Discover , Discover Nippon. Living in Okayama Access to Okayama University 岡山を知る、日本を知る。

Accommodation SAPPORO

Your room is a single room SEOUL equipped with a desk, a chair, a wardrobe, a bed (linens NOT included), a SHANGHAI bathroom with shower facilities (including a bathtub and a toilet), a OKAYAMA refrigerator, a kitchenette, TOKYO AIR LINE and an air-conditioner. OSAKA

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From Tokyo by airplane from Haneda Airport 1h20min TAIPEI by Shinkansen 3h20min

NAHA From Osaka by Nozomi Shinkansen 45min E XCHANGE P ROGRAM OKAYAMA

the Chugoku region Okayama City

JAPAN SEA N To Handayama Estimated monthly Living Expenses Tottori Tsuyama TOTTORI To Line Matsue Yonago Prefecture TSUSHIMA Okayama CAMPUS Airport Route 53 To Shin Osaka Rent (dormitory) 15,000 OKAYAMA Sanyo Shinkansen Prefecture To Tsuyama HYOGO Center for Niimi Prefecture Global Partnerships Sanyo Main Line Utility 8,000 Okayama & Education Airport Tsushima Himeji Aioi Korakuen Campus Garden To Hiroshima Okayama Food 25,000 Prefecture Station Okayama To Soja Enjoy Shikata Campus Shin- Kurashiki To Kurashiki N Okayama City Hall Transportation 0 the Fukuyama Syoudoshima

bike life Takamatsu Seto Ohashi Sakaide Line SHIKATA Miscellaneous 10,000 SETO INLAND SEA CAMPUS KAGAWA Prefecture To Takamatsu Asahi River

(yen) ≒ Total 58,000 (120yen 1$) 25min, by bus from as of May 2015 Tsushima Campus 7min, by bus from Okayama Station

Shikata Campus 5min, by bus from Okayama Station Scholarship Contact Student Exchange Program Section ¥ 30,000 ～ 80,000 per month Center for Global Partnerships & Education, Okayama University Email : [email protected] 2-1-1 Tsushima Naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan ※This amount is subject to change in accordance with the yearly the University budget Printed in Japan. May 2015 phone : +81 (0)86-251-7037 / fax : +81 (0)86-252-5022 and number of students applying for the scholarship. ¥ http://ouic.okayama-u.ac.jp/english/index.html Top University for Research and Education in Japan Learn/Enhance Independent study

your Japanese Language Study independently with an academic advisor Medical, Science, Engineering,Literature, Law, Economics, English Education The wide variety of classes caters to the students’ various needs. Design your course with: Intensive Japanese language classes （Beginner to Advanced) Unique classes including Extensive Reading, Japanese through News and Learning at Magazine Articles, and Writing, etc.

Meet your professor Study with Japanese students Learn about Japan & Asia through interdisciplinary EPOK Classes OK AYA M A More…

Courses offered in English, easy Japanese Weekend homestay ( “ Study of Japan” ) Japan’s War and Peace, Study of Japan, Intercultural Communication, UNIVERSITY Family and Gender, A Guide to Modern Biology, Political Economy of Modern Japan, Frontiers of Natural Science, sports class, etc. Social learning place, L-café

E XCHANGE Japanese café にほんごカフェ P ROGRAM You can chill out with your friends, get help with homework and practice OKAYAMA speaking Japanese. “Study of Japan” class

OKAYAMA ～ where your new life starts! about OKAYAMA Experience our region Discover OKAYAMA! 岡 山 を 知 ろう！ a gateway to culture, nature, and Uraja Kurashiki Easy to travel around other Japanese cities.

• Graduate school Many EPOK Alumni Because they fell in ♥ • Teaching English ( JET, English school) After EPOK come back to Okayama for: with Okayama! • Working at a company Okayama Castle

Academic Calendar Fall Semester Spring Semester 3Q 4Q Spring Break 1Q 2Q “Summer Quarter” Summer Break Okayama University will adopt the Quarter system beginning in April 2016. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. EPOK Program will maintain its quality and quantity in the Quarter curriculum. Semester Semester Student Semester Semester Student • Spring/Fall Acceptance for two, three or four quarters ( starts ) (Final Exam) Forum ( starts ) (Final Exam) Forum • “Summer Quarter” program will be accepted. Dec15 Spring Application Deadline Apr15 Fall Application Deadline