Global Michigan Portal
The Global Michigan Portal is the centralized website for all things global at the University of Michigan. This site contains information and links to university policy related to international travel, study abroad programs, working abroad, funding for international travel and research, international events on campus, and international travel safety tips. Information on countries and areas under travel warning and information for graduate students, staff and faculty to obtain approval to travel to these restricted areas are also available on this site.
University policy requires all faculty, staff, and students who are traveling internationally for university business and/or educational purposes to register their travel on the university's Travel Registry and obtain international travel health insurance coverage. The university also strongly encourages faculty, staff, and students to register their personal international travel. The university's international travel health insurance is available for personal travel. More information and links to the Travel Registry and international travel health insurance purchase are located on the Global Michigan Portal.
Academic Year Advanced Language Programs
Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies (IUC) in Yokohama, Japan, offers a 10-month academic year intensive program in advanced Japanese for graduate students, professionals, and graduating seniors who have generally completed three years of college level Japanese. IUC also offers a Professional Tutorials program for individualized instruction in advanced Japanese for PhD students doing dissertation fieldwork in Japan, scholars and professionals who have already attained Japanese language proficiency at the level of JLPT Level N1 and need advanced language training for specific research and professional activities.
IUC is managed by a consortium of universities including the University of Michigan. The consortium office is administered by Stanford University.
International Christian University (ICU) in Mitaka, Tokyo, offers intensive and semi-intensive Japanese Language Programs during the academic year for beginning to advanced students.
U-M Exchange Programs with Japanese Universities
Center for Global and Intercultural Study (CGIS) manages exchange programs between U-M and Japanese universities. Options for one term, academic year, and summer are available. Intended primarily for undergraduate students, exchange programs to Japan include the following:
- Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS) at Doshisha University in Kyoto
- Waseda University's School of International Liberal Studies (SILS) in Tokyo
- Hitotsubashi University in Kunitachi-shi, Tokyo
- Japan in Today's World at Kyushu University in Fukuoka
- Japan Center for Michigan Universities in Hikone, Shiga
In addition, exchange programs for engineering students are managed by the International Program in Engineering (IPE) office.
