JLPpamphlet2025-2026.pdf (PDF:15,975KB)
	KCUFS_FactSheet_25fall-26spring.pdf (PDF: 452KB)

1. Eligible Students

Applicants must meet all the requirements below by being:

(1) Exchange students (tuition waived) or fee-paying students (tuition：267,900JPY/semester) from partner universities

(2) Students aiming to pass the JLPT levels N3 - N1

(3) Students who have an English proficiency of CEFR B1, IELTS 4.5, TOEFL iBT 60 or equivalent

【Notes】

* Students must be enrolled in undergraduate/graduate courses at the time of applying for and finishing the JLP program.

* Re-applications to this program will not be accepted.

* There is no lower elementary level course (corresponding approximately to the JLPT N5 level) .

2. Academic Calendar

*The schedule is subject to change.

Fall Semester 2025

September 4	Accommodation Move-in Date
September 5	Post-Arrival Orientation
September 8	Placement Test
September 10	JLP Orientation, Opening Ceremony
September 11,12	Individual Counseling
September 19	Classes start
Februrary 5	Closing Ceremony

3. Application procedures

	Fall Semester 2025
(1) Deadline for nomination by your home university *Please send a nomination email which includes; -the name of your nominated student(s), -the gender of your nominated student(s), -the duration of study at KCUFS  of your nominated student(s).	March 1, 2025
(2) Deadline for Submission of Applications *Applications must be received no later than the deadlines.	April 15, 2025
(3) Notification	the end of May, 2025

※The application for 2025 Fall was closed.

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Hyogo-ken 651-2187, Japan
TEL: 078-794-8171
FAX: 078-794-8178
Email: JLP@office.kobe-cufs.ac.jp