The curriculum of the Japanese Language Education Study Programme was developed with an approach to internal and external factors. Internal factors included the vision, mission, and objectives of the study programme. While, external factors are regulations developed by the Ministry of Education and Culture (Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan or Kemendikbud) of the Republic of Indonesia in Ministerial Regulation number 8 of 2012 concerning the Indonesian National Qualification Framework (Kerangka Kualifikasi Nasional Indonesia or KKNI). Moreover, the Curriculum Development Framework of Undiksha is a result of discussions with alumni and graduate users.

These two factors become the basis for developing the profile of graduates who are later expected to have high competitive competencies following the demands and challenges of the times. Furthermore, from the graduate profile, various graduate competencies were developed regarding aspects of attitudes, knowledge, general skills, and special skills that must be possessed by graduates of the Japanese Language Education Study Programme. Furthermore, a curriculum structure is designed that contains various studies that are under the needs of the community.

The Japanese Language Education curriculum was also developed based on the principle of flexibility and fully accommodates the concept of Freedom to Learn – Independent Campus (Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka or MBKM) as designed by the government of the Republic of Indonesia starting in 2020. This curriculum provides opportunities for students to learn off-campus by participating in various independent learning activities. The process of independence learning is characterized by the independence of students in determining the number of learning processes to increase competencies that will later be useful in the competitive world of work. For example, students are allowed to do internship programmes, student exchanges, teaching assistance, and take courses outside the study programme with the recognition of several credits.

Through such a development process, the Japanese Language Education curriculum has the following characteristics:

1. The curriculum combines a balanced theory and practice. In each course. There is an assignment which is the development of theoretical application concepts from the various study materials contained therein.
2. The curriculum incorporates soft skills forged from various learning processes in each course.
3. The curriculum contains elective courses that can be taken by students according to the tendencies of their interests.
4. The curriculum provides opportunities for students to carry out a measurable off-campus learning process.
5. The curriculum contains elements of global needs related to the ability to communicate, collaborate, think critically, be creative, and master the field of technology.