iExPO -- Outline
In the iExPO (I mmersion Exchange Program Osaka), schools and graduate schools at Osaka University accept international students from institutions with an exchange agreement with OU. Students are able to freely choose classes from courses there and conduct research under the guidance of a teacher.
Students joining this program can take classes or receive research guidance at the school or graduate school as special auditors or research students without a change in their status at their home university.
Enrollment status categories
Special school auditors: students take classes and can earn credits.
Required language ability
In this program, international students are required to have superior ability in Japanese language in order to take classes for regular students; the required level of language ability varies by school. For more information, go here.
[Undergraduate] Special School Auditors
Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Grade 1/N1 | Letters, Economics, Science |
Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Grade 2/N2 | Human Sciences, Foreign Studies, Law, Medicine, Health Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Engineering, Engineering Science |
[Graduate] Special School Auditors
Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Grade 1/N1 | Letters, Economics, Science, Language and Culture |
Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Grade 2/N2 | Human Sciences, Law, Medicine (doctoral course only), Health Sciences, Dentistry (doctoral course only), Pharmaceutical Sciences (doctoral course only), Engineering, Engineering Science, International Public Policy, Information Science and Technology, Frontier Biosciences |
Duration
- From April through August (5 months)
- From April through February (11 months)
- September through February (6 months). Orientation in September. Classes start in October.
- September through August (12 months). Orientation in September. Classes start in October