OUSSEP is a purposefully designed exchange program 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. Full-year OUSSEP and Half-year OUSSEP students
need not be fluent in Japanese, because the official language of these courses
is English. Students majoring in any field of study are welcome to these OUSSEP
study tracks. Those who apply for OUSSEP for Advanced Japanese Learners should
have advanced level Japanese fluency. Their minimum requirement is Level 2 of
the Japanese Language Proficiency Test.
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 as full-time students, to pay appropriate tuition fees
at their home institutions and to return there, after finishing OUSSEP, in order
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 one hundred 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>
During its first ten years, OUSSEP has admitted two hundred and seventy-seven students from fifty universities in twenty-one countries.
Breakdown of Enrollment into OUSSEP
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Class of 1996-1997 At the Suita Campus |
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Class of 1997-1998 In Takayama |
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Class of 1998-1999 At the ISC |
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Class of 1999-2000 At the Himeji Castle |
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Class of 2000-2001 The Closing Ceremony at the Convention Center, Osaka University with university officials, teaching staff and host families |
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Class of 2001-2002 At the Suita Campus |
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Class of 2002-2003 At the IC Hall |
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Class of 2003-2004 Opening Ceremony |
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Class of 2004-2005 at the Suita Campus |
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Class of 2005-2006 at the Suita Campus |