Keio University, Japan
Keio University is the oldest and among the best of Japan’s universities. It has eleven campuses in central Tokyo and currently has 34,000 enrolled students.
Tokyo is both the capital and, with 13.5 million inhabitants, the largest city of Japan. The Greater Tokyo Area of almost 38 million people is the world’s most populous metropolitan area. Tokyo is famous for its sci-fi cityscape but also features many parks, old quarters, temples and traditional kabuki theatres. It is a fashion, culinary and pop-culture capital and has been ranked as the third best city in the world to be a student.
Available Subject Areas
Please ensure that you research the courses available to you as an exchange student, and check with your subject coordinator(s) that these courses are suitable for your Glasgow degree programme. Please note that partner course offerings may change on a yearly basis.
Please research course level; content and assessment structures; partner academic pre-requisites for exchange students; whether enough courses / credits are available in your degree subject(s) to meet your Glasgow degree credit requirements; language of teaching and for Joint Honours students, whether the partner has any restrictions on taking courses from different Schools/Faculties.
- Accounting & Finance
- Aerospace Engineering/Sciences
- Archaeology
- Biomedical Engineering
- Business & Management
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Classics
- Comparative Literature
- Computing Science
- Digital Media & Information Studies
- Earth Science and Geology
- Economic & Social History
- Economics
- Education
- Electronics/Electrical Engineering
- English Language
- English Literature
- Film & TV
- Geography
- History
- History of Art
- Life Sciences
- Maths
- Music
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Politics and International Relations
- Product Design Engineering
- Psychology
- School of Interdisciplinary subjects Dumfries
- Scottish Literature
- Sociology
- Statistics
- Theatre Studies
- Theology & Religious Studies
- Urban Studies/Public & Social Policy
Key facts
- Estimated number of places:
- University-wide: 1-3 full-year places or 2-6 semester places
- Extra Economics only places: 1-2 full year places
- Not suitable for Law students
- Language of teaching: English and Japanese
- Students should ensure that UofG required classes are taught in English
- Calendar
- Grading system: A - F
- Entry requirements
- Credit guidance: typical full course for home students load per semester = 14
Travel and costs
Useful weblinks
Keio University, 2 Chome-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tōkyō-to 108-8345, Japan
Partner web
https://www.keio.ac.jp/en/
Partner mobility web
http://www.ic.keio.ac.jp/en/study/exchange/index.html
Mobility contact
ic-student@adst.keio.ac.jp
Disability support
https://www.keio.ac.jp/en/student-life/health.html