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Asia in Today's World (A‚sW) 2013
- Kyushu University Summer Program -

25 JUNE 2013 - 8 AUGUST 2013

 

Asia in Today's World (ATW)

ATW is a Japanese language & Asian studies summer program 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

Kyushu University's tradition dates back to 1911, when it was founded as one of Japan's seven imperial universities. There are now 11 undergraduate schools, 17 graduate schools, 3 research institutes and a hospital. The total number of students currently amounts to 18,967 while the faculty members number 2,099. 1931 international students from more than 80 countries are studying 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 of Fukuoka has prospered as Japan's gateway to continental Asia from ancient times. Being aware of the precious history and favorable location of Fukuoka, Kyushu University is increasingly focusing on Asia and its role in the world.


Home Universities of ATW students
China
Fudan University
Canada
Queen's University
Peking University
USA
Amherst College
Tsinghua University
Emory University

Shangjai Jiao Tong University
DePaul University
University of Hong Kong
Duke University
Chinese University of Hong Kong
MIT

Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Princeton University
Nanjing University
Rice University
Taiwan
National Taiwan University
University of Arizona
Sun Yat-Sen University
University of Indiana
National Tsinghua University
University of Georgia
Korea
Ewha Womans University
University of Michigan
Pukyong University

University of Washington

Pusan National University
Yale University
Seoul National University
Davidson College
Sogang University
Swarthmore College
  Hunkuk U. of Foreign Studies   University of Central Florida
Yonsei University
Argentine
National University of Rosario
KAIST
Brazil
University of Sao Paulo
Sunkyungkwan University
Belgium
Catholic University of Leuven
Malaysia
Multimedia University
Czech
University of Ostrava
  University Putra Malaysia
Sweden
Lund University
Philippines
Ateneo De Manila University
UK
Imperial College London
Singapore
National University of Singapore
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Singapore Management University   University of Oxford
  Nanyang Technological University   University of Manchester
Thailand
Chulalonkorn University   University of Bath
  Mahidol University   University of Wales, Cardiff
Thammasat University
London Metropolitan University


ASEAN in Today's World (AsTW), a two week international program in ASEAN countries. Click the above logo for more info.




 

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