Introduction to Toyo University 

Toyo University is a private university in Japan. It is in the Top Global University Project and Global 30, selected by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.

The school is based in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo. In addition to two campuses in Bunkyo Ward, it has branch campuses in Kita Ward in Tokyo, Asaka and Kawagoe cities in Saitama Prefecture, and Itakura-cho in Gunma Prefecture. 

Overview of the program

Undergraduates and postgraduates of Shanxi University can go to Toyo University to study for one year. Aside from the Department of Global Innovation Studies, Faculty of Global and Regional Studies and the Department of Information Networking for Innovation and Design, the courses for other faculty and departments are all taught in Japanese. (The actual professional courses studied in Japan are subject to professional courses available in Toyo University that year.) 

Main features of the program

1. Language of instruction: Japanese

2. Exchange period: one year

3. Proposed number of exchange students: two students annually 

Application requirements, language, and tuition

1. Application requirements

(1) Love one's motherland, study hard, and maintain good morals and progressive thinking.

(2) Excellent professional performance and no record of bad behavior at school.

(3) Have strong Japanese or English language skills to participate in Japanese classroom activities.

(4) Undergraduate applicants are required to be junior students and remain students at the end of the program; postgraduate applicants must also remain students at the end of the program. Undergraduates and postgraduates who graduated late are not allowed to apply.

(5) Language: Japanese N2 level and above.

(6) GPA (Grade Point Average): at least 2.5 on the 4.0 scoring standard; no less than 3.0 on the 4.5 scoring standard

The average grade of graduate students must be at least 80 points.

2. Tuition: free

3. Application deadline: read the notice from the International Cooperation and Exchange Division at Shanxi University.