Keio Summer Program 2026

Overview

Duration	2 months (Late May - End of July)
Eligibility	Must be currently enrolled as full-time students in an undergraduate (bachelor's level) program at one of Keio's university-wide student exchange partner universities AND must be nominated by the home university. Must be fluent in English. No Japanese proficiency is required as all lectures are conducted in English. Must have completed at least one (1) full-year of studies at their home universities prior to participating in the program.
Credits and Transcripts	Participants will be graded and will be issued transcripts. Academic credits earned from the Keio Summer Program courses may be transferred back to the home university, subject to the rules and regulations of the home university.
English Requirement	TOEFL/iBT: 79 (approx. 4.0) or above
GPA Requirement	3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent) is preferred.
Location	Mita Campus, Tokyo
Application Period	TBA
Application Procedure	TBA
Program Fee	300,500 JPY This amount is subject to change. Accommodation not included Includes the screening fee (18,000 JPY), registration fee (22,500 JPY), and tuition (260,000 JPY) An additional fee of around 9,160 JPY will be charged by a company handling those payments.
Handling Charges for Visa Application Documents (if applicable)	6,600 JPY
Accommodation	Not included
Contact	International Center, Keio University ic-short-program@adst.keio.ac.jp

Course Information

Course Offerings (*subject to change)

Business & Economy

Entrepreneurship & Small Business Development in Japan
Japanese Production Management Systems

Culture & Cross-cultural Understanding

Deep Culture Difference: Understanding Japan Through Cross-Cultural Comparison
Otaku Culture in Japan and Its Transnational Relation
Culture and Emotion

Social Issues

Current Global Occupational Health and Safety and Training for Kaizen (Improvements)
Strategies for Implementing SDGs 2 (Goal 10-17): Approaches for Environmental Sustainability

Politics, Diplomacy & International Exchange

Contemporary Japan in Historical and Global Perspective - Politics, Society, Identity, and Japan's Global Role

Language & Literature

Ghosts and Goblins in Modern Japanese Literature

Arts

Introduction to Japanese Art History

Law

The Supreme Court of Japan: Structure, Function, Case Law

Religion & Thought

Japanese Buddhism and Social Suffering

Japanese Language

Survival Japanese: Introduction to the Japanese Language (1 credit) or Business Japanese: Introduction to Japanese for Business and Work (1 credit)

Please refer to this webpage for more information and updates.

(Note: Course offerings and details are subject to change. Courses listed on the webpage/document may include full-semester spring courses starting in April which Keio Summer Program students cannot take.)

Program Requirements & Enrollment Policy

Course Load: Participants are required to take 3 or 4 courses.
Schedule: Each course meets twice per week.
Credits: 2 credits per regular academic course / 1 credit per Japanese language course
Class Capacity & Important Notes:

✓ Our spring semester runs from April to July, and the above-listed International Center Courses offered during the latter half of the spring semester (late May to late July) are open to Keio Summer Program students.

✓ These courses are also open to local Keio students and exchange students, and places for capped courses will be allocated by lottery or by the lecturer. Therefore, please note that you might not be able to enroll in your first-choice courses.