Division for Multilingual and Cultural Education
The Division for Multilingual and Cultural Education consists of the faculties of English, German, French, Chinese, Korean and Japanese language from the departments of Literature, Law, and Education. All the faculties of this division are united as one to deal with problems and future prospects regarding the foreign language education of Kumamoto University. The division is trying to achieve sophistication and optimization of Kumamoto University’s foreign language and global education and to strongly propel the globalization of the University by the synergy of these two improvements.
Japanese Language
The Division for Multilingual and Cultural Education offers Japanese classes as below for our students and researchers.
“Japanese Classes Guidebook” Spring semester 2023 (in English) ※Application starts from April 3, 2023
Kumamoto University Japanese Class levels
Japanese Language Classes
Undergraduate students, including students in the Short-Term Exchange Program and students in the Japanese Studies Program students may enroll in most of these classes for academic credits. The classes are also available to audit as non-credit for graduate students, special auditors/special research students in graduate schools, research students, and researchers.
Registration information by student status
- Undergraduate Students (Japanese version Only)
- Special Undergraduate Auditors (Japanese version Only)
- Japanese Study Program Students (Japanese version Only)
- Graduate Student/Research Students/Others）(English version )
※You will need KU portal ID&PW to log in.
If you do not have one or do not know your Id due to your new registry to KU, please inform us via web inquiry form above.
* If you are a new student, please apply with the temporary ID and password until September 22. Please use your student Moodle ID from September 26.
Intensive Japanese Course
This non-credit course is for “Intensive Japanese Course for Japanese Government Scholarship students”, “Teacher-Training students”, and “Japan-Korea Joint Government Scholarship students.”
- Japanese Language Trainees （←Please click here for the details *English version is coming soon）
Japanese Language Course for Beginners
This non-credit course is designed to help obtain the basic Japanese language skills required in daily lives for Kumamoto University students, researchers and their spouses.
- Japanese Language Courses for Beginners Calendar *The application information for Academic year of 2023 will be open around May
- Japanese Language Course for Beginners Flyer *The application information for Academic year of 2023 will be open around May
- Japanese Language Courses for Beginners Application (Moodle) *If you are a non-registered person as such as student’s spouse, please inform us via inquiry form first.
Inquires, News & Events
News & Events
Japanese Language Course News & Event(←Click here)
Inquires
Inquiries for Japanese Language Classes and Courses(←Click here)
