OUSSEP is a one-academic year program specially designed for students
from abroad who have completed at least two years of undergraduate programs at their home
institutions and who are interested in studying at Osaka University in a Japanese academic
environment. However students need not be fluent in Japanese, because the official language
of OUSSEP is English. Students majoring in any field of study are welcome to OUSSEP.
OUSSEP is open to students from institutions that have concluded an Inter-University (or Inter-Faculty)
Student Exchange Agreement with Osaka University.* Students are expected to register and pay tuition
fees at their home institutions and to return there, after finishing OUSSEP, to continue their academic programs.
* OUSSEP is strictly an exchange program and does not accept students from other institutions.
Osaka University has concluded Inter-University or Inter-Faculty Academic
Exchange Agreements that include provisions for mutual tuition waiver and credit transfer with
more than eighty universities around the world. You may find a complete list of these universities
at the web site:
<http://ex.isc.osaka-u.ac.jp/oussep/about/puniv.html>
Class of OUSSEP 2003-2004 at SOLAR ARK, Gifu Prefecture
Breakdown of Enrollment into OUSSEP