Exchange
Students
KSU
offers full-semester exchange to students of the following 21
institutions with which we currently have formal exchange agreements.
We do not accept exchange applications from any schools not listed
here.
Faculty
of Humanities:
Faculties
of Art, Design, Manga:
ANU
School of Art, National Institute of the Arts,Canberra,
Australia
School
of Art & Design, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor USA
Southern
California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc),
Los Angeles USA
Rhode
Island School of Design (RISD), Providence USA
Glasgow
School of Art, Scotland
Hong
Ik University, Korea
The
Arts Academy, Turku University of Applied Sciences,
Finland
Cooper
Union, New York, USA
California
College of the Arts, San Francisco, USA
Alto University School of Art & Design (TaiK),
Helsinki, Finland
Gerrit
Rietveld Academie (GRA),
Amsterdam, the
Netherlands
Utrecht
School of the Arts (HKU), Utrecht,
the Netherlands
Kassel
School of Arts & Design (GRA),
Kassel, Germany
Edinburgh
College of Art, Scotland
Bard
College in New York State
L'Ecole
de Design Nantes Atlantique, France
L'Ecole
Speciale d'Architecture, Paris,
France
Ecole
Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture.
Paris Malaquais, Paris, France
Exchange
stats here.
Application Procedure (see
full step by step process here):
Applicants
must first be accepted and recommended through their home institutions
exchange student selection process, before applying to KSU.
All
efforts will be made to accept recommended exchange applicants, but KSUs
final decision depends on space availability in particular departments. Acceptance
by some departments may depend on Japanese language skills.
Please
note that Manga
Production is
not yet ready to accept exchange or research students. Also,
Nihonga (Japanese Painting) is not currently open to exchange
(though the technique
is taught as an elective in Oil Painting).
Another point to keep in mind is that KSU's departments
are virtually autonomous units, with very few interdisciplinary
study opportunities. After being accepted by a particular department,
you will be expected to take classes only in that area. Exceptions
are
Graphic Design, Illustration and Digital Creation, which
work
closely
together. It is
also
possible
to find some overlap between Printmaking and Textiles.
Students who
have been selected by their home institutions are required
to send the
following application materials:
1) KSU Exchange Student Application
form, filled by student, including statement of
purpose (please download from sidebar of this page, together
with our Exchange Factsheet)
2) One letter of recommendation from the student's Head
of Department or academic advisor
3) Most recent official transcript of undergrad (or grad)
studies
4) 2 passport-type photos of applicant
5) For
Faculties of Art/Design/Manga: A portfolio of
12 - 20 slides etc showing suitably representative
works (printed images in a clearbook are accepted,
or material on CD-ROM in commonly used format,
if definition quality is sufficient for the work
to be clearly evaluated) with description including
title, media, size and approx. date when the work
was created.
6) JASSO Certification of Enrollment form, completed
by home institution. (If JASSO scholarship is offered - [sorry,
not available in 2010]. For fairness, scholarships are allocated
in rotation to our exchange partner schools when available. Form
can be downloaded from sidebar)
Academic
Calendar (also see here for
more details)
KSU has two semesters: from early April
through late July, and from mid September through the end
of January.
Exchange is usually for one semester,
but may be extended in special circumstances
Due to mismatch with partner institutions calendars,
exchange is available in some cases only in second
semester (classes from Sept. to January, or if necessary
finishing
in late December, to return to the home institution to start
the next semester from January )
Application
Deadlines
For first semester (from April): November
15th of the preceding year.
For second semester (from September): April
15th (but
application by March 1st is necessary in order
to be considered for JASSO scholarship).
Fees
Exchange students pay tuition fees
only to their home institution, although Art students may
be responsible for providing some studio materials (e.g.
our Printmaking Department provides inks but students buy
their own paper and printing plates etc.)
Language
Japanese language proficiency is essential in most
KSU courses.Tutors at intermediate/advanced level provide weekly one-hour
1:1 classes through the International
Office, but do not teach basic Japanese.
Accommodation
Exchange students are eligible to stay in KSU international dorms,
if rooms are available. If all rooms are full for the semester, we assist
students to find alternative accommodation. In some cases it may be
possible to exchange a room or apartment with a KSU student who is exchanging
at your institution, if the period of exchange matches.
Scholarships
See our Financial
Aid pages for information on possible scholarships.
Health Insurance
Incoming exchange students are required to join Japan's national
health Insurance scheme. This is not expensive (less than 2,000 yen per month)
and covers medical treatment, emergencies and dental care.
For
additional information, see
also our INCOMING
EXCHANGE FAQ PAGE
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VISA
PROCESS
A
student visa is required, and must be obtained before
travelling to Japan.
After acceptance
is confirmed by the department here, KSU sends Certificate
of Visa Eligibility (CVE) application forms that must
be filled out and returned (express-mail). We then submit them
to the Kyoto Immigration office. Processing takes about
2 weeks, after which we express-mail the CVE to the student,
who then submits the CVE to their nearest Japanese Consulate
or Embassy, in order to get the necessary visa stamped into their
passport. More details here.
Documents
required for CVE:
Completed
Certificate of Visa Eligibility Information Form (supplied by
KSU)
Certification
of sufficient finances to cover study period in Japan (bank statement,
scholarship or grant notification etc.).
Photocopy
of main page of passport
Passport-size
photographs (x3)
Further information:
Exchange
Process
Useful
links for incoming students
Downloads
(PDF files):
Art,
Design, Manga Exchange Factsheet
Art,
Design, Manga Exchange Application
Humanities
Exchange Factsheet
Humanities
Exchange Application
JASSO
Enrollment form
(NEW)
Any questions?
Please inquire to the International Office
If possible,
we also strongly advise contacting previous or current exchangees
at KSU, and KSU students currently on exchange at your school.
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