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'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 |
