Schedule and Important Points
Semester / Month-Holidays
Spring semester

Fall semester(April - September)(October-March)

Japanese holidays

Japanese holidays

AprilOctoberShowa Day

Health and Sports Day

Week

Events, etc.

Independent StudySPACE-ARITA program orientation (@Arita campus)

November

Constitution Memorial Day

Culture Day

Greenery Day

Labour Thanksgiving Day

Independent Study meetings (meetings with professors@ Arita campus)(Surveys/research for Independent Study)
Design studies/trials

1st-10th

Deciding the direction of your Independent Study.
After making prototypes, maquettes, and technical drawing,
students will enter their primary production work.

11th-20th

Other Classes

Classes will take place once a week

once a week for a total of 15 times. for a total of 15 times.

Orientation (student registration, etc.) / Health screening (@Honjo campus)

11th-20th Class registration

May

Classes are planned to take place

First Week Opening ceremony (Will take place in Saga city, where the Honjo campus is located.)

Resident registration/National Health Insurance, etc. procedures (@Arita town hall)

Fieldwork on Japanese Affairs

Self-introduction presentation at the Faculty of Art and Regional DesignHowever, the program will primarily Classes will be taken together withcenter around half- and full-day

Japanese students, but as practicalfieldwork (visits and study tours to a training is the main focus,
various ceramics industry-related

explanations will be given in English

locations).

as appropriate.

In order to deepen the relationshipStudents will confirm the detailed

to their Independent Study, it will,schedule with the professors inin principal, take place at the start

charge of the classes they areof the term (Spring semester :taking.

April-May, Fall semester: OctoberNovember)(@Honjo campus)

Childrenʼs Day

JuneDecember

Focusing on production.

Winter holidays

Test firing.

(Late Dec to Early Jan)

JulyJanuary

Work completed.

Marine Day

New Yearʼs Day

Presentation put together.

Coming of Age Day

AugustFebruary

Mountain Day

National Foundation Day

Booklet made and printed.

A booklet is made and printed, and preparations made in advance of theFinal week

presentation.
Cleanup of production space, return of tools for study abroad students

1st-20thTerm-end exams

Final presentation, submission of works/booklet (date)

Emperor's Birthday

Packing of works

Summer holidays

Spring holidays

Closing ceremony (@Honjo campus)(Mid-Aug to Late Sept)(Mid-Feb to Late Mar)

Cancellation of resident registration/National Health Insurance(@Arita town hall)

Important Points● Course fees for exchange students in the SPACE-ARITA program will, in principle, be covered through payments to the school of enrollment.
● Students must attend both the opening ceremony and closing ceremony at the start and end of each semester.
● ʻIndependent Studyʼ will include, in principle, meetings with the professors once a week.
● The final presentations are planned to take place on a date toward the end of the SPACE-ARITA program. The information of the detail of the final presentation has be announced before one month prior to the gests.
● As for the works produced, a selected number of them will be kept at the Arita campus Saga University as materials of the SPACE-ARITA program.
● In the event that students bring works back to their home country, they must package and ship them at their own expense.
● Please set the date for cancelling your resident registration prior to leaving the country.
● When displaying works made in the SPACE-ARITA program outside, please specify on the display “SPACE-ARITA program, Saga University.”● Scenes of work in the SPACE-ARITA program, pictures of exchange students, and photos of works may be used for Saga University public relations purposes.
● All workshops are shared facilities; please keep it clean and organized. When using tools other than your own, clean them after use and immediately return them to their original location.
● Besides Japanese calendar holidays and university holidays, the campus is open from 8:30 to 20:00 on weekdays. If deemed necessary, however, it can be used outside of those times.

Submission of booklet (data)

Packing of works