Hokkaido Region, Touhoku Region, Kanto Region except Tokyo ...

Field trips and other events
Oct. Fall term orientation
Nov. International Festa (University Festival)
Camp attended by students from the 3
Universities in Northern Tohoku (1 night)
Dec. Kikyono Community rice cake-making party
Feb. A conferment ceremony of Certificate of
Completion Farewell Party for International
Students
Mar. Graduation ceremony
Apr. Entrance ceremony, spring term orientation
Aug. Participation in the Neputa festival and Kikyono
community bon dance
Tour (1 night)
A conferment ceremony of Certificate of
Completion
Home visiting. Students are introduced to families in
Hirosaki City, and they can take contact each other
when it is convenient for both.
The Tandem System. Students, teachers and
administrative staff learn from each other what they are
interested in.
Teaching Staff
Teaching staff responsible for Japanese
language courses:
Nobuko Oyama, Associate Professor,
International Student Exchange Center,
specializing in Japanese language pedagogy
Akira Kashima, Associate Professor,
International Student Exchange Center,
specializing in Applied Linguistics.
Teaching Staff responsible for International
Exchange Courses:
Jun Onishi, Professor, International Student
Exchange Center, specializing in Management
Junichiro Suwa, Associate professor,
International Student Exchange Center,
specializing in Anthropology
Hannah Sawada, Associate professor,
International Student Exchange Center,
specializing in Comparative culture
Academic advisors and teachers in the International Exchange
Center are in charge of providing guidance regarding study and
all teachers in the center are in charge of providing advice
regarding life in Japan.
Certificate of Completion; Cross-Crediting
Students who successfully acquire 20 credits during their year of study
are awarded a Certificate of Completion.
Students who enroll in courses and pass their examinations are granted
credits.
Housing
There are no specific quarters for national scholarship students. The
International Student Exchange Center will help the students find
apartments (¥15,000–¥35,000 per month)
Follow-up for finished trainees
Follow-up perfomance
Trainees got some assistance from faculty menbers of
Hiorsaki University to write thesis at their home instituitons
when they wrote them based on the final papers of their
training at Hiorsaki.
Trainees got some help when they applied to the graduate
schools in Japan. or their home countries to pursue further
research.
Carrier-path of finished trainees
Some found employment as a Japanese language teacher in
native country
For further information, contact:
International Student Section
International Student Exchange Center
Hirosaki University
Bunkyo-cho 1
036-8560 Hirosaki
Aomori Prefecture Japan
Tel.: +81-172-39-3114
Fax: +81-172-39-3133
E-mail: jm3114@cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp
Hirosaki University Home Page Address:
http://www.hirosaki-u.ac.jp
Academic Members Reference:
http://www.hirosaki-u.ac.jp/english/acmem.html