Ritsumeikan University

• Exchange students can take coursework in most areas of study
• Study in Kyoto Program (SKP), offered at the Kinugasa Campus in Kyoto, brings together students interested in Japanese studies from around the world

Term dates

• UBC Term 1 (Ritsumeikan Fall Semester): late September - late January
• UBC Term 2 (Ritsumeikan Spring Semester): early April - late July

Areas of study available:

• Arts
• Commerce (UBCV)
• Engineering
• Forestry
• Health Sciences
• Land and Food Systems
• Management (UBCO)
• Science

Course availability and restrictions

• Study in Kyoto Program (SKP):
  • For intensive Japanese, designed for university students with varying degrees of Japanese language proficiency from upper-elementary to advanced levels
  • Students majoring in Japanese are recommended to take Comprehensive Japanese and two other supplementary Japanese courses and can take courses from the Japanese World Perspective program 
  • Minimum requirement for admission is an upper-elementary level of Japanese language proficiency (i.e. completion of 200 hours of Japanese language study covering the first half of an elementary course, having mastered Hiragana, Katakana, and TE-form verbs, and having knowledge of approximately 100 Kanji characters and 800 words)
• Japanese World Perspectives Program (JWP): for students with little or no Japanese background, who may take courses exclusively from the Japanese World Perspectives program taught in English
• Intensive Japanese Language Track (IJL) is now open to all ability levels students without any previous experience can study Japanese
• Traditional Arts Courses will be considered non-credit at UBC (in these courses, students attend practical workshops for 2 hours a week with little out of class work and no final evaluations)
• When selecting courses, ensure that they are available in the semester for which you are applying

Partner Course Information

Course equivalency Formula

• JWP Program: 1 Rits credit = 1 UBC credit
• IJL Program: 1 Rits credits = 1.3 UBC credit

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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