FACT SHEET Chiba University
Information valid for academic year 2019-2020 academic year Name of the university Chiba University and Erasmus code if available Academic Exchange & Cooperation Agreement Type of agreement Agreement on Student Exchange Chiba University is one of the largest and most vibrant national universities in Japan.
Location: Chiba University is located in the Tokyo metropolitan area with great access from Tokyo Station and Narita International Airport at less than one hour by car or train.
Faculties: Chiba University comprises ten faculties (The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Faculties of Letters, Education, Law, Politics and General information about the university Economics, Science, Engineering, Pharmaceutical Science, and (location, number of students, faculties, Horticulture, and the Schools of Medicine and Nursing), six graduate etc) schools (Humanities and Studies on Public Affairs, Education, Science and Engineering, Horticulture, Nursing, Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences) and the Law School. Other facilities include Center for International Education (CIE), University Library, Safety and Health Organization and University Hospital.
Number of students: 14,073 students. There are 10,648 students in the undergraduate program, 3,425 students in Master and Doctoral Programs
http://www.chiba-u.ac.jp/e/index.html (English) University website http://www.chiba-u.ac.jp/index.html (Japanese)
Chiba University has four campuses at Nishi Chiba, Inohana, Matsudo and Kashiwanoha, all located in Chiba Prefecture. The main campus is Nishi Our Campuses Chiba campus in Chiba City, which has a population of about 968,000. It can be reached by train in one hour from Tokyo, and is about 45 minutes by car from Narita International Airport. Contact person for exchange agreements Ayane Ishikawa (Ms)
Administrative Staff Name International Affairs Division Title 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba, Japan Address Phone: 81-43-290-2043 Fax: 81-43-290-2041 Phone/Fax number [email protected] E-mail address Contact person for outgoing exchange Yoshiko Roberts(Ms) students from _China University______Exchange Program Coordinator Name International Student Division Title 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba, Japan Address Phone: 81-43-290-2190 Fax: 81-43-290-2198 Phone/Fax number [email protected] E-mail address Contact person for incoming exchange students to _Chiba Universtiy______Catherine Kobayashi (Ms) Name Student Exchange Coordinator Title International Student Division Address 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba, Japan Phone/Fax number Phone: 81-43-290-2163 Fax: 81-43-290-2198 E-mail address [email protected] Educational system N/A Chiba University provides the following two undergraduate exchange programs, known as J-PAC (Japan Program at Chiba) for students from Website for exchange students academic institutions with which Chiba University has university level student exchange agreements.
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･International Liberal Arts Program ･Japanese Studies Program http://cie.chiba-u.ac.jp/programs.html
For graduate student exchange or programs betweem faculties, please contact the desired graduate school or faculty directly. http://www.chiba-u.ac.jp/e/education/undergraduate/index.html http://www.chiba-u.ac.jp/e/education/graduate/index.html
The following website made by the International Support Desk is also available. http://www.chiba-u.jp/international/isd/english/target/jpac.html
http://www.chiba-u.ac.jp/campus-life/syllabus/index.html (Japanese) Website for course offer http://www.chiba-u.ac.jp/e/course-program/index.html (English) (please provide course offer in both English and the following languages if available: J-PAC 2018-2019_Course Descriptions French, German, Spanish, Chinese, http://www.chiba-u.ac.jp/global/sai/J-PAC_Course_Descriptions_2018- Japanese) 2019.pdf
All faculties other than School of Medicine, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Which departments/schools/faculties are Science. open for exchange students and at which Graduate School of Medicine and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical level? Science are open for exchange students on graduate level if they fulfil the requirements. Please specify any restrictions concerning the amount of credits/courses students are Students can take courses in another department/faculty but prior allowed to take in another consultation is necessary. department/school/faculty? Centre for International Education offers an array of Japanese language courses in order to cater for all types of international students. Course offer: Language courses http://jlcr.chiba-u.jp
J-PAC students: How many credits are equivalent to full 6 classes/week and 10 credits per semester (2 terms) time studies per semester? (both International Liberal Arts program and Japanese studies program) S:Excellent (100-90) A:Good (89-80) B:Fair (79-70) C:Minimum Passing Grading system (69-60) (minimum passing mark is 60) F:Failure (-59) Issuance of transcript of records Transcript will be issued at the end of the program. 2018-2019_J-PAC (English and Japanese) http://www.chiba-u.ac.jp/global/sai/J-PAC2018-2019_all.pdf
2018-2019_J-PAC Application form (Word) Website for application process http://www.chiba-u.ac.jp/global/sai/J-PAC2018- 2019_Application_form.docx
Outlines for 2019-2020 will be ready in January 2019 Term 1~3 : April to September (Spring semester) Semester periods Term 4~6 : October to March (Fall semester) For undergraduate exchange program J-PAC: March 10, 2019 for one academic year or Fall semester 2019 only. September 10, 2019 for Spring semester 2020 only. Application deadline(s) for admission For other programs and graduate student exchange: vary according to different programs and graduate schools.
Decision on admission of nominated Around May for one academic year or Fall semester and around
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students will be sent (date/time period) November for Spring semester . For International Liberal Arts Program, we accept students who have received Japanese language tuition of at least 50 contact hours or have achieved self-study of Japanese for more than 50 hours. Students whose Japanese proficiency level is below N2 should demonstrate sufficient Language requirements (TOEFL score, ability to communicate in English. IELTS, etc) for undergraduate and For Japanese Studies Program, applicants should at least have Japanese graduate students language competence equivalent to the pass level N2 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test.
For graduate student exchange: specified requirement according to different graduate school. We will assist exchange students for their accommodation. Housing assistance Dormitory will be provided to J-PAC students with priority. http://www.chiba-u.ac.jp/international/isd/english/life/housing.html Website for housing
Application deadline(s) for housing No need to apply for J-PAC students Students are required to take out the following insurance: Insurance information National Health Insurance : about 20,000 yen per year Accident & Liability Insurance : about 1,500 yen per year Chiba U will apply the COE on behalf of students and they have to apply Visa information for visa at the nearest Embassy at their own country. International Student Support Desk: Information for students with special needs http://www.chiba-u.ac.jp/international/isd/english/index.html
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