Programs

Program A is an exchange program through which UMAP participating institutions send and receive up to two students with tuition waivers each semester.

Program B is a negotiated bilateral exchange between two institutions that have agreed to exchange more than two students per semester.

Programs A and B follow a timeline that has two application cycles. Programs that are open for application only during the early or First application cycle are marked with .

Programs that are open for application only during the late or Second application cycle are marked with .

Programs that are open for application during both early/late or First and Second application cycles are marked with .

Program C consists of short-term programs of one to eight-weeks, for which tuition may be charged.

Virtual Programs are offered entirely online and may include both short-term and semester-long programs.

For more information please visit: https://umap.org/program-definitions/.

Program Program Description Program Dates

UF Student Exchange Programs

University of Fukui

Fukui-shi, Japan
English Requirements: TOEFL ITP, TOEFL iBT, IELTS, Other, TOEFL paper-based
English Score: TOEFL PBT/ITP 500 or iBT 61 or TOEIC 600
 Program A Language : English Admission : April and October Undergraduate students: Take Common Courses (Japanese language and Japanese Affairs), Specialized Courses in the following six fields: 1) Culture and Society; 2) Mechanical and System Engineering; 3) Electrical, Electronic and computer engineering; 4) Architecture and Civil Engineering; 5) Materials Science and Biotechnology; 6) Applied Physics, and other courses in English offered by the School of Global and Community Studies. Graduate students: Receive research instruction in the fields of engineering in English. No credit given. Program B Language : Japanese Admission: April and October Undergraduate and Graduate students | For Auditing Take regular courses with Japanese students and register 10-class hour/week worth of course per semester. Graduate students | For Research Enroll as Research Students and conduct research without taking courses. Research students cannot earn credit. The School and Graduate School of Engineering have established acceptance requirements 1) The following courses require undergraduate students to take a Special Research. Department of Mechanical and System Engineering (Robotics Course) * Only Program A students are accepted. Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering (Computer Science Course) * Both of Program A and Program B students are accepted. 2) The following course accept special research students (graduate level) only. Graduate School of Engineering (Master level), Industrial Innovation Engineering, Frontier Fiber Technology and Science course https://www.eng.u-fukui.ac.jp/eng/organization/graduate/industrial/index.html (For your reference: English version of the university guidebook) https://www.u-fukui.ac.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/VB_for-International-Students_2024.pdf)
Program A/B

Application deadline: 05/Aug/2025

Semester 1 dates: 01/Apr/2026 - 30/Sep/2026

Semester 2 dates: 01/Oct/2026 - 31/Mar/2027