[Keio Summer Program 2021] Overview

*The Keio Summer Program 2021 will be held online due to COVID-19.
 
Keio University welcomes students from around the world to its quarter-long Summer Program for academic and cultural learning opportunities in Japan—live in Tokyo, study alongside Keio students, and experience all that Japan has to offer this summer!                  
  • A two-month program (late May - late July, 2021) to study and experience life in Japan 
  • Offers opportunities to take Keio‘s credit-bearing courses during its second academic quarter
  • Suitable for undergraduate students                                                                     

Eligibility

Applicants must be currently enrolled* as full-time students in an undergraduate (bachelor’s level) program at a university outside of Japan and must not be currently studying in Japan. Participants must be fluent in English. No Japanese proficiency is required as all lectures are conducted in English. (*at the time of application)

Applicants must have completed at least one (1) full-year of studies at their home institutions prior to participating in the Program.
Academic Credits and Transcripts

Students will be graded and will be issued transcripts. Academic credits earned from the summer courses may be transferred back to the home university, subject to the rules and regulations of the home university.

English Requirements

 TOEFL/PBT: 550, TOEFL/iBT: 79, IELTS: 6.0 or above

Minimum GPA Requirement

 2.5 on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent)

Duration

Late May - late July, 2021

Location

 N/A

Applications Open:

February 4

*Deadline: February 24
Application Procedure
Please refer to the web page below for details:
http://www.ic.keio.ac.jp/en/study/short/summer_program/application.html

Program Fee

260,500 JPY

*Accommodation not included

*An additional fee of around 7,000 JPY will be charged by a company handling those payments.

Postage and Handling Charges for visa application documents
* if applicable

 3,500 JPY

Accommodation

Dormitory rooms are not available. Students are responsible for arranging their own accommodation.

Courses:
*Subject to change 
*Students are required to take a minimum of 4 courses. (*up to 8 courses maximum)
*2 credits per course
*1 credit per Japanese language course
 

<Arts>
- ARTS ART WORKSHOP DISCOVERING ARTS AND CULTURE IN JAPAN

<Business & Economy>
- ENTREPRENEURSHIP & SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN JAPAN

- CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA COMPARATIVE MANAGEMENT

<Culture & Cross-cultural Understanding>
- OTAKU CULTURE IN JAPAN AND ITS TRANSNATIONAL RELATION
- SEEING JAPANESE CULTURE AND SOCIETY FROM A QUALITATIVE PERSPECTIVE
- DEEP CULTURE DIFFERENCE UNDERSTANDING JAPAN THROUGH CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON]

 

<Language & Literature >

- GHOSTS AND GOBLINS IN MODERN JAPANESE LITERATURE

 

<Law>

- JAPAN'S TRADE LAW AND POLICY
- THE SUPREME COURT OF JAPAN STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, CASE LAW

 

<Politics, Diplomacy & International Exchange>
- SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS IN PERSPECTIVE
- FRENCH AND EUROPEAN POLICIES IN ASIA SINCE WWII

 

<Religion & Thought>
- JAPANESE BUDDHISM AND SOCIAL SUFFERING

 

<Social Issues>
- EDUCATION IN EAST ASIAN SOCIETIES

- SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION - FOCUS ON GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION IN ASIA

 

<Japanese Language> *1 credit per course

- SURVIVAL JAPANESE: INTRODUCTION TO THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE


- BUSINESS JAPANESE: INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE FOR BUSINESS AND WORK   
   **Prerequisite: JLPT level N3, or equivalent
 

*Descriptions of the courses offered in previous years.

 Summer 2018 Course Descriptions

 Summer 2019 Course Descriptions

 Summer 2020 Course Descriptions

Contact

International Center, Keio University
ic-short-program@adst.keio.ac.jp