A GUIDE TO JAPANESE
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES

FEATURED INSTITUTIONS

Types of university

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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INTERVIEWS
  • Doshisha University
  • During my undergraduate degree at my university in Canada, I studied Japanese as a foreign language and quickly became fascinated ...
  • 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...
  • 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 ...
  • College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University
  • In 2020, the Japanese Teaching Program in Nihon University’s Graduate School of Literature and Social Sciences began operations. C...
  • Tokyo Metropolitan University
  • Tokyo Metropolitan University welcomes foreign students who are sincerely giving their full attention to academics and have and at...

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