Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia (Acuca)

ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES IN ASIA (ACUCA) ACUCA Secretariat, Fu Jen Catholic University No.510, Zhongzheng Rd., Xinzhuang Dist., New Taipei City 24205, Taiwan (R.O.C.) TEL: +886-2-2905-6358 FAX: +886-2-2901-7174 [email protected] http://www.acuca.net/

ACUCA STUDENT MOBILITY SCHEME Reply Proforma

Established in 2002, the ACUCA Student Mobility Scheme aims to foster a better understanding of Asian communities and cultures among ACUCA students. Under the Scheme, member institutions that have courses taught in English in either regular semester or summer sessions will exchange tuition waivers to enable students to study tuition-free at an institution outside of their own country for a semester or during the summer. ACUCA assistance will come in the form of an airfare subsidy.

INSTITUTION Sophia University NUMBER OF TUITION WAIVERS TO BE EXCHANGED For Regular Semester 2 For Summer Session 4 SEMESTER DATES START DATE END DATE Semester I April 1 July 31 ( or early August) Semester II September 21 January 31 ( or early Feburary) Summer Session Late July (July 25, 2013) Mid-August (August 14, 2013) SEMESTER COURSE LOAD / NUMBER OF COURSES / CREDITS

Students should register for more than 10 hours(600 minutes) of class work per week (1 hour being 60 minutes) in order to qualify for a "College Student" visa status.

The maximum credits students can take in one semester are 20 credits.

TESTS REQUIRED FOR ADMISSION TYPE REQUIRED FOR WHICH SCORE REQUIRED STUDENTS? LANGUAGE TOEFL/IELTS/TOEIC Students applying for English taught TOEFL iBT 79 TESTS programs TOEFLCBT213 TOEFL PBT 550 IELTS 6.0 TOEIC 730

OTHER TESTS

DEADLINES FOR EXCHANGE APPLICATIONS DEADLINE Semester I November 10 of the previous year Semester II March 31 of the same year Summer Session May 17 (depending on each year) VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS College Student visa or other appropriate visa is required Accepted exchange students will receive necessary documents for visa application.

1 HOUSING AVAILABILITY FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS TYPE MONTHLY COST Yes, available on campus: NONE

No, alternative arrangements: Sophia Soshigaya International House 40,000 JPY Kasai International House for Women 53,890 JPY (internet included) Wakeijuku for Men 82,800-95,220JPY(meals, utilities, and internet included) The fee differs according to the assigned building. Azalea House 55,000 JPY (internet included) DK House Warabi 67,000 JPY (utilities and internet included) DK House Tokyo Nerima 67,000 JPY (utilities and internet included) ESTIMATED MONTHLY LIVING COSTS COSTS (IN US$) Meals 300-600 Local transportation 50-100 Books 50-100 Entertainment 200- depends on lifestyle Miscellaneous 100- TOTAL 700- COURSES OPEN TO EXCHANGE STUDENTS - (i.e. UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT IN ENGLISH) Please list and, if possible attach course outlines

(in English) -Undergraduate Level Liberal Arts (Comparative Culture, International Business and Economics, Social Studies, Japanese Language and Studies), Green Science, Green Engineering

Department core courses and foreign language courses (except Japanese) are NOT opened to exchange students.

WEBSITE ADDRESSES FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY Location, number of students, course information, etc. University Homepage http://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/e_top Exchange Programs http://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/admissions/exchangeprograms OTHER INFORMATION

The applicants are strongly expected to have a Grade Point Average of B (3.0) or better in the standard 4- level rating system (A, B, C, D) or equivalent.

CONTACT PERSON NAME For outgoing: Tomoe Yoshino (Ms.) / For incoming: Maki Hayasaka (Ms.) POSITION Exchange Program Coordinator EMAIL ADDRESS [email protected] TELEPHONE +81-3-3238-3521 FAX +81-3-3238-3554 ADDRESS International Liaison Office Sophia University 7-1 Kioi-cho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554 Japan

SUBMITTED BY Name ______Position ______Please return the answered form to the Date ______ACUCA Secretariat at [email protected]