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<aside> 💡 ■ Dates and Deadlines for the Spring Term 2025

・Nomination period (by study abroad advisors): 23th September, 2024 ~ 18th October, 2024 ・Online application deadline (by students): 1st October, 2024 ~ 31st October, 2024 (JST)

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Application Process

<aside> 💡 ※The process can be initiated after 1st October, 2024.

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Click here to create your online account, then apply for the program (Choose 「2025 Spring Reconnaissance Japan Program (exchange)」)

<aside> ❓ You can check your application number on the top right corner once you start the application. In case you have any inquiries, title your email with the application number（e.g. R2024S-0000） and send it to <[email protected].> ※Our staff will contact all applicants by November 15th, so we are unable to respond to inquiries regarding progress checks or application results until then. Rest assured that we will not decline applications without prior notification for correction requests.

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*Please refer to the following instruction if you have any problems applying for the program.

RJ Application Instruction(last update2024-03-25) .pdf

  1. Prepare for the required documents for the application

    <aside> 🔥 In the past years, there were many students’ applications which were cancelled due to their late submission of the following documents. Please make sure to prepare the documents at least 3 weeks before the deadline. ・Passport ・Certificate of Guarantor's annual income (written in English) ・Medical Forms＆Immunization Form

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  2. Submit Medical Form A and Medical Form B

  3. 【Skip this item if you are only studying for the Spring semester】If you need to return to your home country 1 month earlier to prepare for the upcoming semester at your home university, click here for the early departure application. ※Please note that applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.

  4. After everything is submitted, check your application status to make sure that your application is completed.

  5. If your application is successful, you will receive the admission letter from JFOU. ※Regardless of whether the application documents have been completed, our staff will contact you by Nov 15th, so we are unable to respond to inquiries regarding progress checks or application results until then. Rest assured that we will not decline applications without prior notification for correction requests.

  6. Students, including those from our partner schools, have to pay the student service fee i.e. 20,000yen. Payment can be made after the admission letter is issued, and students will receive notification regarding this matter. If the payment has not been finished, CoE(Certificate of Eligibility for Status of Residence, the document needed for VISA application) will NOT be issued. ※Fees once paid are not returnable/refundable after the cancellation deadline

  7. Check here for the upcoming schedules for dormitory application and online placement test. (If the calendar does not show up after clicking, scroll down on this page and look for “Fact Sheet”→“Academic Calendar”)

  8. CoE (Certificate of Eligibility) will be sent to you by email so that you can apply for a student visa through your Japanese embassy or consulate.

  9. Upload your flight plans on this form four weeks before departure.

    *You should buy a flight ticket only AFTER knowing your CoE has been mailed to you (Click here to see the reasons) ******For the Spring Term 2025, Late arrival is NOT acceptable: students MUST arrive on (or before) 1st April. There will be a pick-up service provided that day and the details are to be announced.

  10. Before going to Japan, check here to see the tips for living a happy exchange life in Japan. ☺️

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