Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program

The Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program, with the aid of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, recruits more than one thousand new JET participants each year to come to Japan and work as either Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) who provide language instruction in elementary, junior and senior high schools, Coordinators for International Relations (CIRs) who work in communities on international exchange activities, or Sports Exchange Advisors (SEAs) who promote international exchange through sports. JET participants are placed with local government organizations (contracting organizations) throughout Japan in every imaginable locality, including large cities, small and medium-sized towns, and rural farming and fishing villages.

Application Deadline: November

Information
Year at Time of Application: 
Senior or Beyond, Grad Student, Recent Alum
Duration of Award: 
Full Year or More
Other: 
No Preference, International Experience, Teaching (including English abroad)
Procedure: 
Direct Submission
Area of Interest: 
Agricultural Sciences, Architecture, Business, Communications and Journalism, Education, Engineering, Environmental and Geosciences, Life Sciences, Humanities, Information Technology and Computer Science, International Relations Political Science and Law, Mathematics, Music, Nursing and Health Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Statistics, Visual and Performing Arts
Earliest Application Deadline: 
Sept. – Dec.
Location: 
International
Penn-State Sponsored: 
No
URL: 
Japan Exchange and Teaching Program
Fellowship Components: 
Public Service
Teaching