# Exchange Students

**Source**: https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/academics/international-exchange-students/
**Parent**: https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/admissions/

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# Exchange Students

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Based on the exchange agreements, we accept
short-term exchange students from our partner institutions all
over the world.

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## Requirement

- ・Applicants must be enrolled as a regular student at a
  partner university and the graduation must be after the
  end of this program at University of Tsukuba.
- ・The college, school, or program applicants wish to
  pursue at University of Tsukuba must be within the scope
  of the student exchange agreement.
- ・Applicants must be nominated by their home
  university.\
  [List of Overseas Partner
  Universities](https://www.bgi.sec.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/partner-organizations/)
- \* For those who would like to apply from outside
  exchange agreements (including students of non-partner
  universities), please
  [contact us](https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/academics/international-exchange-students/programs/index.html) in
  advance.

## Student Status

### Exchange Students(Tokubetsu Chokogakusei)

Exchange students (Tokubetsu
Chokogakusei) are undergraduate students or graduate
students from other universities who wish to attend
courses at the University of Tsukuba. Their
admission is granted upon mutual consultation
between the two universities. Exchange students can
earn credits if they pass the required examinations,
and credit transfer is also available depending on
the system at their home universities. Exchange
students should confirm the credit transfer
arrangements with the International Office at their
home universities before applying for the exchange
programs at the University of Tsukuba.

### Exchange Research Students (Tokubetsu Kenkyugakusei)

Exchange research students (Tokubetsu
Kenkyugakusei) are graduate students of other universities, with
which the University of Tsukuba has agreements, who are
receiving guidance from supervisors at the graduate level at
the University of Tsukuba.

## Application Outline

Please visit [the program page](https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/academics/international-exchange-students/programs/index.html) to
find application information