Aoyama Gakuin University

• Students in the Faculty of Arts, Department of Asian Studies, and Commerce are eligible to apply to this partner university

Term dates

• UBC Term 1 (AGU Fall semester): mid September - mid February 
• UBC Term 2 (AGU Spring semester): early April - late July 

*Term 1 will not be able to return to UBC for term 2

Areas of study available:

• Arts
• Commerce (UBCV)
• Land and Food Systems
• Management (UBCO)

Course availability and restrictions

• Students are encouraged to commence study at AGU in the Spring Semester (April) since many full year courses are offered starting in this semester
• When selecting courses, ensure that they are available in the semester for which you are applying

Partner Course Information

Course equivalency Formula

• Same as UBC

Course load Information

• Minimum 14 credits per semester
• To qualify for student visa, students must be enrolled in minimum 10 hours of course work per week

Transfer credit

The transfer credit process takes approximately 16 weeks following each submission deadline. You should allow sufficient time to meet important deadlines that may affect you (e.g. application for graduation, registration in courses that require prerequisites that you took on exchange, entry to a major/honours program, etc.)

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Additional note for language of instruction

• Students must have completed at least one year of university level or equivalent Japanese language prior to studying at AGU unless taking only English taught courses
• Limited selection of English courses available in ARTS, LAW and COMM
  • Subjects taught in English: Literature (American and English) Law (American Law, Legal Debate) International Polictics, Economics and Business (Intercultural Literacy, Management Accounting, Global Environmental Politics, International Management, International Institutions, Comparative Politics, etc...)
• Courses in other subject areas require a high level of Japanese language proficiency
• Exchange students take compulsory courses in Japanese language and Japanology, and will be placed in one of 5 levels based on a language placement test that will take place upon arrival at AGU:
  • Exchange students at AGU enroll in two Japanese language courses (each has 90min classes 2 times a week), which are worth 4 AGU credits per semester
  • Japanology course (once a week, 2 AGU credits per semester), which covers various aspects of Japanese culture (taught in Japanese)
  • "Japanese Society and Culture" course (once a week, 2 AGU credits per semester), which is similar to Japanology but is focused more on Japanese language study (there are 3 levels, each correspond to the levels of Japanese language course)