Bachelor in Discovery Track (DT) / Matching Track (MT)

Tuition comes to 535,800 JPY per year.

Discovery Track (DT) / Matching Track (MT) is a four-year bachelor's program taught in English at Okayama University in Okayama, Japan, with intake in both April and October. Okayama University is a national comprehensive university established in 1870, with 10 faculties, 1 program, 7 graduate schools, and 4 research institutes, and a total student enrollment of about 13,000, including 935 international students from 57 different countries. The university is recognized as one of the leading institutions supporting the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, having launched the only UNESCO Chair in Asia for Education for Sustainable Development in 2007 and received the SDGs Partnership Award in the first Japan SDGs Awards in 2017. The Discovery Track and Matching Track structure is designed to give incoming undergraduates a period to explore academic fields before formally matching into a specific area of study, an approach suited to students who are not yet certain which discipline to specialize in. Coursework typically spans foundational classes across sciences, humanities, and social sciences during the discovery phase, followed by more focused study once a student has matched into a chosen track or department, drawing on the breadth of Okayama University's faculties and research institutes. This kind of exploratory undergraduate structure is intended for students who want the flexibility of a broad first stage of study rather than committing immediately to a fixed major, and graduates go on to further study or careers across whichever field they eventually choose. Okayama University's SDG-oriented mission and its base in western Japan give Discovery Track and Matching Track students a comprehensive research university setting, with faculty and institutes covering a wide range of disciplines, in which to explore their academic direction before specializing.