Application Schedule – Summer 2025 | HIF Japanese Language and Japanese Culture Program

Application Schedule – Summer 2025

All the dates mentioned in this website are based on Japan Standard Time (JST). Japan does NOT observe daylight savings time.

December 1, 2024	Application opens
February 20, 2025	Application closes at 23:59 (JST)
By March 17, 2025	Screening Results Announcement Accepted students must confirm their participation within 3 days after the screening results announcement.
By April 1, 2025	Program Fee Payment Deadline

Notes:
Late application will be accepted only when spots are available.
The confirmation and payment deadlines are negotiable under these limited conditions: 1) you are accepted from the waiting list close to the deadlines; 2) you are waiting for a scholarship result to come out.

Accepted students who are waiting for a scholarship result

If you apply for a scholarship and its result does not come out by HIF’s screening results announcement date, you may request to postpone your confirmation deadline and your program fee payment deadline for the HIF program. Please contact the HIF Office for further instruction.

Name:

Laila Burke-Graves

University:

University of Michigan

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Name:

Alan Hoang

University:

University of
Washington

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Name:

Darwin Restrepo De La Cruz

University:

Yale University

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Name:

Justin Su

University:

University of
North Carolina at
Chapel Hill

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