LÆS HER om hvordan du kan ansøge om at blive udvekslingsstudent i Japan:

 

Japan-Europe High School Student Exchange Program for 2009

 

As one of the efforts to promote youth exchanges and enhance mutual understanding between Japan and Europe, the Government of Japan is offering the Japan-Europe Mutual Understanding Scholarship Program. In this program, students will take part in a 5-month stay, in which they will take an intensive Japanese course for about a week and a half, attend Japanese high schools where classes are taught in Japanese, stay in Japanese ordinary homes, and experience various other activities in Japan.

 Term:

The program is a 5 week program which starts from the end of June to the end of July 2009. This program consists of about 1 week Japanese intensive course, about 3 week study experience at a Japanese high school living with a Japanese host family and a 4-5 day trip to Japanese local cities.

Short-term program

The program starts in the 21 June 2009 and ends in the 26 July 2009.

Participants will attend Japanese high school classes, tour in Japanese provinces, and stay in Japanese ordinary households.

Qualifications:

The applicant should:

(a) be 16 or 17 years of age (as of June 2009), or in the 1st or 2nd grade at high school (=gymnasium) .

(b) be a citizen of Denmark and have no Japanese nationality.

(c) already have a basic knowledge of the Japanese language or be eager to learn it.

(d) have a keen interest in the country and culture of Japan.

(e) have the ability to communicate in English and adapt to Japanese family customs.

(f) have no imminent plan for a long-term stay (one month or longer) in Japan in 2009.

How to Apply:

Applicants should submit the following documents which should arrive at the Embassy of Japan by Thursday 20 March 2009. (Submitting by e-mail or by fax is NOT accepted.) 

(1) Application form with a photo (prescribed form)

(2) Certified school records

The Embassy will select potential candidates from submitted documents. The Embassy will then conduct interviews with those candidates.

Notes:

The Embassy will recommend a candidate to Tokyo after the selection, and the final decision will be made in Tokyo.

The Japanese Government will provide air-fares, as well as the cost of insurance, tuition, transportation to high schools, and a trip to the local cities. The participants are expected to provide other personal expenses.

The persons who are selected as the candidate and the substitute by the Embassy should submit photocopies of their passports.

If you have any questions regarding the program, please contact;

E-mail: info@embjapan.dk

Embassy of Japan

Information and Culture Section
Pilestr©¡de 61, 1112 Copenhagen K
TEL: 33 11 33 44

APPLIKATION FORM:

APPLICATION FOR

JAPAN-EUROPE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM for 2009

 

 

 

The application should be neatly handwritten in block letters.

 

Personal data entered in this application will only be used for selection purposes, and contact information such as e-mail addresses will only be used for forming related human networks after the student returns home and for sending of information by the Japanese Government.

 

 

1. Name

 

                                                                                

(Family name)               　 (First name)   　　  　 (Middle name)

 

 

Paste a passport photograph taken within the past 6 months. Write your name and nationality in block letters on the back of the photo.

 

2. Sex

□Male                                         □Female

 

 

3. Nationality

 

                                       

 

 

4. Date of birth

 

19                                

　　  Year　　    Month       Day

 

5. Age (as of June 2009)

 

             

 

6. Address

 

                                                             

 

7. Telephone number

 

                                     

 

8. E-mail address

 

                                     

 

9. Name of school

 

                                     

 

10. Hobbies

 

                                                                                  

 

11. English proficiency

(Evaluate your ability as “Excellent”, “Good”, or “Poor”.)

 

                                   

 

12. Japanese language background, if any.

 

(1) Name of Institution                                                           

 

(2) Period of study                                                               

 

13. What would you like to learn through this program in Japan?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14．What made you interested in Japan?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15. What is your future plan?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16. What allergies do you have, if any?  Are you currently undergoing treatment?

 

 

 

 

17. Are there any foods or substances which, for medical or personal reasons, you do not eat?

 

 

 

18. Person to be notified in applicant's home country, in case of emergency:

 

(1) Name                                              

 

(2) Address                                           

 

(3) Telephone number                                         

 

(4) E-mail address                                           

 

(5) Relationship with the applicant                                               

 

 

 

 

 

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Date of application:                              

 

 

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Applicant's signature:                             

 

 

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Applicant's name (in block letters):