A GUIDE TO JAPANESE
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES

FEATURED INSTITUTIONS

Types of university

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...

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...

Meiji University

Tokyo

32,810 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...

Doshisha University

Kyoto

28,016 enrolled

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

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...

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...

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...

Kwansei Gakuin University

Hyogo

25,405 enrolled

Located in Nishinomiya, near Osaka and Kyoto, Kwansei Gakuin University has a rich international tradition that dates back to its founding by W...

Keio University

Tokyo

33,469 enrolled

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

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INTERVIEWS
  • 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...
  • Meiji University
  • 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...
  • Kwansei Gakuin University
  • Dr. C. J. L. Bates, the fourth chancellor of Kwansei Gakuin, told his students that "We do not desire to be weaklings. We aim to b...
  • Doshisha University
  • During my undergraduate degree at my university in Canada, I studied Japanese as a foreign language and quickly became fascinated ...
  • Keio University
  • Keio University has a clear mission set forth by its founder, Yukichi Fukuzawa. In the university's founding principles, Fukuzawa ...

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