Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies

The Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (京都アメリカ大学コンソーシアム, Kyōto Amerika Daigaku Consōshiamu) (formerly the Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies), or KCJS, is a study abroad program founded in 1989 and currently housed at Doshisha University (同志社大学) in Kyoto, Japan. Operated by a consortium of universities, the program is centered on advanced Japanese language training combined with Japanese or English-language coursework for college credit. Students are also encouraged to participate in homestay programs during their time at the program.^[1] Faculty also requires students to take part in a Community Involvement Project (CIP) which gets students involved in local teams, clubs, groups or organizations at Doshisha University, Kyoto University, or other nearby and unaffiliated places.^[2]

The consortium has been managed by Columbia University since 2006, and was previously managed by Stanford University.

Consortium Members

• Boston University
• Brown University
• University of Chicago
• Columbia University/Barnard College (current administrating university)
• Cornell University
• Emory University
• Harvard University
• University of Pennsylvania
• Princeton University
• Stanford University
• Washington University in St. Louis
• Yale University
• In association with University of Michigan
• University of Virginia

References

See also

• Kyoto
• Japanese language
• Study abroad
• Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies

External links

• KCJS homepage
• KCJS at Columbia University
• KCJS at Stanford University
• Stanford Japan Center (Japanese) - Home page of the Stanford Japan Center, the former location of the program

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