SEISA DOHTO UNIVERSITY

School of Japanese Studiesfor Foreign Students

School of Japanese Studies for Foreign Students
School of Japanese Studies for Foreign Students atSEISA Dohto University has been set up for theinternational students whose objective is acquiring
Japanese language skills to enter or transfer our orother higher educational institutions.
The level of this course is a university preparationlevel and students will study “Japanese language”,“Japanese culture” and “Japanese circumstances” inaddition to the required basic subjects.
Students can learn not only the Japanese language
skills require for their further study in universities but
also can learn wide ranged faculty related subjects ofSEISA Dohto University depending on their interests.

The main objective of this course is developing
Japanese language skills. Students can expand their
Japanese knowledge through the course starting tolearn the four main skills, which are Listening, Reading,Speaking and Writing, and grammar and advanced
vocabularies including Kanji.
The lectures will be conducted in small sized classes
in addition to the two class level settings. This will allow
us to provide thorough personal teaching environment.

| Length of Study |Academic Year : 1 Year
Semesters : October Start -----

Semester 1 (from October to March)
Semester 2 (from April to September)

April Start ----------

Semester 1 (from April to September)
Semester 2 (from October to April)＊ The Semesters for School of Japanese for Foreign Students are different from the ones of SEISA Dohto University.

| Class levels |There are two levels for the classes, Basic Level and Advanced Level.
The placement test will be conducted at the beginning of each semester.

| Completion Requirements |It is required to fulfill three requirements to complete the course and obtain the certificate.
The students fulfilled the requirements below will be awarded “Completion Certificate ofSEISA Dohto University, School of Japanese Studies for Foreign Students”. There might bea possibility to get disciplinary punishments if the students do not attend the classes regularaccording to the university regulations.

| Class Timetables |October Start, Semester 1 Time Table <Example>

October Start, Semester 2 Time Table <Example>＊The option of extending the study for 6 months is available for the students starting in September with extra payments.

| Subjects and Objectives |The curriculum has been developed to allow students to acquire Japanese language at areasonable speed and quantity by considering the balance between subjects and learning
efficiency. There set up two different levels specifically for the following subjects;
vocabularies, reading and listening. This enables us to provide thorough personalteaching by grasping the learning progress of each student.

| School Activities |Various school activities are prepared to learn
both Japanese language and culture.
For instance, watching matches of the local sports
teams such as baseball, soccer and basketball,and various Japanese cultural experiences suchas trip to hot spas, 'hanami' which is a picnic withseeing cherry blossoms in its season, 'mochitsuki'
which is sticky rice cake pounding, 'momijigari'which is watching autumn colored leaves.
Furthermore, international students are free to involve in ordinal university activities, forexample after school sports or cultural activities and volunteer activities. They can also
participate in SEISA Dohto University's events such as the university festival. These
activities will provide good opportunities for the foreign students to deepen theirunderstandings on not only Japanese language but also society and culture.

| Houses |Unfortunately, there is no accommodations available for thestudents, however there are many apartments in Kitahiroshimacity and its surrounding cities such as Sapporo.
Approximate rents are; from 34,000 yen in Kitahiroshima cityand from 27,000 yen in Sapporo city. For those who are newly
arrived in Japan for studying at SEISA Dohto University and
School of Japanese Studies, we will arrange the pickup fromthe New Chitose Air Port and accommodation hunting support.

| Cost of Living |The cost of living except for tuition fees is about between 70,000 yen to 100,000 yen permonth which includes rent, food expenses, textbooks, medical fees, communication costand transportation expenses.

| Part-Time Job |International students are permitted to have a part-time job up to 28 hours in a weekduring each semester and 8 hours a day during summer and winter school holidays withsome restrictions on occupational types.
Students with a granted “Study” visa need to apply for “Permission to Engage in Activity
Other than that Permitted” before start working in Japan.

| Medical Care Expenditure |National Health Insurance is one of the Japanese social health insurance system operated
by municipalities. It costs about 14,000 yen per year for one person, however it covers 70%of total medical expenses when we had to see a doctor and get treatments. All theforeigners who will stay in Japan for more than three months need to join the insurance.

The details of the total cost of School of JapaneseStudies for Foreign Students for one academic year
is below. (Note: The total fee excludes theapplication fee and other living expenses.)Greetings from International Students
SEISA Dohto University is accepting international students from various countries. One of thefeatures is that foreingn students come from not only Asia, but also from various places such asU.S.A., Europe and Africa. Getting to know about various cultures and ways of thinking will
enhance one’s learning experience. Here are the interviews of our three foreign students.

Faculty of Management, Major in Business Creation

MARIA SALTARI
Hi! I am Maria from Greece. I belong to the 1st yearof the Faculty of Management. I came to Japan abour two yearsago. One of my best frineds told me about SEISA Dohto University.
I believe that studying at this university enables me to obtain a lotof knowledge. The university is very atractive and I have decided toenter this university as I loved the atomosphere of the university.
There are several categories in manamgement studies depending
on from which aspect to observe organizational activities such asaccountancy, economy, finance and so on. WIthin these, I havestarted to become curious in management studies. I also believe in that learning management studies
will bring me an opportunity to work at several Japanese companies. My dream is to work in Japan aftermy graduation. I am looking forward to completing my study and making this dream come true.

Faculty of Social Welfare, Major in Welfare Psychology

PHAM THI QUINH HUONG
Hello everyone! I am Houng, an internatioanl student from Vietnam.
I am a 1st year student of the Faculty of Social Welfare.
I have graduated from a vocational college majoring in tourism inVietnam. After my graduation, I decided to come and study in Japanas I liked Japanese culture and language. I studied Japanese at alanguage school for two years and now I go to the university withhaving a part-time job. It is sometimes hard to manage both as it
takes about one hour to comute to the university, however I beleive think this will be a good experience.
The reason why I chose studying social welfare is that I am interested in human beings and the issues
societies are facing to. I woudl like to try volunteer work in Japan too after acquring various knowledge.
There are more opportunites to make Japanese friends at a university than a language school and I
hope I can follow Japanese people’s good behaviours and improve my language skill. I would like toexpand my personality during my study too. Let’s work hard together towards our own dreams!
Faculty of FIne Arts, Department of Design, Major in Arts

XING YU WANG
I am Xing Yu Wang and am a student of the Facultyof Design, Department of Fine Arts. I am from Guang Zhou, thesouthern part of China. I have been in Japan for about one and a halfyears. My hobby is wathing movies and playing video games. I would
like to become a freelance artist in the future.
I heard about SEISA Dohto University from my teacher at alanguage school. I was attracted by the drawings of the students andteachers of the Department of Design and that made my mind toenter SEISA Dohto University to learn more about design.
I would like to work hard on improving my Japanese language and art skills during the four years aswell as making lots of friends. I will do my best towards my future objective!

SEISA Dohto University| Overview - Faculties and Departments |SEISA Dohto University is in Kitahiroshima City. We areconsisted of three faculties and four departments; Departmentof Management in Faculty of Management, Department ofSocial Welfare in Faculty of Social Welfare, Department ofDesign and Department of Architecture in Faculty of Fine Arts.
There are about 800 students are studying with us and about
35 of them are international students. Only small scaled
schools like us can provide an attractive environment of close
communications between teachers and students, whichenables us to look after the students and their development.
Faculty of Management has three majors; Sports Management,
Business Creation and Community Design. During the study at thisfaculty, students are encouraged to involve in local communities
and companies through local evets and internships to obtain thepractical skills for entrepreneurship and organizational management.
The faculty provides the course to obtain the qualification of Sports
Social Worker. It also aims to grow human resources who can think,research and act by themselves and will play important roles insociety after their graduation with these practical experiences.
Faculty of Social Welfare has four majors; Social Work, Child Care,
Welfare Psychology and Special Needs Education. Through small
sized seminars and laboratory works, the students can develop their
special knowledge and social adaptability with bringing theirknowledge learnt in the class into practice.
Special courses are available for the students to pass the exams of
the qualifications such as “Certified Social Worker”, “PsychiatricSocial Worker” and “Childcare Worker”, which are necessary tohave to be in these occupations after their graduation.
There are two departments in the Facultyof Fine Arts; Department of Design andArchitecture. At the Department of Design,
students can choose their majors fromArts, Design and Illustration and Manga.
There are enriched creating facilities to
get thorough teachings with practice suchas atelier building, mold sketching room,high-tech art room and so on.
The Department of Architecture allows
students to learn architectural knowledge
from the aspect of design in addition to
obtaining architectural knowledge andskills with satisfying the requirement of
the qualification of registered architect.
Because of the department belongs toartistic faculty, it enables students to learn
multifaceted architectural factors including
building design and interior design.

Campus Overview
The campus of SEISA Dohto University is surrounded by rich nature and students canexperience the beauty of clear different four seasons of Hokkaido through their student life.
The university has various facilities for practical learning environment such as for arts, sports,social welfare and childcare. Furthermore, there are recreational places are available too, forinstance gymnasiums, canteens and dressing rooms, to support aspiring students.

After School Club Activities
At SEISA Dohto University, a lot of many students includinginternational students are participating in after school club activities. It isa great opportunity for the international students to interact withJapanese students and get involved in Japanese local communities.
There are two types of clubs; sports and cultural. Examples of sports
clubs are baseball, volleyball, soccer and tennis. Some cultural clubs
are faculty related; design, social welfare and architecture. Examples ofthese are art, illustration and manga, sign language, volunteer, urban
problem and architectural design clubs.
There are other cultural clubs andespecially tea ceremony and danceclubs are popular for foreign students.
Other examples of these are music band,
photograph, information systems andchild culture research clubs.
Sports clubs attend to competitions
and cultural clubs involve in local events
frequently and those activities helps
enriching their student life more.
＊ Our tuition scholarship scheme is available for the international students who are studying at SEISA Dohto UniversityCampus Access