Hey guys, I am a Junior in high school and recently learned about the option to transfer to a japanese university for two years, then come back to another American university for two years. I heard Japanese Universities such as Keio, Waseda, and ICU were doing this kind of exchange. I looked on the Keio University international center website but did not get much info about funding or registration. I am wondering if someone can help me out. Since I am already about to end my junior year, I have to decide on my path asap. A reply would help a lot.
fyi lam fluent in japanese and got a 5 on the ap test, if that even helps.
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**International Exchange Programs**
Hey guys, I am a Junior in high school and recently learned about the option to transfer to a japanese university for two years, then come back to another American university for two years. I heard Japanese Universities such as Keio, Waseda, and ICU were doing this kind of exchange. I looked on the Keio University international center website but did not get much info about funding or registration. I am wondering if someone can help me out. Since I am already about to end my junior year, I have to decide on my path asap. A reply would help a lot.
fyi lam fluent in japanese and got a 5 on the ap test, if that even helps.
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I’m a little confused about what you’re looking for.
Are you looking to enroll at a US university and then do a year as an exchange student in Japan?
Or are you looking to enroll at a Japanese university and then leave that university, apply to a US university and have them accept transfer credits?
Those are two different things.
Exchange programs are fairly common in US institutions. Exchange program terms are set by the participating universities. You would be a student of your “home” university while essentially just visiting the other university. The advantage is that the agreement in place allows for easy transfer of credits. To find out more, including which universities they have agreements with, look at the US university’s website. You can’t just attend any Japanese university for the exchange— you are generally restricted to the ones your home university has an agreement with.
If you’re looking to enroll at one university, and then leave and transfer credits, that is harder as many universities don’t recognize transfer credits from other countries. You would have to look very closely as to which universities (in either country) would actually accept transfer credits, and even then it’s risky— maybe only certain class credits end up transferring. That’s the advantage of an exchange— they’ve already hammered out the details and you have advisors on each end.
If you wanted to do an exchange program, you would enrol in a university in the US, and then do an exchange year to whatever school you choose from you uni’s partner schools. What credits transfer, etc is up to your university and your coordinators there would have more information as the time comes.