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Summer in Japan (SIJ).
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Asia in Today's World (A‚sW)
2016
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JUNE 2016 - 5 AUGUST 2016 |
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Asia in Today's World (ATW) is a Japanese language & Asian studies summer program in English for university students in any major.
ATW provides all the participants with a unique study opportunity by combining Asian Studies courses (ASC) and Japanese Language Courses (JLC). Broadening the knowledge and gaining deeper understanding about Japan and neighboring countries through ASC, students will be able to be aware of various sociocultural context of the Japanese language. The combination of ASC and JLC contributes to the students’ synthetic understanding of the Japanese language. Read more...
ATW was launched in 2001. Since its establishment, the program has
been
offering undergraduate level courses about the past, present and future
of Asia and Japan. ATW is open to university students from all over the world, and around 40 participants gathered to ATW each year. For the last years, students have participated from many prestigious universities in the Asia-Pacific regions. You can see which universities they came from in the list below.
Kyushu University, home to ATW, itself dates from 1911, when it was founded as one of Japan’s original seven imperial universities. It has grown considerably in its first 100 years and now includes 11 undergraduate schools, 18 graduate schools, four research institutes and a hospital. Total student enrollment currently exceeds 19,300, while instructional staff number over 2,000. Some 2,100 international students from more than 80 countries are studying presently at Kyushu University.
Kyushu University is located in Fukuoka, a pleasant coastal city of 1.5 million people and the largest metropolis on the island of Kyushu. Thanks to its favorable location close to China and Korea, the city has prospered as Japan’s gateway to continental Asia from ancient times. In light of Fukuoka’s special history and strategic position, Kyushu University has made a focus on Asia part of its educational mission.
Home Universities of ATW Students |
China |
Chinese University of |
Canada |
Queen's University |
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Hong Kong |
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University of Montreal |
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Fudan University |
USA |
Amherst College |
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Hong Kong Polytechnic |
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Emory University |
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University |
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De Paul University |
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Nanjing University |
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Duke University |
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Peking University |
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MIT |
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Shanghai Jiao Tong |
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Ohio State University |
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University |
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Princeton University |
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Tsinghua University |
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Rice University |
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University of Hong Kong |
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University of Arizona |
Taiwan |
National Taiwan University |
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University of Central Florida |
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Sun Yat-Sen University |
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University of Indiana |
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National Tsinghua University |
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University of Georgia |
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National Cheng-Chi |
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University of Michigan |
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University |
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University of Washington |
Korea |
Ewha Womans University |
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University of North Carolina at |
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Pukyong University |
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Chapel Hill |
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Pusan National University |
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Yale University |
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Seoul National University |
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Davidson College |
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Sogang University |
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Swarthmore College |
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Hunkuk U. of Foreign Studies |
Argentina |
National University of Rosario |
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Yonsei University |
Brazil |
University of Sao Paulo |
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KAIST |
Belgium |
Catholic University of Leuven |
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Sunkyungkwan University |
Czech |
University of Ostrava |
Malaysia |
Multimedia University |
Sweden |
Lund University |
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University Putra Malaysia |
France |
University of Bordeaux |
Philippines |
Ateneo De Manila University
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UK |
De Montfort University |
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University of Baguio |
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Imperial College London |
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University of the Philippines, |
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School of Oriental and African |
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Manila |
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Studies, University of London |
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National University of |
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Swansea University |
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Singapore |
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University of Oxford |
Singapore |
Singapore Management |
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University of Manchester |
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University |
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University of Bath |
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Nanyang Technological |
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University of Cambridge |
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University |
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University of Wales, Cardiff |
Thailand |
Chulalongkorn University |
Myanmar |
Myanmar Maritime University |
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Mahidol University |
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Thammasat University |
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India |
University of Delhi |
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