Kanda University of International Studies

or KUIS is a private university located in Makuhari, Chiba City, Japan. The university was founded in 1987 as an extension of Kanda Institute of Foreign Languages in Tokyo. KUIS is a research university specializing in learner autonomy.

As of the 2006 academic year, enrollment stands at 3,107 undergraduates and 30 postgraduates. [ [http://www.kuis.ac.jp/e/index.html KUIS -English top page ] ]

Departments

The university is divided into six departments, English being the largest. Other departments include Chinese, Spanish, Korean, International Communication, and Languages and Culture. The English Department is comprised mostly of the English Language Institute (ELI), with nearly 50 native-speaking full time faculty as of autumn semester 2006.

The Graduate School of Language Sciences was founded 1992. It offers an MA program in Japanese/English Linguistics, Japanese/English Pedagogy and English Communication Studies as well as a PhD in Linguistics. In 1996, the Graduate School was designated as a "Center of Excellence (COE)" by the Japanese Ministry of Education. In 2001, the Center for Language Sciences (CLS) was established to continue and deepen COE's research achievements.

Courses

Students in International Communication study English, communications and computers, and students in Languages and Culture also study English and choose another language as their major from Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, or Portuguese.

The Japanese Language and Culture Program began in 2000. It is designed to provide foreign students with intensive training in Japanese and to give them a general introduction to Japanese culture, literature and society. In 2006 there were over 180 international students in the program.

elf-Access Learning Centre

Established in 2001, the Self-Access Learning Centre [http://www.kandagaigo.ac.jp/kuis/salc/ (SALC)] is a place where students can study in a warm, welcoming environment, where they can access a large variety of materials, and where they can talk to a learning advisor about becoming more skilled learners and developing their language proficiency.

The SALC now has a team of 8 dedicated learning advisors from Wales, Ireland, Japan, Australia and Jamaica.

Clubs

Sport clubs at KUIS include soccer, volleyball, rugby, American football, basketball, lacrosse, and baseball. Other clubs include cheerleading, flamenco, tea ceremony, drama, English Speaking Society (ESS), jazz, and debate.

The Hamakaze Festival is Kanda University's most well attended annual event. This is scheduled in October every year. Many students open their own food stalls to raise money for their clubs. Entertainment at the festival includes dancing and theatrical performances.

External links

[http://www.kuis.ac.jp/e/index.html Kanda University - English]
[http://www.kandagaigo.ac.jp/kuis/ Kanda University - Japanese]

References

1 Kanda University of International Studies official website (English)