Orientation for International Students
(only for newly enrolled students)
| For | Date 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 | Wednesday, September 17 18:00～20:00 | Live-stream |
●Research students(MEXT program / privately financed） *excluding KJP exchange students at Global Education Center | Thursday, September 18 18:00～20:00 | Live-stream |
●Exchange students (Undergraduate/Graduate) *excluding MEXT students with Japanese language education at Global Education Center | Wednesday, September 17 20:15～22:15 | Live-stream |
| ●Kobe Japanese program (KJP) exchange students at Global Education Center | Friday, September 19 20:15～22:15 | Live-stream |
| ●MEXT students with Japanese language education at Global Education Center | Friday, September 19 18:00～20:00 | Live-stream |
| ●MEXT students withJapanese language and Japanese studies at Global Education Center | Thursday, September 18 20:15～22:15 | Live-stream |
| 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 2025
?Guide Book（Japanese?English/ Chinese / Korean）
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）
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 information will be sent to the applicable students by email by the day of the orientation.
| For | Date and Time (JST) | How to participate |
|---|---|---|
*excluding exchange students | Monday, October 6, 2025
| Live-stream |
| 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
- Japanese Classes Leaflet(To be updated soon)
- Timetable: Integrated Japanese Language classes(To be updated soon)
- Timetable: Japanese Language and Japanese Studies classes(To be updated soon)