(Last Updated On: June 5, 2025)

SAO Programme Code
JP6-1 (2 courses): Summer Session in East Asian Studies
JP6-1 (3 courses): Summer Session in East Asian Studies
JP6-2: Japanese Language Courses

SAO Programme Type
JP6-1 : G2
JP6-1 : G2
JP6-2 : G2

Programme Period
July 1 – July 22, 2025

Quota
No limit

Responsible Staff
Lavina Cheong (lavinacheong@um.edu.mo)

Official Website
Summer Session in East Asian Studies:
https://piloti.sophia.ac.jp/eng/studyabroad/short-term/summer_asia/

Japanese Language Courses:
https://piloti.sophia.ac.jp/eng/studyabroad/short-term/summer_jp/

Language Requirement

East Asian Studies Courses:

  • English Test: TOEFL/PBT: 550, TOEFL/iBT: 79, IELTS: 6.0
  • Applicants are exempt from the English Proficiency Test Score requirement:

An applicant whose native language is English.

An applicant is currently attending an educational institution whose main language of instruction is English.

– Japanese Language Courses:

  • TTBJ (Tsukuba Test – Battery of Japanese) Score Report (details) is required, but those who have never studied Japanese before do not need to take the test.

Other Requirement

  • GPA 2.8 or above on a 4.0 scale
  • Students who are not in their final year 
  • Official transcript, Passport copy, Color headshot

Refund Policy
No refund will be made once the payment has been completed.

This includes cases such as the following:
-If you cancel a course after the payment is complete, a refund of the fee difference will not be made.
-If you cancel the program participation, no refund will be made.

*SAO reserves the right to change the programme type/amount of sponsorship based on the actual expenses spent during the programme.