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Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan (Exchange Program) (Outgoing Program) Featured: Print  Save  Share
Dates / Deadlines:
Dates / Deadlines:
Term Year App Deadline Decision Date Start Date End Date
Spring 2026 10/01/2025 10/15/2025 TBA TBA
Fact Sheet:
Fact Sheet:
Program Type: Exchange Study Abroad Program Coordinator: Renee Frias
Click here for a definition of this term Language of Instruction: English, Japanese Click here for a definition of this term Minimum GPA Eligibility: 3.0 GPA
Open to Non-KU students: No Open to graduate students: Yes
Click here for a definition of this term Fulfills KU Core Advanced Education Goal 4.2 - Culture and Diversity: Yes
Program Description:


Funding your Study Abroad Program

KU Study Abroad can do personalized financial aid and scholarship advising for students.  Please visit 108 Lippincott Hall or call 785-864-3742 to set up an appointment.  KU students who qualify for financial aid in the form of Stafford and/or other loans, Federal Grants, and KU or outside scholarships may apply the aid to the cost of a study abroad program.  
 
KU Study Abroad supplemental scholarships are available to KU degree seeking students. Applications are available online. The scholarship application deadline is March 1 for Summer, March 15th for Fall and Academic Year programs and October 1 for Spring, Winter Break and Spring Break programs.
 
For additional scholarship opportunities visit:  www.studyabroad.ku.edu/other-scholarship-opportunities
 

Application Procedures

All applicants will be required to complete several documents for each study abroad application.  Below is a list of documents that will need to be completed for an application.

  • Academic Plan and Approval Form
  • Authorization to Release Student Information
  • Autobiography
  • Financial Aid Questionnaire
  • Official Transcript
  • One General Recommendation and One Language Recommendation
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Student Conduct Verification
  • Verification of Minimum GPA Requirement

For more detailed information about the application process, please visit our Application Process page.



Program Ratings:
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Academic Experiences:
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Cultural Experience:
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Program Reviews:
Academic Year 2023 Participant
The most rewarding to me would have to be the language improvement. Before going to Japan, I only knew about 400 words and 300 kanji and really couldn't speak it. However, now I can speak decently well for long periods, I text people in Japanese, I can read and listen well, and so forth. Overall my language improved 10 times within a year!

Academic Year 2023 Participant
The progress of my language ability was by far the most rewarding element of studying abroad. When I arrived in September of 2023, I could barely communicate my thoughts to my host family, and we had very surface level conversations. After around 3 months, I realized how much more smooth I was becoming with my Japanese, and how it became much easier to ask for simple things. By the end of the year, I was able to have deep conversations with them about Japanese culture and how it differed from other cultures, and many other subjects. Seeing this progression and also having an outsider watch it occur and tell you how much you are improving is better than any A on a test, and when I left Japan, I was more confident in my Japanese and ability to pursue it than ever before.

Spring 2024 Participant
It is important to go out and experience the country your living in. School is important, but staying in and studying the whole time while abroad and not allowing yourself to experience the language and culture of your study abroad location will lead you to regret how you spent your time. (Still save some time to study though)

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