Japan

General information
Japan is a very safe destination with excellent transport infrastructure. The health system is very good and corresponds to European norms. The cost of living equals or exceeds that in Switzerland.
Links
- external page ACAP (Academic Course Access Program) for courses
Partner university scholarships
All students are automatically proposed for the Japanese external page JASSO Scholarship. Note the application deadlines.
Course planning
You must specify an Academic Advisor for your application.
Important: The Department of Architecture and Building Engineering (upload CV and portfolio online) and the Department of Technology and Innovation Management are exempt.
Here you can find information about the external page departments and how to external page find a supervision.
ACAP for courses
Click here for external page information on ACAP.
Applying to the partner university
- The application documents are quite extensive.
- After your nomination by ETH, Science Tokyo will send you directly the link, the user name and the password for the application.
Course planning
The University of Tokyo restricts the choice of courses according to the level of study and the available transcript of records.
- Graduate courses: You must be able to provide a transcript of records from your Master’s studies six months before the start of the exchange. This means that you must be in the second year of your Master's studies. You can enrol as a graduate student.
- Undergraduate courses: You do not need a transcript of records from your Master’s studies. Therefore, these courses are open to you in the first year of your Master's studies or during your Bachelor’s studies. You must enrol as an undergraduate student
Applying to the partner university
- Because the application documents are relatively extensive, familiarise yourself early with the external page partner university application procedure.
- external page Use the list by faculty to check whether you need to submit additional documents and if so, which ones.
- Read the course planning section to determine whether you should enrol as a graduate or undergraduate student.