Exchange studetns
If your home university has a mutual student exchange agreement with SGU, you can apply as an exchange student to SGU. Contact a study abroad coordinator at your home institution if you are interested in study abroad at SGU.

Please go to the following website to find out the parner institutions with SGU.
List of partner institutions

Self-financed students
If your home university does not have a mutual student exchange agreement with SGU, or if you are not currently enrolled at any university, you can apply as a self-financed student.

In order to attend SGU as an exchange student, your home institution must nominate you for an exchange at SGU. To get started, contact your university’s Study Abroad office to find out more about the application procedure and deadlines.
Application (Exchange Students)

You can still apply to participate in our program as a self-financed student. Application procedures and requirements are different from that of Exchange students, so please read through the following website:
Application (Self-financed Students)

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We will be happy to help you obtain a student visa. Please be sure to check out the following website for more detailed information.

Pre-Arrival Information
2. Apply for a student visa (留学ビザ)

To import medicines from overseas, you may be required to arrange a document - Yunyu Kakunin-sho (輸入確認証) even if you have medicines for personal use.  Please be sure to check out the following website for more detailed information.
(Restrictions may be applied to some medicines under Pharmaceutical Affairs Law and Customs Law.)

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare - Import Medicines from Overseas

Please read the Financial Costs and Aid website to get an idea of what expenses you need to expect during your semester(s) at SGU.

SGU does not offer any scholarships specific to incoming exchange students. However, JASSO (the Japan Student Services Organization) has scholarships available for a limited number of international students on exchange programs from SGU partner universities. Please note that self-financed students are not eligible for the JASSO scholarship.

For students coming from the United States, scholarships funded by the Association of Teachers of Japanese are also available.

For more information, please visit the following website:
Financial Costs and Aids

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In order to maintain your student visa status with the Immigration Bureau of Japan, you must stay enrolled in a minimum of 14 credits per semester. There is no credit limit requirement for the maximum. For more information, please read the following website:

Pre-Arrival Information
5. Plan your courses and prepare yourself for your studies at SGU

Yes, all students must take Japanese classes through the International Division. Please click the following link for more information:

Pre-Arrival Information
5. Plan your courses and prepare yourself for your studies at SGU

Students will be placed into appropriate Japanese level as a result of the online Japanese test*. 
(* before arriving in Fukuoka) Additionally, the following document is taken into consideration.

- Record of Previous Japanese Studies (one of the application documents)

Please note that there may be class changes for some students as per the suggestion of instructors after the semester starts.

While all courses in the International Division are designed to be credit transferable, ultimately the decision on whether credits are transferable will be made by your home institution. Transcripts of completed coursework are sent to student’s home institutions*.
*Self-financed student transcripts’ are sent to their home addresses.

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At the orientation sessions, you receive more information on deadlines and procedures about the following settlement tasks:

Yes, all students in the International Division are required to take out several types of mandatory insurance. For more detailed information, please visit the following website:

Pre-Arrival Information
4. Review medical insurance coverage information

Each class at SGU is 100 minutes long and the class time changes depending on the day of the week.

You are encouraged to join in club activities to make connections with Seinan local students. A list of clubs is shared with you during the orientation sessions.

You can obtain a work permit at the airport. Please inform the immigration officer at the airport of your intention to obtain a work permit. It should take a few minutes to receive the permit at the airport. If you want to obtain a work permit later during the semester, you can do so at the Immigration Bureau in Fukuoka.

Please read the following website for how to obtain a work permit and what your responsibilities are:

Pre-Arrival Information
10. Obtain work permit for part-time job

Basically, we do not help students find a part-time job. However, there are often one-shot job opportunities available for international students and we inform you of the information by email.

SGU student volunteer group, “Seinan Global Society (SGS)”, actively holds social events on campus to offer students opportunities to develop international awareness, learn different cultures and widen their perspectives. Their events include sports activities, cultural events (Halloween, Christmas, cherry blossom viewing) and social gatherings (International Coffee Hour).

We make arrangements for you to see a physician* or a nurse at the university health center when:
- you are not sure if you need to see a physician
- you want to get a referral to medical institutions
- you want to receive health consultation
*The university physician is available on Wednesday afternoon.

If you want to see a physician as soon as possible, please contact the following hospital.
Fukuoka Sanno Hospital
(in-house English and Chinese language interpreters available)