Year-long Study Abroad
The Office of International Programs is responsible for all study abroad applications. Their website lists our partner universities in Japan and has information sheets on each university. Applications for the year-long study programs are due October 13 for students interested in studying abroad in Fall 2006.
At present, the university has year-long programs at Kumamoto Gakuen University and Kumamoto University in Kumamoto prefecture, and at Sophia University, and Toyo University in Tokyo. These are programs with an official agreement with UM: students pay tuition to UM and take courses for UM credit at the Japanese institution.
We are delighted to announce that we have added Aoyama Gakuin University and Seijo University to our list of partner schools.

Summer Study Abroad
Mukogawa Women’s College offers a one-month course of study in beautiful Nishinomiya, Japan. This course of study is available for women only.

Scholarships for Study Abroad
There are scholarships available for study abroad at Toyo University (Tokyo), Kumamoto University (in Kumamoto, Kyushu), or Sophia University in Tokyo. Details are available at the Office of International Programs on campus, or on their website.

Summer internships
Oe-cho Paid Summer Internship Teaching English
There is a paid summer internship program (English teaching) in the town of Oe, in northern Japan. Students apply for the internship in Spring. Upper classmen are preferred.

Timetable: If you are interested in the Oe-cho program, let your advisor know. The application process begins in mid-February. Interviews take place in March, and the successful candidate prepares to leave for Japan in May. Ask your advisor for more information.
The application form is available here.


Year-Long Internships
The University has an agreement with the city of Date in Hokkaido. Two students of Japanese are selected each year for participation in this
The Date English Speakers' Project was established in 1989. Two students with two or more years of Japanese language training are selected each year by the Japanese section and sent to Date, a small town in Hokkaido, near Sapporo, to work as English teachers in the middle and high schools. The students receive a salary (ca. $20,000-22,000 for the year, depending on the yen exchange rate), full or partial airfare, and subsidized housing. Students earn 6 UM credits for the academic year. City of Date Homepage

Timetable: If you are interested in the Date Township program, let your advisor know. The application process begins in October. Interviews take place in November, and the successful candidate prepares to leave for Japan the following year.
The announcement and application form for Date Township Internship is available here.
Printable Description of the Internship Program