Obirin University

nihongo|J.F.Oberlin University|桜美林大学|Obirin daigaku is a private university in Machida, Tokyo, Japan. "Obirin" means "beautiful cherry orchard" in Japanese, and the university's name was derived from that of Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, which the university's founders attended Obirin's Information and Mission Statement page: http://www.obirin.ac.jp/en/generalinfo/our_mission.html]

Reconnaissance Japan Program

English-speaking foreign students may study for a semester or year at J.F. Oberlin through the university's Reconnaissance Japan (RJ) program, which is run by Obirin's J.F. Oberlin Center for International Studies. In the RJ program, students take a Japanese language course (which can be tested out of) as well as English-language courses in Japanese culture Reconnaissance Japan introduction page: http://www.obirin.ac.jp/en/rjprogram/reconnaissance/reconnaissance.html] . During their study at Obirin, students may stay with a Japanese host family, live in a university-provided apartment such as New Shimura Heights, or International House (known by students as Pink House), or find their own housingRJ Housing page: http://www.obirin.ac.jp/en/rjprogram/student_life/housing.html] .Obirin has a number of international partner academic institutions from which students are welcomed to study in the RJ programRJ Partner Institutions: http://www.obirin.ac.jp/en/generalinfo/list.html] .

External links

* [http://www.obirin.ac.jp/en/index.html Obirin University's homepage]
* [http://www.obirin-cis.com/ Oberlin Center for International Studies]

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