Exchange Programs

Academic exchange networks have consistently cultivated an international perspective

Overseas Study Programs
Tokyo Woman's Christian University was founded as a result of international Christian cooperation. Since its inception, the University's most important educational goal has consistently been the development of international attitudes and the fostering of women who are able to play an important role in the international community. The International Exchange Center aims to promote academic and cultural exchanges with foreign universities, and educational and research institutions. Faculty and staff members of the Center provide support for students who wish to study abroad and for students from overseas studying at the University.

Overseas Student Admissions

The University has special Undergraduate and Graduate School entrance examinations for overseas students. Students from China, South Korea,Taiwan, India, Vietnam,Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia have studied here.

Overseas Study Programs
■Student Exchange Partner Universities
The University currently has exchange program agreements with six universities:

United States
●Scripps College
●Saint Michael's College
●Hobart and William Smith Colleges

United Kingdom
●The University of York

Canada
●McGill University

South Korea
●Sungshin Women's University

The University also has a program that allows students to study at foreign universities in addition to the six above. In this program, students freely choose the University they want to study.

■Cambridge Summer School

As part of a Collaborative Agreement made in 2005 between Tokyo Woman's Christian University and Hughes Hall, one of the colleges of Cambridge University, an academic summer school was inaugurated in 2007. The goal of the program is to provide Tokyo Woman's Christian University students with a good command of English the opportunity to broaden and deepen their knowledge at Cambridge. The students attend lectures and seminars organized by Hughes Hall and stay in the Hughes Hall dormitory. They also take part in a wide range of other activities with Cambridge University students. Tokyo Woman's Christian University and Hughes Hall have a deep, historical relationship that began when Tetsu Yasui, who later became our second President, went to Cambridge to study with Elizabeth Hughes, the first Principal of Hughes Hall. While staying at Hughes Hall, our students find themselves in an environment that encourages them to reflect on Tetsu Yasui's liberal arts philosophy that has been an integral part of our university's approach to education since its foundation.

■Summer Overseas Language Programs

The University organizes students to participate in summer language programs at the following universities:
United States
●University of California, Irvine (English)
●Saint Michael's College (English)

United Kingdom
●The University of York (English)

Canada
●McGill University (English)

China
●Beijing University (Chinese)


■Japan-South Korea Exchange

The University has student exchanges with Sungshin Women's University. Every summer, students from each university visit each other's campus to deepen mutual understanding through discussions and homestays.

■Educational Assistance to Women in Afghanistan

Five Japanese women's universities (Ochanomizu University, Tsuda College, Nara Women's University, Japan Women's University, and Tokyo Woman's Christian University) established a consortium to provide educational assistance to women in Afghanistan. In cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the consortium has, since 2002, invited leading educators for women from Afghanistan to Japan for training.

■Reischauer House
The Reischauer House functions as an international exchange center where overseas and Japanese students can meet for various activities. It is the house where A.K. Reischauer, a member of the Board of Governors when the University was founded, and his family lived from 1926 to 1941.

Domestic exchanges with other universities

■Undergraduate Credit Transfer

The University allows students to gain credits at the following universities:

Asia University, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Musashino University, Seikei University, and Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

■Domestic Exchange Program

Tokyo Woman's Christian University and Kobe College have an exchange program that allows their undergraduate students to study at the other university for six months or a year.

■Graduate Credit Transfer (Master's Program)

In order to promote academic cooperation, the University allows graduate students to gain credits at other universities' graduate schools. The University has arrangements with graduate programs as indicated:

Affiliated Universities
Humanities, Culture and Communication, Science
All majors−International Christian University

Humanities, Culture and Communication
All majors −Seikei University

Humanities
Philosophy:
Sophia University

Japanese Literature:
Aoyama Gakuin University,
Sophia University
Tokyo Gakugei University

English:
Aoyama Gakuin University,
Hosei University,
Japan Women's University,
Meiji Gakuin University,
Meiji University,
Rikkyo University,
Sophia University,
Tohoku Gakuin University,
Toyo University,
Tsuda College,
University of the Sacred Heart

History:
Japan Women's University,
University of the Sacred Heart

Science
Mathematics:
Chuo University,
Gakushuin University,
International Christian University,
Japan Women's University,
Meiji University,
Nihon University,
Rikkyo University,
Sophia University,
Tsuda College