Introduction to Rikkyo University

Rikkyo University, founded in 1874 by Bishop Channing Moore Williams – an Episcopal Church missionary, is a prestigious private university in Tokyo, Japan.

In 2014, it was selected by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan as one of 37 member universities of the Top Global University Project.

The university is home to 14 graduate schools with ten majors including liberal arts, law and politics, economics, business, science, and sociology. Among them, the intercultural communication and tourism programs are particularly well-known.

It has official academic agreement cooperation relationships with famous institutes such as the University of Chicago, Cornell University, the Australian National University, and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Overview of the program

Undergraduates and postgraduates of Shanxi University can study at Rikkyo University for one year and can choose to focus on tourism, economics, and intercultural communication. (Actual professional courses available depend on what is available that year.)

Main features of the program

1. Language of instruction: Japanese

2. Exchange period: one year

3. Proposed number of exchange students: two students annually

Application requirements, language, and tuition

1. Application requirements

(1) Love one's motherland, study hard, and maintain good morals and progressive thinking.

(2) Excellent professional performance and no record of bad behavior at school.

(3) Have strong Japanese or English language skills to participate in Japanese classroom activities.

(4) Undergraduate applicants are required to be junior students and remain students at the end of the program; postgraduate applicants must also remain students at the end of the program. Undergraduates and postgraduates who graduated late are not allowed to apply.

2. Tuition: free

3. Application deadline: read the notice from the International Cooperation and Exchange Division at Shanxi University.