefind a supervisioncall_made.
ACAP for courses
Click here for external pageinformation on ACAPcall_made.
Applying to the partner university
- The application documents of TokyoTech are quite extensive.
- After your nomination by ETH, TokyoTech will send you directly the link, the user name and the password for the application.
Applying to the partner university
- The completed application for the University of Tokyo must be delivered to the Student Exchange Office by 14 February if you plan to start your exchange semester in the autumn semester.
- Because the application documents are relatively extensive, familiarise yourself early with the external pagepartner university application procedurecall_made.
- Important: external pageOverview of additional documents required according to Facultycall_made.
Questions?
chevron_right FAQ for quick answersContact persons
- Departments: departmental exchange coordinators
- Student Exchange Office: Andra Sander, , +41 44 632 30 54