Description

The Institute offers a wide range of high quality Japanese programmes from beginner level to advanced students. If you are currently planning on entering a Japanese university or graduate school, wish to improve your Japanese for work purposes, or are thinking that you would like to experience Japanese culture, our school is able to provide a high degree of customization.

Highlights

Fukuoka is located in the south-west of Japan. Its moderate climate, beautiful scenery and great location have made it popular with travellers both from within Japan and without. In 1997, 1999 and again in 2000, Fukuoka was ranked the best city in Asia by Asia Week magazine. And in 2006, it was chosen by Newsweek as one of the world's top 10 boomtowns!

Fukuoka Prefecture is part of Kyushu, a large island to the south of Honshu, Japan's main island. Close to both mainland China and Korea, it is an important hub linking Japan with the rest of Asia and beyond.

Fukuoka City is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, and has a population of approximately 1.3 million people. It is situated on the Sea of Japan (or the East Sea), and is well protected from the stronger elements of Japanese weather - earthquakes and typhoons are rare, summers are warm, and the people are friendly.

Fukuoka's renowned cuisine (the city has more restaurants per person than anywhere else in Japan) and warm-hearted people will make your stay here a pleasure. Foreigners are still not too common a sight in Fukuoka, so you will be sure to enjoy plenty of attention, and people are always happy to help you, even if your grasp of the language is not perfect. In addition, Fukuoka is bursting with culture: its many art galleries, museums, and theatres will give you your fill of the Japanese arts, while the nightlife is the best on the island.

Fukuoka is also unparalleled in convenience - the international airport is a mere 10 minutes from the center of the city by subway, and from there it is only another 10 minutes by bus or bicycle to the nearest beach. Japan's famous shinkansen (bullet trains) will take you to any city in Japan in short order, or you can fly to Tokyo in an hour and a half.

Fukuoka Events:

* Dontaku (May 3rd, 4th and 5th): 3 days of dancing and parades throughout the city
* Yamakasa (two weeks in July): teams of semi-naked men race huge floats around the city
* Asian Month (September): a celebration of Asia in Japan, with cuisine, films, dance and more

Degree Level

Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Minimum Education

Bachelors

Languages

• Japanese

Languages Used as a Medium of Teaching

• Japanese

Subject Areas

• Intensive Language
• Japanese

Cost in US$:

2,000

Program Fees Include:

Tuition and accommodation (student village, studio or homestay), Cultural visits and excursions.

Credit Available

yes

Experience Required

no

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Apartment/Flat
• Home-stays
• Independent living
• Other

Participants Travel

Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work

Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

2 weeks

Eurolingua Institute's Mission Statement

The Eurolingua Institute facilitates the acquisition of foreign language skills, greatly improving social and professional opportunities for the individual student and contributing to world peace through the better understanding of foreign cultures.

Year Founded

1993