Location: Japan
Language of Instruction: English/Japanese
Duration: Semester or Year
Focus: Broad Curriculum/Japanese Language required
Host Institution: Kansai Gaidai University
UWF Credit

Located in Hirakata City, Osaka, Japan
http://www.city.hirakata.osaka.jp/freepage/gyousei/hpcontent/eng/
Asian Studies Program
http://www.kansaigaidai.ac.jp/asp/

Semester Term Dates:
Start and end dates are comparable to those at UWF
Fall: August to mid-December
Spring: January to May
KGU’s Academic Calendar

Curriculum Information:
http://www.kansaigaidai.ac.jp/asp/03_academics/02.html
• Japanese Language Course is required for all students (5 credits)

Eligibility: Students must have a 3.0 GPA in UWF coursework to apply.

UWF Application Deadlines:
Kansai Gaidai has an early deadline and a regular deadline. Exchange placement to Kansai Gaidai is competitive and space is limited. Students are strongly encouraged to apply by the early deadline for their desired semester of exchange.
Early Application for Fall/Year - March 1
Regular application for Fall/Year - May 1
Early Application for Spring - September 1
Regular deadline for Spring - October 15


Application and Application Procedures:
Standard UWF Study Abroad Application Procedures apply. After approval and nomination by UWF, students complete the online application process to Kansai Gaidai. Only UWF students who have been approved by UWF will be reviewed for admission under the UWF/Kansai Gaidai exchange agreement.
For additional details about the online application process for nominated students, visit the Admissions and Visa Procedures section of the KGU website.

Costs and Expenses:
Details about estimated expenses at Kansai Gaidai can be found in the Financial Information section of the Kansai Gaidai website.
*Tuition is paid to UWF and UWF Credit is received for exchanges.

Housing Information:

Kansai Gaidai offers home stay, residence hall, and apartment style housing for exchange students. For residence hall and apartment-style, students share an eight-tatami mate room with another student. Residence halls have a shared bathroom on each floor of 20 to 30 students, while apartment style offers a bathroom, kitchen and living space shared by six to eight students. Home stay participants pay the food portion of fees in addition to rent.
To view more detail about housing at Kansai Gaidai and to see student videos about the housing options, visit the Housing section of the KGU website.

VISA Information:
After admitted for exchange to Kansai Gaidai University, KGU will provide each student with a Certificate of Eligibility for their visa application. The COE is sent approximately one month before a student’s departure for Japan.

The student must then send the COE and the required General Visa application documents by mail to the Consulate-General of Japan in Miami for visa application. Processing takes approximately one week. Visas for study in Japan are issued at no charge for processing. For more details about application for a General Visa to Japan, visit the Consulate-General of Japan in Miami’s website.