Universities in Kyoto collaborate to offer two week study programme introducing city’s full-featured academic environment
Kyoto City and The Consortium of Universities in Kyoto has launched Kyoto Study Programme: from Anime to Zen, which is a non-degree two week programme offering international students an excellent introduction to Japanese society and culture.
The programme provides special lectures in English selected from among the Consortium’s 51 member institutions, including the history of Japanese Manga at Kyoto Seika University, which opened the first manga class in the world in 1973, and Japanese business at Kyoto University, which has produced numerous Nobel Prize recipients.
Apart from lectures, participants can deepen their understanding from various angles through cultural experiences and activities such as a Zen session at a temple, Japanese cooking at the city’s wholesale market, a buddy programme with local university students and so on.
Takuya Nishimatsu, director at the International Relations Office, commented, “Such wide-ranging cooperation with universities is the first initiative of its kind in Japan. We will provide unique learning opportunities that only Kyoto can offer for international students.”
The programme will run twice a year, and the first session will be held from July 26 to August 8, 2015. Each session can take a maximum of 25 participants.
More details can be found here.
About Kyoto City
Kyoto is the ancient imperial capital of Japan, and is recognised worldwide as the country’s historical, cultural and spiritual heart.
With its array of higher education institutes, The Consortium of Universities in Kyoto offers Japan’s largest city-wide credit-exchange system. Students can study unique aspects of Japanese culture such as Ikebana (flower arrangement), Japanese gardens or anime at other schools and gain credit, while deepening knowledge in their own area of expertise.
In the Best Student Cities 2015 ranking of the world’s top-50 cities for students conducted by QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd., Kyoto jumped to 34th in the world, up from 50th in the previous year, indicating its great desirability as a learning environment.
For more information contact:
International Relations Office, Kyoto City
kokusai@city.kyoto.jp
+81-75-222-3072
