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Keio University

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4.44 / 5 based on 49 reviews
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sallym
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Language, Undergraduate, University Agreement
Overall
I wish I had known...
Nothing really exept that I probably would have tried to be placed in a lower level for the language programme so that my grammar may have been improved. But then again I probably would have found the lower speaking ability of my classmates frustrating-no win situation! I think I may be a unique case though in that my level of Japanese varies in different aspects of the language.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
4
Culture
2
Costs
4
Activities
2
Campus life
2
Party / people
2
Weather / location
4
Personal recommendation
Best feature: the people you meet and fun you have with both international and local students. Worst: At the higher levels, I don't think the language programme is that suited to people with European/English language background, but it you combined the language programme with regular classes it would be more interesting and beneficial.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
3
Traveled
3
Improved language skills
2
Met people from other countries
4
Became more independent
4
Partied a lot
4
Experienced a change in life
4
Advanced my studies & career
3
Final comments
Even though I didn't find the language programme to be that great and wished I had have made the effort to take regular classes, I had a wonderful year - probably the best year of my life. Basically you just need to decide what you want out of the year and do everything you can to make it happen. In Japan you sometimes just have to be persistant and patient to work your way through the rules and regualtions, but it's all worth it in the end.
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Christoph S
Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Language, Undergraduate, University Agreement
Overall
I wish I had known...
The Japanese course was very, very tough! If you did't study it before it takes a lot of time.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
1
Culture
4
Costs
1
Activities
4
Campus life
3
Party / people
3
Weather / location
4
Personal recommendation
Bring money and don't hesitate to spend it. Especially for food!
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
4
Traveled
4
Improved language skills
4
Met people from other countries
4
Became more independent
3
Partied a lot
4
Experienced a change in life
3
Advanced my studies & career
2
Final comments
Tokyo is a wonderful city if you don't suffer from claustrophobia.
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sallym
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Language, Undergraduate, University Agreement
Housing
Type of housing: A block of appartments for exchange students
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Great location and excellent standard of accommodation especially for Tokyo.
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Personal assessment
Cost
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Personal comments
Good affordable accommodation is very hard to come by in Tokyo. This block of apartments was relatively new and included a lounge on each floor, a spacious lobby with TV which was great for parties or other function and also free laundary facilities. The rooms were rather spacious by Tokyo standards and each room had its own bathromm and a tiny tiny kitchen. It is rented out by Keio Unviersity for their exchange students and luckily they pay half of the rent which makes it more affordable. Some people may not wish to live with a bunch of foreigners, but I found it to be a lot of fun and the landlord was a very friendly Japanese man so he was always available for a chat in Japanese. Even though it took 45min to get to the University, it was only two stops from Shibuya which was a great location.
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Michael M
Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden
Business Studies, Graduate, University Agreement
Overall
I wish I had known...
As I had already visited Tokyo for a three weeks a year prior to my studies there, I felt that I was well prepared.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
4
Culture
4
Costs
1
Activities
4
Campus life
1
Party / people
4
Weather / location
2
Personal recommendation
Keio Business School is the Top MBA school in Japan. It is very small, though, so don't expect anything big and fancy (such as Columbia Business School in NYC). The courses are good, but the workload was a bit less than expected. My overall evaluation is that it was a great experience and a perfect way to learn more about the japanese business environment and practice.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
4
Traveled
4
Improved language skills
4
Met people from other countries
4
Became more independent
4
Partied a lot
4
Experienced a change in life
4
Advanced my studies & career
4
Final comments
Not many people speak English, so it is very helpful to learn basic phrases etc before you go to Tokyo. People are very polite and helpful, so if you get them to understand what you are looking for etc they will always help you find it, even if it requires a lot of effort from them.
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one of best university in Japan
asraa a
Turkey, Masters
Engineering, Computer, 2021
Overall
I did my Ph.D. in computer engineering at Keio university/japan 
my experience was amazing, Keio university offers a higher quality of research and the best professors who are very supportive. The university life was excellent with a good library and database with rich resources and books. The university has good facilities like clean dorms, swimming pool, sports clubs, and regular events for international students.
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Pros
high quality of education and research
Cons
you need to study Japanese language
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sallym
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Language, Undergraduate, University Agreement
Academic
Course recommendations
Keio likes its international students to do their special Japanese Language Programme and are generally not too helpful if you want to take regular classes. My recommendation would be to do the language programme for the first semester to brush up on your language skills and then take some regular classes in second semester. But to do this you will have to be very organised and decide well in advance what subjects you want to do-you may need to get some advise from a local student about what subjects to choose. I unfortunately was not organised enough to take regular classes, if I had have done my overall rating was my academic experice probably would have gone up to a 3. Another thing to note is that while it is a fairly good language course, be prepared for the fact that it is mainly aimed at Chinese or Korean students. I found this to be very frustrating. With Japanese people from different language groups need emphasis on different aspects of Japanese. For example the Chinese have no problem with the writing but do have problems with things which English speakers do not. As someone who was already relatively fluent in spoken Japanese I didn't actually find the course to be that useful in improving my Japanese. This was because I spent most of my time learning Kanji rather than brushing up on my grammar etc. However friends who had not done that much Japanese before did improve quite a lot.
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My academic experiences
Quality of courses
Variety of courses
Access to resources
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Interaction with local students through the langauge partner programme and Keio's International club was very accessable, but it would be nice if it was encouraged for exchange student to take regular classes. I would also like to see the language programme to have some of the classes split into European langage groups and asian language groups so that the right emphasis could be made.
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