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Application Requirements
Eligible Applicants: UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS or GRADUATE STUDENTS enrolled at foreign universities who possess high standards of academic performance (GPA score of 3.2 out of 4.0 or more in principle), are fluent in English (TOEFL score of 550 or more in principle, if you are a non-native speaker) and will continue their studies at their home universities after finishing the ATW program.
Completed Application FORM 1a |
All applicants must submit by e-mail to: atw.kyushu@gmail.com |
Completed Application FORM 1b |
All applicants must submit by regular mail or e-mail |
| Academic Transcript (Original) |
All applicants must submit a hard copy of an original transcript |
Completed Reference Letter
(FORM 2) |
All applicants must submit by regular mail or e-mail
This form must be completed by any academic staff member at home institution other than a language instructor.
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Essay (FORM 3) |
All applicants must submit by regular mail or e-mail
Title : Why I want to join ATW? (800 to 1000 words) |
Language Proficiency Certificate
(Copy) |
TOEFL or IELTS score for non-native English speakers
All applicants must submit by regular mail. A scanned copy can be accepted by e-mail. |
| Completed Statement of English Proficiency FORM 4 |
If you have studied in English for more than two years, you need not submit a TOEFL/IELTS score sheet. Instead, submit a letter certifying your proficiency in English including a short description of the classes taken. This form can be submitted by regular mail or e-mail. |
| Diploma (Copy) |
Only postgraduate students must submit by regular mail or e-mail. |
| Checklist |
Please download the checklist to recofirm the requirements and attach the list to your application |
Your applications should arrive the ATW Section by 28 February 2013.
ATW Section
OPCIA (Office for the Planning and Coordination of International
Affairs)
Kyushu University
Hakozaki 6-10-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, JP
Tel: +81 92 642 2143
Fax: +81 92 642 4273
E-mail: atw.kyushu@gmail.com
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| Once you are admitted,
you will be asked to submit further materials. Details of
the secondary application will be informed to successful candidates
by e-mail. |
All successful candidates are asked to submit the following forms
and one passport size digital photo
by the deadline set by the ATW Office. The ATW Office
will inform the deadline to successful candidate in due course.
Forms can be sent to the ATW Office by Email or fax and a digital
photo by e-mail
- Registration for courses and
study Trips
- Application for accommodation
- Application for homestay
- A passport-size degital photo
- Flight information
- Confirmation for travel insurance
Arriving Fukuoka: All ATW students will be asked to arrive at Fukuoka on 23 Jun (Sun) and 24 June (Mon). Accommodation will be ready from 23 June. Airport pickup by ATW can be offered for
free of charge.
Leaving Fukuoka: ATW regards your participation
throughout the program, from ATW Opening Ceremony on 25 June to Closing Ceremony on 8
August
as essential. Therefore, ATW will ask you NOT to leave Fukouka
before the program completed nor to be absent without authority
of ATW during the program term. The opening ceremony will start from 10.00AM on 5 June and the closing ceremony will be from 1:15PM to 2:30PM followed by a farewell party.
Please refer to ATW Regulations
for Participation.
Travel Insurance: Your stay in Japan is not long
enough to buy any Japanese insurance or to receive any medical fee
support for international students. Therefore, you are required
to take out any insurance in your own country before you come to
Kyushu University. As soon as you have bought insurance, please
send a copy of the insurance policy along with Confirmation Form
of Insurance.
Kyushu University shall not bear any responsibility for costs caused by illness, injury and/or death of the students and any other damage that may occur as a result of accident, disaster, or other unexpected circumstances.
More
information of accommodation for ATW 2013.
Fees
Tuition and program fees
90,800 JPY
for taking 3 courses (6 credits), which is the requirement for completing the ATW program.
Accommodation fees
- Estimated costs for staying in a furnished apartment:
(5 weeks) 100,000JPY (including room charge and utility
expenses)
(7 weeks) 144,000JPY (including room charge and
utility expenses)
- Estimated costs for staying in an off-campus dormitory:
(5 weeks) 60,000-78,000 JPY (including room charge, utility
expenses and meals*)
(7 weeks) 87,000-106,000 JPY (including room charge, utility
expenses and meals*)
*Two meals (breakfast and dinner) are offered everyday
except Sundays and Japanese National holidays.
- Estimated costs for home stay:
(2 weeks) about 45,000 JPY (including lodging and
meals**)
(7 weeks) about 130,000 JPY (including lodging and
meals**)
**Two meals (breakfast and dinner) are offered
for weekdays, while lunch is offered in addition
to
those two meals on weekends when there is no official
class of ATW.
Study trip fees
Several study trips will be held during the program
for your option. Each excursion is planned
in the expectation that students
are able to experience some part of Japanese
culture and the Japanese esthetic sense. The following
study
trips are planned
to be held. Please sign up for the trips you
wish to join by means of Registration for Course, Study
Trip & Workshop.
Please click each study trip to open a popup window for more information.
(These fees are subject to change.)
| World
heritage sites in Hiroshima (click here) |
Fee:
25,000 yen |
| Farming work experience (click here) |
Fee: 2,600 yen |
| Japanese traditional
culture (click here) |
Fee: 500 yen |
Estimated costs
for participating in ATW
- 90,800JPY for tuition fee
- 105,000-144,000JPY for accommodation fee
- 20,000-30,000JPY for commuting expenses (by public
transportation)
- 3,000JPY for
a Japanese language text book
- 12,000JPY for
lunch at a university cafeteria (400yen x 30days)
- 27,600JPY for three optional study trips
These costs are merely
indicative. Personal expenses and expensese for a round-trip
airline ticket are not included in the costs mentioned
above. If you live in a furnished apartment, breakfast and dinner cost should be added to this estimating costs.
Payment of the fees
Payment of tuition, accommodation fees,
study trip fees will be accepted in cash after arriving
the University or by overseas remittance to our bank.
All payments must be made in Japanese
yen.
Any check will NOT be accepted.
If you would like to pay through overseas remittance (bank transfer),
you are asked to pay at least one month before ATW starts. Please consult the ATW Office for more information.
In case of paying through overseas
remittance,
- You must pay in Japanese yen.
- Any bank charges (including a
2,500 yen Japanese bank charge) must be met by the participant.
- A deposit of 5,000 yen must be included in the payment.
- If your
payment is less than the amount we required due to fluctuations
in the exchange rate or
any other reasons, the shortage will be paid from your deposit
and
the remainder will be refunded when you arrive in Japan.
- In
case of cancellation, tuition, study trip and accommodation
fees will be fully refunded. Any bank charges associated
with the overseasl remittance to refund the fees will be paid from the deposit
of 5,000
yen.

Contact
ATW Office
Office for the Planning and Coordination of International Affairs
(OPCIA)
Kyushu University
Hakozaki 6-10-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, JP
Tel: +81 92 642 2143
Fax: +81 92 642 4273
E-mail: atw.kyushu@gmail.com

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