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New Article Available: Opening Ceremony for the 2025 Kyoto iUP Preparatory Course

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Kyoto iUP:Move Forward Together

Kyoto iUP:Introduction to Kyoto University and Kyoto iUP (Scholarship Program)

Kyoto iUP Alumni Interview No.1 (Fauzan Abdul Hamid)

Opening Ceremony for Kyoto iUP Preparatory Course 2025

4 Benefits of iUP

Benefit / 1
6-month preparatory course
and 4-year undergraduate
program
6-month preparatory course and 4-year undergraduate program

Kyoto iUP is a 4.5-year program comprising a six-month preparatory course followed by four years of undergraduate studies.

Benefit / 2
Bachelor's degree
awarded upon
graduation
Bachelor's degree awarded upon graduation

Upon graduation, Kyoto iUP students are awarded a bachelor's degree in their selected major.

Benefit / 3
Admission/tuition fee
waivers and monthly
scholarships
Admission/tuition fee waivers and monthly scholarships

Various kinds of financial supports are available including the admission/tuition fee waivers and monthly scholarships.

Benefit / 4
No Japanese
language proficiency
required
No Japanese language proficiency required

Japanese language proficiency is not required at the outset as the program provides intensive Japanese language classes.

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