Japan

Nagoya Gakuin University

International Education, Semester Abroad

Nagoya Gakuin University (NGU) traces its roots back to an American Methodist missionary, Dr. Frederick C. Klein, who established Nagoya Anglo-Japanese College in 1887. Since then, and after its realization as a university in 1964, NGU has had a long history of exchange. At present, NGU maintains close ties with numerous colleges and universities in the United States, China, Australia, and Canada. Conversely, through the Institute for Japanese Studies, NGU hosts a great number of exchange and private international students from higher institutions all over the world.

Nagoya Gakuin University offers a variety of liberal arts and science courses that can be taken from the Faculty of Foreign Studies (English Department or Chinese Department), the Faculty of Economics, or the Faculty of Commerce. In 1988, a new area was founded, the Institute for Japanese Studies (IJS), which received formal recognition from the Ministry of Education. IJS programs, sanctioned under the School of Education Law, provide Japanese language courses (taught in Japanese) and Japanese area study courses (taught in English) for international students. All IJS students must take a placement test at the beginning of each term. Students will be placed in a Japanese language course according to their test scores. Although a wide range of courses at all levels in the Faculties of Foreign Studies, Economics, and Commerce is open to students with the appropriate language abilities, students whose training in Japanese language is limited will probably be restricted to courses offered by the IJS.

Application

Students who wish to participate in the study abroad program at NGU must complete a separate application form, available from the Office of International Education and Study Abroad Programs.

Language

Students should have completed at least one year of college-level instruction in Japanese or its equivalent. This can also be completed during the summer prior to participation in the program.

Scholarships

Students who want to participate in a Randolph-Macon exchange program in Japan can apply for funding from these sources:

• Association of International Education, Japan (AIEJ)
• The Association of Teachers of Japanese
• Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program -- Need-based scholarship
• Freeman ASIA (Awards for Study In Asia) -- Need-based scholarship
• National Security Education Program

See our Semester Abroad Scholarship page for details.

More Information

• For additional information about our study abroad program at NGU, contact our Office of International Education and Study Abroad Programs.
• For information about traveling to Japan, consult our list of links specific to each country.
• Destination Japan (Lonely Planet online travel guide)
• Maps of Japan: small, political, and relief
• Maps of Asia: political and reference

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