Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Infobox_University
name = Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
native_name = 東京外国語大学
established = 1873 / 1949


motto = None
type = Public (National)
endowment = N/A
president = Dr. KAMEYAMA, Ikuo
faculty = 257
staff = N/A
undergrad = 3,847
postgrad = 580
city = Fuchu
state = Tokyo
country = Japan
campus = Suburban
colors = N/A
nickname = N/A
mascot = N/A
fightsong = N/A
affiliations = FUU, EUIJ,CESFNUTA
footnotes =
website = [http://www.tufs.ac.jp/]
address =
telephone =
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nihongo|Tokyo University of Foreign Studies|東京外国語大学|Tōkyō Gaikokugo Daigaku, often referred to as TUFS, is a specialist university [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/phpnews/wmview.php?ArtID=1321] in Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan.

TUFS is one of the top universities of Foreign language, International Affairs and Foreign Studies in Japan. It also has one of the world's leading Asia-African institution.

History

The University is the oldest institution devoted to international studies in Japan. It began as nihongo|Institute for Research of Foreign Documents|蛮書調所|Bansho Shirabesho, a Tokugawa shougunate's translation bureau set up in 1857.

Then it was established as an independent educational and research institution with the name nihongo|Tokyo School of Foreign Languages|東京外国語学校|Tōkyō gaikokugo gakkō in 1899.

In 1999, the University celebrated both the 126th anniversary of its original establishment and the 100th anniversary of its independence. It subsequently moved its campus to its present location, where students can study in a modern, hi-tech environment. Having entered the 21st century, TUFS continues to play a leading role as a center of excellence in international studies, research, and worldwide academic exchange.

Programmes and admission

Student body

Campus life

Accommodation

TUFS's on campus accommodation consists of two buildings located adjacent to the sports field. Building one contains rooms for international students and Japanese tutors, including ensuite shower facilities, a music room (which consists of a go board, two armchairs and a broken piano), a small indoor rainforest and a lounge.

Building two was completed in 2005 to house international students and Japanese tutors, however the student exchange division received many complaints that the building was not finished; many of the rooms have absolutely no hot water facilities and there are but 3 shower cubicles and 3 washing machines to serve each floor (of upwards of 20 residents). Neither building one nor two has a roof, although this was perhaps intended to accommodate the previously mentioned indoor rainforest and not the students. The building's interior design elements have lead to comparisons between it and a prison cell block.

The Library

List of Exchange Universities

* TAIWAN
** National Chengchi University
** National Taiwan University
* INDONESIA
** Gajah Mada University
** University of Indonesia
* KOREA
** Yonsei University
** Seoul National University
** Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
** Sookmyung Women's University
* LAOS
** National University of Laos
* MONGOLIA
** National University of Mongolia
* PHILIPPINES
** University of the Philippines
* THAILAND
** Srinakharinwirot University
* VIETNAM
** University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU (Former Hanoi University)
* SINGAPORE
** National University of Singapore
* INDIA
** University of Delhi
* CAMBODIA
** Royal University of Phnom Penh
* CHINA
** Shanghai Foreign Language University
* HONG KONG
** The Chinese University in Hong Kong
** The University of Hong Kong
* AUSTRALIA
** The Australian National University
* BRAZIL
** Universidade Federal do Parana
** Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
* TURKEY
** Ankara University
** Boğaziçi University
* SYRIA
** University of Damascus
* EGYPT
** Cairo University
** Ain Shams University
* CANADA
** University of British Columbia
* UNITED STATES
** University of California, San Diego
** Cornell University
** California State University, Fresno
** University at Albany, State University of New York
** Mills College
* UZBEKISTAN
** Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies
* CZECH REPUBLIC
** Charles University Prague
* FRANCE
** Universite de la Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris III
** Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris
** Institut National Des Langues et Civilisations Orientales de Paris
* ITALY
** Instituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli
** Universita degli Studi di Venezia
** Universita degli Studi di Torino
* PORTUGAL
** Universidade de Coimbra
* SPAIN
** Universidad de Sevilla
** La Universitat Pompeu Fabra
* UNITED KINGDOM
** School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
** Leeds University
* RUSSIA
** Russian State University for the Humanities
* GERMANY
** Philipps-Universitat Marburg
** Friedrich Alexander Universitat Erlangen-Nurnburg
** Justus Liebig-Universitat Giessen
** Universitat Bielefeld
** Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Notable alumni and faculty

*Nakae Chomin, former president
*Futabatei Shimei, student
*Nitobe Inazo, student
*Jussi V. Koivisto, visiting scholar
*Melt-Banana, students
*Daryoush Ashouri, visiting professor
*Madoka Matsuyama, student
*Masao Yamaguchi, anthropologist, professor emeritus

ee also

Notes

External links

* [http://www.tufs.ac.jp/index.html TUFS website]