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AKP (Associated Kyoto Program) Center

Sponsored by a consortium of sixteen American liberal arts schools, the Associated Kyoto Program (AKP) is a two-semester study abroad program at Doshisha University. Each year, about forty students live with host families as they participate in the program’s intensive Japanese language courses as well as elective courses on Japanese culture and history. From the consortium institutions, specialists in Japanese studies serve as visiting faculty fellows for a semester at the AKP Center, where they teach and conduct research. Since its inception in 1972, over 1300 students have participated in the program. For more information, please visit.
http://www.associatedkyotoprogram.org/

Tübingen University Center for Japanese Language at Doshisha University

Tübingen University Center for Japanese Language was established on Doshisha University’s Imadegawa campus in October 1993 as the first institute in Japan affiliated with a German university. The center offers undergraduate and graduate students of Tübingen University the opportunity to improve their Japanese language skills. Living with host families, the students experience Japanese culture through the intensive language program and a variety of wide-ranging activities related to Japanese society. The center is also developing as a place for active academic exchange between Doshisha University and Tübingen University with various workshops, joint projects, and research visits.
http://www.kyoto.uni-tuebingen.de/index.php

Stanford Center for Technology and Innovation (SCTI)

SCTI was established by Stanford University in 1990 in Kyoto and was relocated to Doshisha University in 2006. The first half of the five-month program, which starts in April, consists of intermediate Japanese language courses and other courses in technical fields and Japanese studies. Homestays, field trips, and extra-curricular activities at Doshisha and within the Kyoto community connect students with their surroundings, deepening their appreciation of Japan. The second half consists of ten-week internships with organizations throughout Japan. SCTI aims to nurture a sophisticated understanding of Japan among talented young Americans and to cultivate their ability to make contributions in our globalizing world.
http://bosp.stanford.edu/kyoto/

The University of Sheffield Doshisha Centre

The University of Sheffield Doshisha Centre (USDC), which will help strengthen existing research and teaching links between the two universities, was officially launched in January 2009. Based on the Imadegawa Campus of Doshisha University, undergraduate students in Japanese Studies at the University of Sheffield’s School of East Asian Studies will be able to carry out their “year abroad programme” at the new centre. The students will study Japanese language and culture and will benefit from the opportunity to take Doshisha modules and become part of campus life at Doshisha. The new centre will benefit academic exchanges and will provide both institutions with the opportunity to develop and communicate important research. The Centre will welcome its first students in September 2009.
http://www.doshisha.ac.jp/news/index.php?i=3083 (Japanese only)

Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS)

KCJS was established in Kyoto City in 1989, and the one-year program made its 21st anniversary last fall. It offers higher educational environment with the advantage of historical and cultural property in Kyoto, and we recommends the intellectual and cultural exchange with American university students that pursue Japanese Studies.

14 American prestigious universities with enthusiasm about the research on Japanese language and culture participate KCJS program. The participating universities are listed below.
Boston University, Brown University, University of Chicago, Columbia University and Barnard College, Cornell University, Emory University, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Stanford University, Washington University in St. Louis, Yale University and in association with University of Michigan and University of Virginia.
http://www.ogp.columbia.edu/

Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS)

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