Participants recruited by this Embassy must be nationals of the United Kingdom, i.e. hold a valid UK passport; candidates from other participating countries are recruited by the Japanese diplomatic mission in that country. Non-UK passport holders may find it useful to consult the main JET website in Japan.

Please see below for a list of the main eligibility criteria:

1. Applicants to the UK JET Programme must hold a full UK passport.
2. Applicants must, in principle, be no more than 39 years of age on April 1st of the year of departure.
3. Applicants must hold the equivalent of a bachelor's degree by the time they begin their contract in Japan.
4. Applicants must speak native level English and be generally interested in Japan and teaching.
5. Applicants cannot have lived in Japan for more than 6 of the last 10 years.
6. Former JET Programme participants who completed their contract 3 or more years ago are now eligible to apply again.

Application material will be available from www.jet-uk.org during the application intake period. The closing date for completed applications is normally in late November. We suggest that application material be obtained as soon as possible after the date of issue, as the application procedure is quite lengthy.

The selection of candidates, through a process of rigorous screening takes place between November and February.

Please see the UK JET Programme website at www.jet-uk.org for further details.