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12 reviews
3.74 / 5 based on 12 reviews
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patrick o
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Language, Undergraduate, University Agreement
Overall
Personal recommendation
Ryukoku is a great place to come if you are unfamiliar with Japan - the International Center here helps you with everything, and the JCLP programme is great for beginners/intermediates. Also, as it is a Buddhist university, the Buddhist studies and Japanese literature studies are excellent. You get to speak a lot of Japanese during your time here, and the atmosphere is generally friendly and relaxed.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
4
Traveled
3
Improved language skills
4
Met people from other countries
3
Became more independent
3
Partied a lot
2
Experienced a change in life
4
Advanced my studies & career
3
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patrick o
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Language, Undergraduate, University Agreement
Academic
Course recommendations
The Japanese Culture and Language program is excellent for beginning and intermediate students of the language - although taught in Japanese, the classes are graded, and absolute beginners are catered for, and the pace is excellent. I would recommend learning the hiragana and katakana syllabaries before you come (it's not so hard to learn on your own, and well worth the effort once you get here). If you don't speak Japanese and you come here on exchange, this is the course you will be doing. If you already speak Japanese, mainstream courses here are a little more academically lax than most Western countries, or so I hear. The common wisdom in Japan seems to be that most real learning takes place in the workforce.
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Myrri R
Joensuun Yliopisto, Joensuu, Finland
Humanities, Undergraduate, University Agreement
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Personal recommendation
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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
3
Met people from other countries
2
Became more independent
3
Partied a lot
3
Experienced a change in life
3
Advanced my studies & career
2
Useful  |  0
Myrri R
Joensuun Yliopisto, Joensuu, Finland
Humanities, Undergraduate, University Agreement
Academic
Course recommendations
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My academic experiences
Quality of courses
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Interaction with international students
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ABOUT
Ryukoku University was founded as a boarding school in 1639 by the Hongwanji Buddhist denomination. Today the university has seven faculties, a Junior College and six graduate schools, distributed among two campuses in the city of Kyoto and one in nearby Shiga Prefecture. Among the approximately 18,000 students there are about 250 foreign students from many countries around the world.
The Japanese Culture and Language Program (JCLP) is an ideal one, both for students with a interest in the language and culture of Japan and for those preparing to enter a Japanese university. This one-year intensive course provides 24 class-hours per week, centered on the Japanese language and a variety of Japanese affairs subjects.
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Phone: +81 75 645 7898
Address: Ryukoku International Center, 67 Tsukamoto-cho, Fukakusa, Fushimi-ku 612-8577, Kyoto, Japan