The University of Tokyo
Go Global Website
Many attractive programs allow for direct application, and you can develop decision-making skills and ability by following the application procedures on your own. Additionally, it is beneficial for improving language proficiency and deepening your understanding of the local education system and culture.
Some programs offer discounts and financial assistance for UTokyo students, so please check for these opportunities. On this page, we regularly post programs that are open for direct application to UTokyo students, offered by partner universities, university alliances and public organizations. Please make sure to check the details such as application deadlines, program dates, and fees on each program's page.
(Scholarships)
If you are participating in a direct application program and meet the requirements, you may apply for scholarships such as the "Go Global Scholarships Short (3 months-1 year) / S-Short (less than 3 months) Study Abroad Scholarships". For more details, please refer to this page.
(Notes)
・ Participation in external programs does not include special accommodations for course registration or academic schedules at our university. Please plan responsibly and ensure your participation does not interfere with your studies.
・ Before applying, you must consult with the academic affairs office of your faculty or graduate school to confirm that participation will not pose any issues and to receive guidance on any important considerations.
・ If it is determined that participation interferes with your academic responsibilities, you may be denied participation in the program, even after acceptance.
・ You will also need to be careful concerning safety and risk management.
Once your participation in the program is confirmed, please refer to this page for your travel preparation.
・ It is recommended to apply well in advance of the deadline so that you can deal with any insufficiencies in the application documents and visa applications (if applicable). Please check the application deadline for each program.
(Reference) Information from JASSO "When you use an agency to study abroad" (Japanese only)
We are collecting reports from students who participated in the direct application program. Would you consider writing one to help students who will study abroad in the future? The length is flexible, and your report will be featured on the study abroad report page excluding any personal information.
How to submit: Please download this word file and send it to International Education Promotion Group of UTokyo Administration Bureau: studyabroadfair.adm[at]gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp
※The reports for some of the programs listed on this page are available here.
This page features summer programs held very year at overseas universities. We have listed over 50 programs. For more details, please visit List of Summer Courses and check individual program pages.
2025/9~2026/2
Host：U.S.-Japan Council
Application Deadline：2025/7/2
2025/10/18~10/19
Host：Tsinghua University
Application Deadline：2025/6/30
Program details here.
※Registration and conference fees are free for UTokyo students.
2025/9~2026/1
Host：Fudan University
Application Deadline：2025/6/15
※Tuition is free for UTokyo students. It is open to current master students, and junior or senior undergrad students.
2026/1/5~1/9
Host：The National Research Foundation Singapore
Application Deadline：2025/6/16
2025/10/9~10/20
Host：Tsinghua University
Application Deadline：2025/6/17
2025/6~12
Host：Universities, Research institutions, and Laboratories in Taiwan
Application Deadline：Depends on the programs ※The application process must be completed at least 3 months prior to the start each internship period.
2025/5~8 (3 weeks～) ※depends on the sessions
Host：University of California, Berkeley
Application Deadline：2025/4/16~6/18 ※depends on the sessions
※UTokyo students can apply before the general recruitment starts from February 3rd to February 17th. The international service fee will also be waived. Please follow the steps to register here.
※If you need assistance with the application process or arranging accommodation, you can apply through SAF*. (The participation fee will be different because the support fees are included, and the above-mentioned preferential treatment for students of U Tokyo will not apply.) For more information, see the SAF leaflet or website.
*SAF (Study Abroad Foundation) is a study abroad support organization established in 2000 as an accredited non-profit educational institution in the state of Indiana, USA.
Fall, Spring or full academic year
Host：University of California, Berkeley
Application Deadline：Depends on the programs and terms
Host：Depends on the program (Europe/North Americ/Oceania/Africa/Asisa etc.）
SAF is a non-profit international study abroad support organization that offers semester and year-long study abroad programs, summer programs, as well as short-term field study programs during the summer and spring. Students can apply for various programs, please check the website for more information.
Date: Within 3 months between May to December 2023 (start no later than October)
Host: National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)
Venue: Taiwan
Fee: Subsidy of NT$30,000 per month
2025/8/8~8/23
Host： National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Application Deadline：2025/5/30 (Students of UTokyo no recommendation needed)
How to Apply：Apply from here.
※ Select two students from UTokyo as the scholarship (Python+English：NT$39,000 / Chinese+English：NT$37,000) recipients. NYCU will select students. If you are not eligible, you can apply at your own expense or withdraw from the course.
2025/8/10~8/23
Host： The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Application Deadline：2025/5/30
2025/10/10~10/18
Host：The Japan-Korea Cultural Foundation / Korea Foundation
Application Deadline：2025/5/16 17:00
2025/6/12-7/12, 2025/7/10~8/9
Host： Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Application Deadline：2025/4/20
2025/9~2026/3 ※depends on the programs
Host：Depends on the programs
Application Deadline：2025/4/16 12:00
2025/6/23-6/28, 2025/6/30~7/5
Host： Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Application Deadline：2025/4/15
Apply from here
2025/6~8 ※depends on the programs
Host： National Taiwan University
Application Deadline：2025/4/15
2025/8/5~8/29
Host：Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Application Deadline：2025/4/1
Please follow steps to register here.
2025/8/29~9/2
Host：University of Macau
Application Deadline：2025/3/31
How to Apply：Contact by email to sandysou@um.edu.mo
University of Macau will select a student from applicants
2025/8/3~8/19
Host：TOMODACHI Initiative
Application Deadline：2025/3/31
(AI+X BootCamp)
Winter Cohort 1: January 15 ~ January 28, 2025
Winter Cohort 2: February 22 ~ March 7, 2025
(AI+X Research Plan)
January 21 - February 3, 2025
Host：Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2025/5/13~6/13
Host： INSA Lyon
Application Deadline：2025/3/23
2025/5/24~5/30
Host：Japan-China Friendship Center
Application Deadline：2025/3/11（First 150 applicants）
2025/4/14~2025/7
Host：Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
Application Deadline：2025/2/28
2025/6/23-2025/8/1 (Chinese Language and Culture)
2025/8/3-2025/8/23 (Chinese Language and Culture II) (Currently confirming whether it is eligible for the discount program)
2025/6/23-2025/8/1 (Research and Culture, Intensive Research)
Host：National Taiwan University (NTU)
Application Deadline：2025/2/24（Contact the International Education Promotion Group by the deadline.）
2025/6/23-2025/7/23 First week (June 23 - 27): NUS, Second - Fifth Week (June 27- July 23): online tutorials,
Online presentation on July 23
Host：National University of Singapore
Application Deadline：2025/2/24（Contact the International Education Promotion Group by the deadline.)
2025/8/10~9/28
Host：Georgia Institute of Technology
Application Deadline：2025/2/22
2025/2/23~2/27
Host：Institute for Advanced Studies, Universiti Malaya
Application deadline：2025/1/15
2025/6~2025/12 ※depends on the programs
Host：École polytechnique
Application deadline：2025/1/20
2025/2/24~/3/19 (Chinese Language and Culture)
2025/2/17~3/21 (Research and Culture)
Host：National Taiwan University（NTU）
Application deadline（Please contact the International Education Promotion Group of UTokyo by email）：
2024/12/25 (Chinese Language and Culture Program)
2024/12/8 (Research & Culture)
2025/1/9~1/10, 2025/1/20~1/24, 2025/1/27~1/31※
Host：University of Groningen
Application deadline：2024/12/12, 12/29, 1/6※
※depends on the programs
2025/5/22~5/23
Host：The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Application deadline：2024/12/31
2025/3/10~3/21
Host：INSA LYON
Application deadline：2024/12/20 (for UTokyo students.)
2025/2/25~2/26
Host：Chulalongkorn University
Application deadline：2024/12/20
2025/2/7~2/8
Host：The Seoul National University (SNU) Center for Global Health Research (CGHR)
Application deadline：2024/12/11
2025/1/6~2/19
Host：University of Auckland
Application deadline：2024/12/2
2025/1/2~1/11
Host：The University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
Application deadline：2024/12/1
2025/1/2~1/24
Host：Freie Universität Berlin
Application deadline：2024/11/21
2024/12/27~2025/1/17
Host： Yonsei University
Application deadline：2024/11/14
2024/12/24~2025/1/10
Host： Korea University
Application deadline：2024/11/15
Program details here.
2025/1~2 (depends on the programs)
Host：The University of Adelaide
Application deadline：2024/11/1
※This is different from the University of Adelaide Winter Program administrated by the Centre for Global Education, which takes place around Feburary. This is for those who can apply and participate in the program on their own.
2024/12/6~12/8
Host： Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Application deadline：2024/10/29
2025/1/6~1/31
Host：Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Application deadline：2024/10/15
Program details here.
2025/3/4~3/28
Host： Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Application deadline：2024/10/15
2024/12/7~12/8
Host：Tsinghua University
Application deadline：2024/10/10
2024/12/2~12/6
Host：University Malaya
Application deadline：2024/9/23
2024/7/22~26, 2024/9/9~13
Host：Oxford University
Application deadline：Registrations close one week before the course starts, or as soon as capacity is reached.
2024/11/11~11/15
Host：Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Application deadline：2024/9/13 Noon
2025/2/10~3/12
Host：The TOMODACHI Initiative
Application deadline：2024/9/18
2024/10~2025/1
Host：Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)
Application deadline：2024/9/1 17:00 (Beijing Time)
2024/9~11
Host：The Global Alliance of Universities on Climate (GAUC)
Application deadline：2024/8/15
Program details here.
2024/8/13~14
Host：Universitas Indonesia
Application deadline：with Abstracts: 2024/7/29, without Abstracts: 2024/8/10
Program details here.
2024/6~8 (depends on the programs)
Host：University College Dublin
Application deadline：Registrations close two weeks before the course starts, or as soon as capacity is reached.
Application method：1. Send an email to giuliana.bonvini@ucd.ie (cc: ela@ucd.ie) with an UTokyo student ID attached, indicating that you are a student of the university of Tokyo and applying to the UCD Summer School. UTokyo students will be eligible for a 20% discount on program fees.
2. Compelte online application platform. Contact person: Giuliana Bonvini, UCD English Language Academy, giuliana.bonvini@ucd.ie
The programs held by universities that are members of the International Alliance of Research Universities, which trains future world leaders.
The host university, program period, and application deadline are depending on the programs. Please check each program for details.
2024/10~2025/2 (depends on the programs)
Host：Justus Liebig University Giessen
Application deadline：2024/7/31
2025/1/6~1/10
Host：The National Research Foundation Singapore
Application deadline：Noon of 2024/7/22
2024/5~8 (Three weeks～) depends on the sessions
Host：University of California, Berkeley
Application deadline：2024/4~7 depends on the sessions
The international service fee will be waived. Please follow steps to register here.
2024/8/21~24
Host：United Nations University
Application deadline：2024/7/31
2024/6~9 (depands on the programs)
Host：SOAS University of London
Applicaiton Deadline: 2024/5/31, 6/21, 7/12 (depends on the programs)
2024/8/13~8/16
Host：Institute for Advanced Studies, Universiti Malaya
Application deadline：2024/7/13
2024/8/5~8/23
Host：University College London
Application deadline：2024/7/5 12:00pm (GMT) → Due to the large number of applicants, UCL closed applications and opened a waiting list.
2024/9/2~9/8
Host：Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Application deadline：2024/6/30
Term II：2024/6/1~7/31
Term III：2024/7/20~8/17
Host：Freie Universitat Berlin
Application deadline：Term II: 2024/5/4・Term III: 2024/6/22
*The University of Tokyo's Center for German and European Studies provide various grants for undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs, including participation in the summer school. For further details, please contact them.
2024/6/25-7/5
Host：U7+ Student and Alumni Network, École Polytechnique
Application deadline：2024/6/19 Nominees will be selected by a draw'
Session 1 : 2024/6/24~2024/7/12
Session 2 : 2024/7/15~2024/8/2
Host：University College London
Application deadline：Session 1 and both sessions : 2024/5/29, Session 2 : 2024/6/19
2024/6/17-6/24
Host：University of the Philippines
Application deadline：2024/5/31 first-come basis
2024/7/~7/29
Host：Universitas Indonesia (Host), Universiti Malaya (Co-Host)
Application deadline：2024/5/24 noon
2024/10/14~10/18
Host：EHESS（School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences）
Application deadline：2024/5/22
2024/7/2~7/8
Host：The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Application deadline：2024/5/15 noon first-come basis
2024/7/6~7/27
Host：The University of Southampton
Application deadline：2024/5/10 23:59 (GMT)
2024/6/26~8/6(depends on the programs)
Host：Yonsei University
Application deadline：2024/5/9
2024/6/24~7/26
Host：Seoul National University
Application deadline：2024/5/9
Session A : 2024/5/27~6/28
Session B : 2024/7/1~8/2
Host：Yale University
Application deadline：Session A : 2024/4/1・Session B : 2024/5/6
UTokyo students will be able to receive fee waivers. Plese enter 'PIN:yss24ut' in the application process.
June Session：2024/6/7~7/7
July Session：2024/7/12~8/12
Host：The University of British Columbia
Application deadline：June Session: 2024/3/1・July Session : 2024/4/24 → Please contact: vsp.kinesiology@ubc.ca regarding submissions after the deadline
Program details here.
2024/6/24~7/5
Host：Tsinghua University
Application deadline：2024/5/6
2024/7/1~7/19
Host：University of Zurich
Application deadline：2024/4/15
2024/6/17~6/21
Host：Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Application deadline：2024/4/17 noon (first-come basis)
2024/7/14 -8/4
Host：The University of Hong Kong, Chulalongkorn University, Hokkaido University
Application deadline：2024/4/15 23:59 (UTC+8, Hong Kong Standard Time)
2024/8/4 - 8/20
Host：The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars
Application deadline：2024/4/7
2024/6~7 (depends on the programs)
Host：University of Glasgow
Application deadline：2024/4 (depends on the programs)
2024/8/5~2024/8/28
Host：Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Application deadline：2024/4/1
Program details for UTokyo students are here
・To enroll for the Intensive Course, please use the enrolment from (select "Summer Courses" as the course type and the desired module). A copy of the valid certificate of enrolment from the University of Tokyo must be uploaded at the time of registration. To enroll online fot the Special Course (Extra 1), select "Special Course" as the course type.
・Students must also send an email to info@dkfa.de with "Uni Tokyo" in the subject line, confirming that they are enrolled at the University of Tokyo.
*The University of Tokyo's Center for German and European Studies provide various grants for undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs, including participation in the summer school. For further details, please contact them
2024/7/8~2024/8/2
Host：Fundan University
Application deadline：2024/3/28 Noon
Application method：To receive a 10% discount on tuition fees, contact to the International Education Promotion Group (studyabroad.adm@gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp) by email. Please write the program name in the subject line.
2024/6/3-7/17
Host：AgroParis Tech
Application deadline：2024/3/24
2024/6~8（depends on the program）
Host：Zhejiang University＆others
Application deadline：2024/3/17 23:59 (GMT)
Host：Tsinghua University
Application deadline：2024/3/17 23:59 (Beijing time)
Program detials here.
2024/6/4~6/28
Host：University College Dublin
Application deadline：2024/3/15
2024/5/10~5/13
Host：Tsinghua University
Application deadline：2024/3/15
2024/6~9 (depends on the program)
Host：Zhejiang University
Application deadline：2024/3/15 Noon
2024/5/25~26
Host：Chulalongkorn University
Application deadline：2024/2/29
Host：National Taiwan University（NTU）
Date：2024/6/24~8/2 (Chinese Language and Culture Program, Summer+ Research & Culture)
2024/6/24~8/16 (Summer+ Intensive Research)
Application deadline：2024/2/26 NOON（Please contact the International Education Promotion Group of UTokyo by this date and time.)
2024/8/4~9/22
Host：Georgia Institute of Technolog
Application deadline：2024/2/24
2024/6/4~2024/8/3 *For programs conducted by the University of Tokyo. Durations vary depending on the host university.
Host：The University of Tokyo
Application deadline：2024/2/1 at 15:00(JST) *For programs conducted by the University of Tokyo. Deadlines vary depending on the host university.
- Amgen Scholars Program is a summer internship program, primarily targeting undergraduate students majoring in Science and Biotechnology. The program is conducted at over 20 universities and institutions worldwide, offering intensive research experiences.
- Expenses such as airfare, accommodation, and living allowances are covered by the program.
- Students from the University of Tokyo can apply not only to the program at the University of Tokyo but also to programs held at Kyoto University, a selected institution in the Asia Program, as well as the National University of Singapore and Tsinghua University.
2024/3/7~2024/3/22
Host：INSA LYON
Application deadline：2023/1/31
2024/2/20~2/22
Host：University of Toronto
Application deadline：2024/1/26 12:00pm (JST)
Application method：Please apply to the International Education Promotion Group (studyabroad.adm@gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp) by email. (First 4 arrivals)
2024/1/12~2024/2/9 and other
(Programs start from Feb, July and Aug are also availble, see website for details)
Host：University of California, Davis
・There are courses available for science-related fields, such as "English for Science and Technology", as well as courses on "Entrepreneurship and International Business".
2024/3/4～26 (Chinese Language and Culture Program)
Host：National Taiwan University（NTU）
Venue：Taiwan
Application deadline：2024/1/8
2024/2/15~2/19
Host：AYLTLC/Singapore
Application deadline：2024/1/1
2024/7/1～2024/8/31
Host：ETH Zurich
Application deadline：2023/12/15 at 13:00(Central European Time)
2024/7/11~2024/7/13
Host：East West Center
Application deadline：2023/12/2 1:59pm JST
2024/1/2~2024/1/10
Host：University of Science and Technology of China
Application deadline：2023/11/30
Program detials here
2024/1/3~2024/1/26
Host：Freie Universität Berlin
Application deadline：2023/11/22
2023/12/27~2024/1/17
Host：Yonsei University
Application deadline：2023/11/16
2023/11/13~2023/12/9
Host：University of Indonesia (online)
Application deadline：2023/11/3
2023/12/15 (tenative)
Host：Osaka University(Online)
Application deadline：2023/10/22
Event information in UTokyo is also available here.
