How to Apply
Sophia Summer Session 2025 will be held in person.
Application
Please click the link below to complete your online application once the application starts.
Application Schedule
| Deadline <Japan Standard Time> | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Registration / Online Application Period |
OPEN: 9:00 a.m. February 7, 2025
CLOSE: 5:00 p.m. March 7, 2025 |
All required documents must be submitted during the application period. Late submission will not be accepted. |
| Screening Result | By April 1, 2025 | The result will be announced on a first-come-first-served basis. |
| Program Fee Payment | 5 business days from your screening result notification.
Final deadline: April 8, 2025 |
Applicant will be placed into each course on a first-come-first-served basis of the payment completion. |
| Course Selection | As soon as your payment is confirmed.
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Make sure to check the syllabus before you select courses. If not already, syllabus will be uploaded on the website once confirmed. |
| Welcome Packet Notice | Early-June, 2025 | |
| Session Start Date | July 1, 2025 | Orientation: July 1 Classes start from July 2. |
| Session End Date | July 22, 2025 | |
| Transcript | Sent to applicant by the end of August |
Eligibility and Requirements
Eligible Applicant
An applicant must:
- Be a current student or graduate of a Bachelor’s, Master’s or Doctorate degree program outside of Japan. A high school student is not eligible for this program.
- Have completed at least a semester at the home university by the time of application. This applies only to an applicant who is currently a student.
- Submit ALL required documents to apply for the session by the designated application deadline.
Late applications will not be accepted.
Required documents
- An OFFICIAL Academic Transcript and a Grading Scale from the applicant’s home institution
The minimum GPA requirement is 2.8 on a 4.0 scale, or equivalent.
*If the official transcript is not written in English, please attach an English translation to the original transcript.
*The submitted transcript must include a record of at least one semester with grades.
*In case the official transcript is sent directly to our office from the applicant’s home university, it must arrive to the office before the application deadline.
Email:
ssprgrm-co@sophia.ac.jp
Postal Mail:
Center for Global Education and Discovery
Sophia Short-term Programs
SOPHIA UNIVERSITY
7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554 JAPAN
- Passport Copy
- Color Headshot (taken within the last 3 months)
- English Proficiency Test Score
The minimum required scores are as follows:
TOEFL/ITP: 550, TOEFL/iBT: 79, IELTS: 6.0, TOEIC (L&R) 730,
Cambridge English “C2 Proficiency” (CPE) or “C1 Advanced” (CAE)
*It must be issued within two years prior to the application start date.
Following applicants are exempt from the English Proficiency Test Score requirement:
・An applicant whose native language is English.
・An applicant currently attending educational institution whose main language of instruction is English.
*In this case, please submit a screenshot or official documentation showing English is the primary language of instruction at home institution instead of English Proficiency Test Score.
Selection Process
Applications will be screened by Sophia short-term program committee based on the submitted documents.
Inquiries about the
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- Department Name
- Center for Global Education and Discovery
- Location
- Bldg.2, 1F