Orientation for International Students

 (only for newly enrolled students)

 ForDate and Time (JST) How to participate

  • Degree-seeking graduate students
    (MEXT program / privately financed）

    *excluding MEXT students with Japanese language education at Global Education Center

Tuesday, 

March 25, 2025

18:00～20:00

 

Live-stream

(Teams)

  • Degree-seeking undergraduate students
    (MEXT program / privately financed）

Monday,

March 31, 2025

15:00～17:00

In person

300, Global Education Center(GEC) 

  • Exchange students (Undergraduate/Graduate）  

     *excluding KJP exchange students at Global Education Center

Monday,

March 24, 2025

18:00～20:00

Live-stream

(Teams)

  • Research students (Undergraduate/Graduate）
    (MEXT program / privately financed)

     *excluding MEXT students with Japanese language education at Global Education Center
     

Tuesday,

March 25, 2025

20:15～22:15

Live-stream

(Teams)

  • Kobe Japanese program (KJP) exchange students at Global Education Center

Wednesday,

March 26, 2025

18:00～20:00

Live-stream

(Teams)

  • MEXT students with Japanese language education at Global Education Center

     

Wednesday,

March 26, 2025

20:15～22:15

Live-stream

(Teams)

 Contents Academic / General Advices and tips / Student Life in Kobe University (Legal Procedures, Campus Life, Scholarships, Health insurances, Medical Information etc.)
 More Information Details will be sent by email

Handouts for International Students' Orientation

1.Guide Book For International Students 2024 (To be updated soon)
　　　（Japanese?English / Chinese / Korean①?Korean②）
2.Insurance and Medical Assistance Service（Japanese?English）
　　　?Gakkensai（Japanese / English）
　　　?Inbound Futai Gakusou（Japanese?English）
　　　?IMAS（Japanese / English）
3.Advising and Counseling Services（Japanese?English）(To be updated soon)
4.Disaster Prevention
　　　Video（Japanese / English / Chinese）
5.Libraries
　　　 ?Libraries and Supporting schools / departments
　 　　?Library Guides（Brochure?Leaflet）（Japanese / English）
6.Guidance for International Students and Researchers on
Security Export Control（English）
　　　What is “Security Export Control”?（Japanese / English）
7.Garbage disposal rules information（Multingual）
8.Other information
　　　?GEC X（Former Twitter）
　　　?Career Support
　　　?GLOBAL CAREER SEMINAR
　　　?GLOBAL NADA VILLAGE PROJECT（G-Navi）

Guidance for Graduate Students

 (only for newly enrolled students)

Live-stream "Teams" information will be sent to the applicable students by email by the day of the orientation.

 ForDate and Time (JST) How to participate 
  • Degree-seeking graduate students
  • Research students

*excluding exchange students

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

  • Japanese session  17:00 – 18:00
  • English session     18:10 – 19:10

 Live-stream

(Teams)

 Contents Advices for research study, tips on how to communicate with your academic advisors and Japanese students/ research partners.

Japanese Language Classes offered by GEC

  1. Japanese Classes Leaflet(To be updated soon)
  2. Timetable: Integrated Japanese Language classes(To be updated soon)
  3. Timetable: Japanese Language and Japanese Studies classes(To be updated soon)