Eligibility & Language Requirements

Applicants Must:

■ Be enrolled at one of Keio University's partner universities

■ Have student status at your home university throughout your period of study at Keio 

■ Be nominated as an exchange student by your home university

■ Have at least a cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0 or equivalent

■ Have English proficiency of TOEFL iBT 79 or equivalent (KIP and GSP only)*

*Applicants do NOT need to submit any English language certificates.

Japanese Language Requirements

Keio International Program (KIP)

■ There is no Japanese proficiency required to apply for the program.

Japanese Language Program (JLP)

■ There is no Japanese proficiency required to apply for the program.

Graduate Studies Program (GSP)

■ If you are applying to the Graduate School of Letters, Law, or Human Relations, please provide at least ONE of the following proofs of Japanese language proficiency via the application system.

•  Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) N1 certificate (In addition to your Study Proposal, please submit it via the application system.)

•  Study Plan (Section III of Study Proposal) written in Japanese

All Programs (KIP, JLP, and GSP)

■ When registering for Undergraduate Faculty / Graduate School courses, students are required to have Japanese proficiency equivalent to or higher than level N2 of the JLPT. 

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