GPA & ENGLISH REQUIREMENTS

The GPA & English requirements are NOT applicable for Faculty-level incoming exchange students

All applicants MUST have at least a cumulative GPA of 3.0 / 4.0 or equivalent. *

*Not applicable for faculty-level incoming exchange students.

Applicants for the “Keio International Program (KIP)” or “Research Program (if attending in English) “need to meet the following English proficiency requirements, unless students qualify for an exemption.

• Keio International Program (KIP)  

TOEFL iBT 79 or equivalent *1

• Research Program (RP)

If attending the program in English ⇒ TOEFL iBT 79 or equivalent *1

If attending the program in Japanese ⇒ No proof of English proficiency required

• Japanese Language Program (JLP) 

No proof of English proficiency required

*1 If one of the following applies to your students, they will be exempted from English proficiency requirements.

・Student who is a national from countries where English is the first language

・Student who is currently in the degree program where classes are given in English. (Regardless of whether English is the official language of the country)

-How to submit English exam scores

Score reports are NOT required and the expired score reports are also accepted.

Upon nomination by the coordinator at the host university of the student(s), please make sure that your students have already obtained the required scores or will obtain the score by the application deadline on your end.

-Which English Exams should be taken

We do not have specific rules regarding English proficiency certificates. 

As long as the certificate is accepted by the home university, it could be used as a valid English proficiency certificate to validate that the student(s) meet the requirement (TOEFL iBT 79 or equivalent).

We have set the GPA and English proficiency requirements as guidelines rather than absolute requirements. Therefore, we will be very flexible according to each student’s circumstances.

We expect some of our partner institutions may face problems when converting students’ GPA and English proficiency scores to our requirements, in such cases we accept the student’s application as long as the home university determines the student meets our requirements (we do not require any letters issued by home universities.).