Pre-arrival Japanese Language Program for UTokyo Students

No, you must provide formal proof that you have been officially admitted to UTokyo. Please submit a document issued under the name of the Dean.

To maximize learning effectiveness, attendance at all sessions is encouraged, but we understand there may be unavoidable circumstances. Please mention this when you register and during your interview.

No, this program is an interactive class where the instructor and all students engage in learning together, rather than a lecture. For copyright and privacy reasons, classes will not be recorded.

Yes, we conduct interviews with everyone to confirm the participant’s identity and their intention to take the course before enrollment.

A Global Unit is issued independently by the Center for Global Education. It is aligned with the UCTS (UMAP Credit Transfer Scheme). The contact hours for each course per Global Unit are as follows:

• 1-Unit course: 15 hours (900 minutes/ 90-minute session × 10)
• 0.5-Unit course: 7.5 hours (450 minutes/ 90-minute session × 5)

Please note "Global Units" are different from credits offered by faculties or graduate schools. However, the Global Unit Certificate includes the detailed information shown below and is issued only after a rigorous assessment. Therefore, exchange students might be able to use it to calculate credits for transfer to their home institution depending on that institution’s regulations.

• Participant's name
• Course name
• Number of Global Units for the course*
• Lecture type (Online)
• Course period
• Grade earned by the participant**
• Number of Global Units earned by the participant
• Notes: *1 Global Unit = 90 minutes × 10 classes; 0.5 Global Unit = 90 minutes × 5 classes. **Grading system: S (100-90), A (89-80), B (79-70), C (69-60), D (Fail).

We appreciate your enthusiasm, but, for the following reasons, taking multiple courses simultaneously is not allowed.

• P1 (Survival Japanese for Beginners (A)) and P2 (Survival Japanese for Beginners (B)) are at the same level (for beginners) and cover the same content. They are offered at different times to accommodate time zone differences.
• P3 (Elementary Japanese for Daily Use) is at the elementary level but assumes some prior knowledge. It is intended for those who have completed about one term to one semester of study through self-study or a general university course. Basic hiragana reading ability is also required.
• There is a significant level gap between P3 and P4 (Intermediate Japanese for Daily Use). To take P4, a study background equivalent to JLPT N4 is required.

For more details, please also refer to this chart.

As the courses are short (three weeks at most), there are limits to how much grammar and vocabulary you can learn. It is not a crash course. The courses focus on practicing how to naturally use the knowledge you have accumulated so far in daily life in Japan, while also gaining new understanding. The courses are designed for those who want to have active interactions in Japanese.

We use original materials prepared by the Center. These will be distributed to those who are accepted into the course. Advance purchase is not necessary.