A GUIDE TO JAPANESE
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES

FEATURED INSTITUTIONS

Types of university

Doshisha University

Kyoto

28,438 enrolled

Spirit of Doshisha Joseph Hardy Neesima, the founder of Doshisha University, disagreed with the rigid system of feudal society in Japan and lef...

Meiji University

Tokyo

33,357 enrolled

Meiji University was originally established as Meiji Law School by three young lawyers in 1881 in the early years of Japan’s modern period. Wit...

Kanda University of International Studies Graduate School (MA TESOL Program)

Tokyo

The Master's Program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages （TESOL） has as its mission helping teachers, both in‐service and pre‐se...

Keio University

Tokyo

33,436 enrolled

Keio University is a modern university at the cutting edge of education, research, medicine, medical care, social interaction and international...

Tokyo Metropolitan University

Tokyo

9,389 enrolled

Tokyo Metropolitan University is only comprehensive public university of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. We have organized an environment fo...

Kwansei Gakuin University

Hyogo

25405 enrolled

Located in the city of Nishinomiya, near Osaka and Kyoto, Kwansei Gakuin University has a rich international tradition that dates back to its f...

Tokai University

Hokkaido/Tokyo/Kanagawa/Shizuoka/Kumamoto

28,675 enrolled

Tokai University is a private university established by Dr. Shigeyoshi Matsumae in 1942. "Tokai" of "Tokai University" refers to the sea to the...

Sophia University

Tokyo

13,600 enrolled

Sophia is located in central Tokyo, near Japan's political, financial, business and cultural centers. Founded by the Jesuits in 1913, Sophia Un...

College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University

Tokyo

8,030 enrolled

With its inception in April, 2020, the Japanese Teaching Program at Nihon University’s College of Humanities and Sciences and Graduate School o...

Kansai University Japanese Language and Culture Program Preparatory Course (Bekka)

Osaka

130 enrolled

The start of the new course coincided with the inauguration of the university's new campus, the Minami-Senri International Plaza, a 15-minute b...

Rikkyo University

Tokyo

20,254 enrolled

In 1874, Rikkyo University started its history as Rikkyo School, a small boarding school teaching English language and Bible studies. Founded b...

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  • Kanda University of International Studies Graduate School (MA TESOL Program)
  • Previously as a teacher I sometimes felt self-doubt about the decisions that I made. However, undertaking the MA TESOL program at ...
  • Rikkyo University
  • The reason I wanted to get into Rikkyo was simple: I wanted to study in the department called "Intercultural Communication". The s...
  • Kwansei Gakuin University
  • C. J. L. Bates, the fourth chancellor of Kwansei Gakuin, told his students that "We do not desire to be weaklings. We aim to be st...
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  • Growing up in the U.S. as a half-Japanese, I always wanted to experience living and studying in Japan, but I knew it would be diff...
  • Tokai University
  • A: During the time I was studying in a Japanese language school, I was interested in finding a unique university that combined aca...

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