Overview
Introduction
The International Student Exchange Center serves a wide variety of functions. It offers Japanese-language preparatory education and Japanese studies classes to international students, provides counseling and advice related to both academics and everyday living, and investigates best practices in education. It also creates and provides guidance regarding Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) training programs to teacher training program students and Japanese studies students, and conducts research on best practices in international student education at the university and graduate school levels.
Tokyo Gakugei University (TGU) currently has academic and student exchange agreements with about 60 universities overseas, and about 300 international students are studying at our campus. The Center organizes activities for international students—such as visits to traditional arts facilities and study tours—and promotes interactions between international students, Japanese students and the local community.
In addition to the above, the Center provides essential information, counseling and advice to TGU students who want to study abroad.
Organization
Japanese Studies Education Section
This division oversees classes related to Japanese studies. Courses in this section are conducted in English as well as in Japanese. The classes in English are conducted as part of the International Student Education Program (ISEP).
International Student Education Program (ISEP) Overview
Japanese Language Education Section
TGU offers around sixty different Japanese-language classes each semester, from beginning to advanced levels. These courses are divided into two groups: (a) Japanese language education and (b) Japanese language preparatory education.
Details
(a) Japanese language levels 1–3
These classes are for students with intermediate to advanced Japanese-language skills.
(b) Japanese language preparatory education (Japanese language levels 4 and 5)
These preparatory courses provide intensive beginning level Japanese-language training to government-sponsored MEXT research students and teacher training program students. These classes are also offered to government-sponsored MEXT research students whose goal is to continue their education at the graduate school level at another university.
International Division
The administrative organization is set up so that International Student Office and part of the International Division cooperate closely with the International Student Exchange Center.
Details
The International Division is comprised of four subsections. The International Students Unit and Short-term Exchange Unit handle activities related to international students, and work in partnership with relevant departments throughout the university to conduct the following types of activities:
- Accept international students
- Respond to consultations regarding international students
- Provide scholarships and financial aid for housing and healthcare to international students
- Manage and operate housing for international students
- Arrange study-abroad programs for TGU students, and send students abroad
- Plan and organize events for international students
Staff
| Director,International Student Exchange Center | Professor | IWATA Yasuyuki |
| Full-Time Teaching Staff | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor | AKIBA Hiroko | >>Publications | |
| Associate Professor | ARISAWA Shino | >>Publications | |
| Specially-Appointed Associate Professor | INOU Hiroaki | >>Publications | |
| Professor | OKA Tomoyuki | >>Publications | >>Website |
| Associate Professor | KONISHI Madoka | >>Publications | |
| Professor | HUI Harling | >>Publications | >>Website |
| International Division GISEC Staff | |
|---|---|
| Staff, International Planning Unit | YOKOO Kazuki |
| Chief, Student Exchange Unit, Chief | NARUTA Michiko |
| Staff, Student Exchange Unit | YAMAMOTO Kotoe |
| Assistant Staff (Student Exchange Unit) | ARAMAKI Yuko |
| Assistant Staff (Student Exchange Unit) | MURAMATSU Asako |
| Assistant Staff (GISEC) | NAKASHIMA Naomi |
| Chief, International Student Unit | SHIOTANI Makoto |
| Staff,International Student Unit | SATO Kumiko |
| Assistant Staff (International Student Unit) | AKIMOTO Tomoko |
Getting to the International Student Exchange Center and International Division
4-1-1 Nukui-Kitamachi, Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184-8501
Tokyo Gakugei University International Student Exchange Center
