Japan
| Country: | Japan |
| City: | Nagoya |
| University: | Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech) |
| Homepage: | nitech.ac.jp/eng/ |
| Contact Person: | Franziska Ziener (Student Information and Advice FAU Tech) Students of the Department Materials Science and Engineering please also contact Dr. Tobias Fey. |
| Support: | No tuition fees, various scholarships. |
| Prerequisites: | Good grades, appropriate language skills (Japanese for studies). Date of application within the standard period of study. Wihtout Japanese knowledge for Master´s students only! |
| Type of cooperation: | Direct partnership (MoU on student exchange) |
| Number of places: | 10 x 1 semesters |
| Deadline for application: | Online application (German,English) by November 15th |
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| Procedure: | You will receive the decision of the selection committee approximately 4-6 weeks after the application deadline. If you are selected, you must then still apply to the host university, which always makes the final decision on your admission. |
| Criteria for selection: | Grade point average, motivation letter, language knowledge. |
| Acknowledgement: | tf.fau.eu/studying/study-organisation/accreditation |
| Lecture period: | Beginning of April – end of July Beginning of October – end of February |
| Language of instruction: | Japanese for studies, English for research work (for Master´s students only!) sufficient |
| Experience reports: | NiTECH__Erfahrungsbericht_Materialwissenschaften_SoSe_DE (in German only) |
| Annotation: | Without knowledge of Japanese only research work (for Master´s students only!) possible, no study |
| Country: | Japan |
| City: | Sendai |
| University: | Tohoku University |
| Homepage: | tohoku.ac.jp/en |
| Contact Person: | Franziska Ziener (Student Information and Advice FAU Tech) |
| Support: | No tuition fees, various scholarships. |
| Prerequisites: | Good grades, good English, no Japanese citizenship. Date of application within the standard period of study. |
| Type of cooperation: | Direct partnership (Agreement for Educational and Research Cooperation) |
| Number of places: | Not more than 3 students simultaneously, up to one year |
| Deadline for application: | Online application (German, English) by November 15th |
| Application documents: |
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| Procedure: | You will receive the decision of the selection committee approximately 4-6 weeks after the application deadline. If you are selected, you must then still apply to the host university, which always makes the final decision on your admission. |
| Criteria for selection: | Grade point average, motivation letter, language knowledge. |
| Acknowledgement: | tf.fau.eu/studying/study-organisation/accreditation |
| Lecture period: | Beginning of April – end of July Beginning of October – end of January |
| Language of instruction: | English, Japanese |
| Experience reports: | Tohoku_Erfahrungsbericht_Chemical_Engineering_WiSe_2024-25_DE.pdf (in Germany only) |
| Annotation: | Rather not suitable for computer scientists, as the exchange is only with Tohoku Graduate School of Engineering, which does not include computer science. |
| Country: | Japan |
| City: | Tokyo |
| University: | The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Engineering |
| Homepage: | u-tokyo.ac.jp/en |
| Contact Person: | Franziska Ziener (Student Information and Advice FAU Tech) |
| Support: | No tuition fees, various scholarships. |
| Prerequisites: | Exchange in Bachelor only with good knowledge of Japanese (JLPT) Exchange in the Master also only with English knowledge Date of application within the standard period of study. |
| Type of cooperation: | Direct partnership (Agreement of Academic Exchange) |
| Number of places: | 2 x 1 semesters in WS and 2 x 1 semesters in SS |
| Deadline for application: | Online application (German, English) by November 15th |
| Application documents: |
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| Procedure: | You will receive the decision of the selection committee approximately 4-6 weeks after the application deadline. If you are selected, you must then still apply to the host university, which always makes the final decision on your admission. |
| Criteria for selection: | Grade point average, motivation letter, language knowledge. |
| Acknowledgement: | tf.fau.eu/studying/study-organisation/accreditation |
| Lecture period: | Beginning of April – end of July Beginning of October – end of January |
| Language of instruction: | Japanese, English |
| Experience reports: | University-of-Tokyo_Erfahrungsbericht_Mechanical-Engineering_IP_WiSe_2023_24 (in German only) University-of-Tokyo_Erfahrungsbericht_Medizintechnik_SoSe_2024 (in German only) |
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