Kyoto-CIEE Open Campus KSB

• This is an IU Co-Sponsored Program
• Semester Program with Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)

• Open Campus" program track* with CIEE
• Several academic areas available:
  • Art & Architecture
  • Business
  • Language, Literature and Culture
  • Communications, Journalism & New Media
  • Global and Community Health
  • International Relations and Political Science
  • STEM and Society
• Multi-day study tours

The program will satisfy the IUB Gen Ed World Language and Culture Requirement.

Please note: Indiana University co-sponsors CIEE Open Campus programs as single-site options only through standard billing and academic arrangements between IU and the program provider. Students applying to the CIEE Open Campus multi-site program who want to include Kyoto can be accommodated through Non-IU Program procedures. For more information, see: https://overseas.iu.edu/programs/non-iu/index.html.

Course Load

18 IU credit hours

• CIEE courses taught in English for U.S. students
• 3 credits of Japanese language (based on placement test)
• 15 credits of additional coursework in English
• Two courses per block*
  • *CIEE allows a minimum of 15 credits for enrollment; Indiana University students are required to enroll in 18 credits (two classes during each of the three blocks).
  • * All classes must be taught in-person from the CIEE Kyoto Center. Exceptions to take a synchronous, online-taught CIEE class (from another CIEE Open Campus site) will only be granted on the basis of academic rationale, and permission from Education Abroad is required.

• Program Website
• Getting Started Handbook
• Diversity, Identity, and Accessibility Resources

• CIEE Housing options include:
  • Standard housing
    • single room in homestay within 60-minute commute from CIEE Kyoto
    • shared, double room in apartment within 20-minute commute from CIEE Kyoto
  • Select housing
    • private, single apartment under 20 minutes from CIEE Kyoto (additional fee charged directly to students)
• See CIEE program information here (select "Destinations & Activities" from the navigation bar). 
• Note: Indiana University will not support plans for students to obtain independent housing. Students are required to live in program-provided housing in Kyoto.

You may apply if you:

• are an undergraduate student at any Indiana University campus who is making normal academic progress
• are in at least your fourth full-time semester of college
• are an admitted Kelley business student
• have approximately a 2.75 cumulative GPA

Business majors must have (or will have) successfully completed the KSB prerequisites of the Business Integrative Core (or equivalent coursework at an IU campus outside Bloomington) by the start of the program.

Students must have a passport valid for six months beyond program's end date.

Students must be able to demonstrate flexibility, resilience, and self-reliance.

Complete eligibility criteria and selection criteria are outlined within the Academic Policies and Procedures of Education Abroad. Selection is based on maturity, seriousness of purpose, and appropriateness of match between program and applicant. Students on disciplinary probation during program period are ineligible.

Fall 2024

Spring 2024

Financial Aid and Scholarships:

• IU scholarships, grants and loans applicable to program costs with some exceptions. Please carefully check these exceptions before you commit to a program.
• CIEE scholarships and grants available.
• Kelley School of Business Overseas Study Scholarships

Please see our financial aid page for general information and links to additional scholarship opportunities.