6. PREPARATORY EDUCATION PRIOR TO PLACEMENT AT UNIVERSITY
(1) Preparatory Education prior to Placement at University:
Each grantee will be enrolled at a preparatory school (either in Tokyo University of Foreign Students or Osaka University) designated by MEXT for a one-year intensive course in the Japanese language and other subjects necessary for preparation for proceeding to university. The preparatory course lasts for one year. Its curriculum mainly consists of education in the Japanese language, and includes other subjects such as Japanese affairs, mathematics, English, and social studies for those majoring in Social Science and Humanities, and physics, chemistry and biology for those majoring in Natural Sciences. A grantee will not be allowed to proceed to university if he/she is determined incapable of completing the prescribed course at the preparatory school. (He/she will be required to return home upon such determination.) This preparatory education requirement can be waived for a grantee who has sufficient knowledge of the Japanese language to pursue his/her study at university or who wishes to enter a university without the Japanese language requirement (via direct placement).
(2) Change of Major Field of Study:
A grantee will not be permitted to change his/her major field of study between Social Sciences, Humanities and Natural Sciences, nor between Social Sciences and Humanities A and B, or between Natural Sciences A, B, and C.
(3) Subjects to be Studied:
A grantee must study compulsory subjects as determined by the preparatory school even if he/she has already studied them at a university outside Japan.