Program details:

Special Auditor (SA) *Formerly stated as SAS
Half year or full year exchange experience in which students are assigned to a particular faculty and take classes related to their specialized area joining full-time students.

Special Auditors are required to attend at least 7 classes/week (10 hours/week) from our school/graduate school per term.

Special Research Student (SRS)
Half year or full year exchange in which students are assigned to a particular graduate school and undertake supervision and advise on their research, joining research room or lab same as regular full-time students. Please note Special Research Students are not eligible to taking courses.

Program Duration:

Spring (One year): April 1, 2025 – March 31, 2026
Spring (Half year): April 1, 2025 – September 30, 2025
Fall (One year): October 1, 2025 – September 30, 2026
Fall (Half year): October 1, 2025 – March 31, 2026

Number of Students Accepted:

Based on MoU, decided on a yearly basis. There will be a screening at each School/Graduate School. Not all applicants will be accepted.

Application Form:

Sent on nomination basis

Scholarship:

Not Applicable

Accommodation:

University dormitory. Room assignment is decided by Hokkaido University.

Eligibility Requirements:

1.Special Auditor (SA) *Formerly stated as SAS

Undergraduates

– Exchange students have high academic record at home university in the field of desired faculty.

– Equivalent to JLPT level N2 or higher (preferably native level)

– Exchange students are required to be enrolled at their home university as a full-time student during the entire period of exchange.

Postgraduates

– High academic record at home university in the field of desired faculty

– Equivalent to JLPT level N2 or higher (preferably native level)

Some graduate school provide courses in English. You are required

certain level of fluency in English if you take English courses.

– Enrollment at home university: Exchange students are required to be enrolled at their home university as a full-time student during the entire period of exchange.

2. Special Research Student (SRS)

– High academic record at home university in the field of desired graduate school

– English or Japanese fluency to communicate with academic supervisor.

Required Documents:

1. Application form

2. Certificate of Enrollment from Home University

3. Recommendation letter

4. Transcript of academic record

5. Photocopy of Certificate of JLPT

6. Photocopy of passport

7. Digital Photo data

*This is general information, and the required documents may vary depending on faculties.

How to Apply:

* (Before applying) Students contact a professor to request academic supervision and receive unofficial agreement. (SRS only)

1. We send application information and nomination sheet to the international office or exchange coordinator of our partner universities twice a year, in late August for Spring semester and mid-December for Fall semester.

2.Fill in the sheet by the international office or exchange coordinator of our partner universities and send it back to exchange-programs[at]oia.hokudai.ac.jp.

(SA)

3. We send the link to access to the application forms will be individually sent to only the international office or exchange coordinator of our partner universities with nominees.

4. Applicants and the international office or exchange coordinator submit the application documents on TAO (The Admissions Office) system by deadline.

(SRS)

3. We send the most updated application packages of the respective faculty to only the international office or exchange coordinator of our partner universities with nominees.

4. The international office or exchange coordinator of our partner university submit the application documents to exchange-programs[at]oia.hokudai.ac.jp by email by the deadline.

5. Hokkaido University screens the application.

6. Hokkaido University notifies to the international office or exchange coordinator of our partner university the screening results and gives further instruction.

* We do not accept nomination and application from an individual student. Please apply through division in charge in exchange mobility.

* Details for application differ by each School/Graduate School so please follow the directions of each faculty to complete the application. Policy for course registration including restriction or limitation might differ by each School/Graduate School. Please follow guidelines of each School/Graduate School for the detailed application guidelines.

Nomination Deadline:

[Spring Semester 2025] October 15, 2024

Application Deadline:

[Spring Semester 2025] November 15, 2024

Result Notification:

[Spring Semester 2025] Early February, 2025

Please note:

(SRS)
China Scholarship Council (CSC) *Chinese Universities Only*
CSC applicants must be nominated at least one month before the deadline above if they need provisional acceptance earlier.
If you have CSC applicants, please contact us earlier.
CSC Joint Doctoral Program Researchers who aim to receive supervision on the research work are accepted as SRS at Hokkaido University. They need to be nominated and go through application procedures as SRS applicants. If a student individually contacts a professor and promised the acceptance, the procedures will be ineffective or incomplete. Please go through proper application procedures through home university exchange office and Student Exchange Division of Hokkaido University.