Meiji Gakuin University

Meiji Gakuin University (MGU) was established 150 years ago by American Christian missionary James Curtis Hepburn who published the first fully-fledged Japanese-English dictionary. It has more than 12 000 students located over two campuses.

Academic Highlights

The curriculum at MGU centres on the liberal arts and offers degrees in economics, sociology, the humanities, law, psychology and international studies.

Location

MGU’s two campuses are located at Shirokane, in Tokyo’s south and in Yokohama, Japan’s second largest city.

Did you know?

Yokohama played a leading role in introducing beer from the West and is the home of the Kirin beer brewing company.

Handbook/Catalogue

MGU's course catalogue

For more information on specific courses, search specific class syllabi here.

Academic Restrictions

• Students applying for an exchange in Japan will need to have a WAM of 65% or above.
• You are only eligible to apply for this university if you are studying Japanese Studies at Monash at the point of exchange application. The only exception is if you have been selected as a New Colombo Plan Scholar.
• Exchange students must register for a minimum of 12 and maximum of 24 credits per semester at MGU to maintain their student visa.
• Due to the popularity of exchange at MGU, Monash students can only apply for a one-semester exchange period.

Language requirements

• Students must have already mastered Hiragana and Katakana to participate in the MGU exchange program. If you wish to take regular units taught in Japanese, you must have passed JLPT N1. More information about JLPT can be found here.
• For students with no prior Japanese language learning experience, the Japanese language courses designed for beginners will only be offered at the Yokohama Campus.

Full-time Credit Load Equivalents

Academic Calendar

MGU Spring semester (Monash Semester 1): late March - late July
MGU Fall semester (Monash Semester 2): mid-September - late January

MGU's Academic Calendar (under the Academic Program heading as a downloadable PDF)

Note

• The listed disciplines are not necessarily exhaustive and other fields of study might also be available at the institution.
• Approval to study particular subjects at any institution is always at the discretion of the departmental/discipline and faculty advisers in your managing faculty(ies) and subject to available places at the host.

Due to a lack of availability of exchange places, this program is not currently accepting applications.

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