Grades & Transcripts

How JCMU coursework and grades are reported depends on your home institution.

Students from most JCMU partner institutions will:

• Remain enrolled at their home institution during their time at JCMU.
• Have their JCMU coursework and grades reported through their home institution following successful completion of the program.
• Complete any additional grade-reporting requirements established by their institution. JCMU will provide guidance on these procedures during pre-departure orientations.

Students from non-partner institutions (and a few select partner institutions) will:

• Enroll as Lifelong Education (LLE) guest students at Michigan State University (MSU).
• Have their JCMU coursework and grades recorded on an MSU transcript.
• Need to request an official transcript from MSU once grades are posted and follow their home institution's credit-transfer procedures.

Grade Processing & Course Registration

Grades from study abroad programs often take longer to process than those from on-campus courses. Students with time-sensitive needs, such as graduation, financial aid or academic progression, should [contact JCMU] and work with their home institution well in advance.

Students planning to continue into the next level of a subject after studying abroad (such as Japanese language) may also need to contact their home institution's faculty or academic advisers to request a prerequisite override for course registration, particularly if their JCMU grades have not yet been posted.