Kobe City University of Foreign Studies

Infobox University
name = Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
native_name = Lang|ja|神戸市外国語大学


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established = Founded 1946
Chartered 1949
type = Public
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city = Kobe
state = Hyogo
country = Japan
faculty = 89 full-time [cite web|url=http://www.kobe-cufs.ac.jp/info/number.html|title=Kobe City University of Foreign Studies: Number of Staff & Students (in Japanese)|accessdate=2008-10-05]
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students = 2,312 [cite web|url=http://www.kobe-cufs.ac.jp/info/number.html|title=Kobe City University of Foreign Studies: Number of Staff & Students (in Japanese)|accessdate=2008-10-05]
undergrad = 2,187
postgrad = 125
doctoral = 50
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campus = Suburb
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website = [http://www.kobe-cufs.ac.jp/english/index-e.html www.kobe-cufs.ac.jp]
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nihongo|Kobe City University of Foreign Studies|神戸市外国語大学|Kōbe-shi gaikokugo daigaku, nihongo|KCUFS|神戸外大|Kōbe gaidai for short, is a municipal university in Japan. It is located in Gakuen-higashimachi, Nishi-ku, Kobe City.

History

It was founded in 1946 as nihongo|Kobe Municipal College of Foreign Affairs|神戸市立外事専門学校|Kōbe shiritsu gaiji semmon gakkō, a coeducational college with a three-year curriculum. Kobe City was heavily damaged in World War II, and it founded the college to help restore the port city.

The college had three departments: English Language, Russian Language and Chinese Language. The first campus was located in Daikai-dori, Hyogo-ku; the school buildings were those of Daikai Elementary School, which had few pupils at that time. In 1947 the college moved to Onogara-dori, Fukiai-ku (Chuo-ku now).

In April 1949 the college was developed into Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, a four-year university under Japan's new educational system. A new campus was opened on a hill called nihongo|"Kusu-ga-oka"|楠ヶ丘 in Nada-ku.

The latter history of KCUFS is as follows:
* 1953: Evening courses (Department of English and American Studies) were added.
* 1962: Department of Spanish Studies was added.
* 1967: Master's courses were added.
* 1986: KCUFS moved to present-day "Academic Town" Campus (in Nishi-ku).
*:The former Kusunoki-ga-oka Campus is now the campus of Shinwa Junior & Girls' Senior High School.
* 1987: Department of International Relations was added.
* 1996: Doctoral courses (International Cultural Studies) were added.

Undergraduate courses

* Department of English and American Studies
* Department of Russian Studies
* Department of Chinese Studies
* Department of Spanish Studies
* Department of International Relations
* Evening Courses (Department of English and American Studies)

Graduate schools

;Master's courses
* Division of English Language Studies
* Division of Russian Language Studies
* Division of Chinese Language Studies
* Division of Spanish Language Studies
* Division of International Relations
* Division of Japanese and Asian Languages and Culture
* Division of English Education

;Doctoral courses
* International Cultural Studies

Institutes

* Academic Information Center (Library)
* Institute for Foreign Studies

References

External links

* [http://www.kobe-cufs.ac.jp/english/index-e.html Official website]