What is International Exchange Program?
	Sophia University runs exchange programs with an ever-increasing number of overseas academic institutions under exchange agreements. As of April, 2006, we have more than 100 partner universities/colleges which have exchange agreement to Sophia University. This program is only for the institution which have exchange agreement to Sophia University. The List of Partner Universities/Colleges is below.
	Partner Universities/Colleges List
	How about tuition and other fees?
	Participating exchange students will not pay tuition and other academic and building funds fees to Sophia but to the home institution for the period of their stay at Sophia. However participating exchange students will be resposible for his/her own room and board and transportation to and from the host institution.
	How can I become an exchange student?
	Exchange students will be selected by the home institution and recommended to Sophia. Please contact the appropriate international office at the home institution. Please do not send an application to Sophia directly.
	What kind of courses are available for the exchange students at Sophia?
	Participating exchange students will be eligible to enroll in the program of study in the Faculty of Liberal Arts or the Graduate Program in Global Studies and on a space available basis in other Sophia faculties for which they are linguistically and academically qualified. In principle it is compulsory for exchange students to register and complete Japanese Language course(s).Please note that exchange student of undergraduate program may not take Graduate Courses.
	THE PROGRAMS OFFERED IN ENGLISH
	We have one Graduate Program, one Undergraduate Program and Summer Session Program offered in English. The exchange students may enroll these programs. The details are as follows:
	GRADUATE PROGRAM IN GLOBAL STUDIES
	The Graduate Program in Global Studies offers an interdisciplinary program in Asian Studies, International Business, International Economics and Development Studies, and International Relations. Graduates of this Program, which is accredited by Japan's Ministry of Education, receive the degree of Master of Arts. The Program has an international faculty with wide experience in Asia, Europe, and North America. Its student body is restricted in numbers so as to encourage close student-faculty interaction.
	UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM IN LIBERAL ARTS
	The Faculty of Liberal Arts is distinguished from other universities in Japan and other faculties within Sophia by several notable characteristics. The student body as well as teaching staff is international in character. It includes graduates of ordinary Japanese high schools, foreign students who have been educated in high schools and universities overseas, Japanese students returning from abroad, exchange students from overseas, and dependents of foreign families resident in Japan. All courses except language classes are conducted in English. At the same time, intensive training in the Japanese language is offered for students whose native language is not Japanese, and classes in reading and writing in Japanese provide special training for native speakers who have been educated abroad or in a non-Japanese speaking environment. The aim is for all students to acquire a bilingual capacity in both English and Japanese.
	THE PROGRAMS OFFERED IN JAPANESE
	Please see the web page of Sophia University in Japanese.