I am now beginning my own project,which focuses on the theme ofregenerative medicine.
Natural Science
How did you choose the school where you would study?
The biggest reason was the location of the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application at Kyoto
University (CiRA). I graduated from the faculty of medicine and the faculty of mathematics and naturalscience at the University of Bonn in Germany. It was in that very year that Professor Shinya Yamanaka
won his Nobel Prize. This is when I felt that I really wanted to do research on iPS cells at theworld-famous CiRA. While I was at the University of Bonn, I studied at Kyoto University as an exchange
student for a year. From that time on, I really came to love the traditional culture of Kyoto such as
Japanese tea ceremony, ﬂower arrangement and Japanese traditional dancing. This also played a role in
my decision.

What kind of study are you involved with at CiRA?
Beginning this spring, I have been working as a research worker at the Center for iPS Cell Research andApplication in Kyoto University. iPS cells offer many kinds of functions and possibilities. I'm interested in
the differentiation and transplant of heart cells. This is why I am working to support the research activities
in the regenerative medicine research laboratory, under my instructors and senior researchers. Although
now is a time of preparation, this summer I will begin my own project focusing on the theme ofregenerative medicine. I've really been looking forward to this, so it's very exciting.

What things have you been glad about or felt moved by,in regard to coming to study in Kyoto?
There's a shared space in the research laboratory called "Open Lab". The ﬂoor is an open space, where
researchers can freely communicate with each other. It's very comfortable. When I go there I feel gladthat I came to study at CiRA.

How do you want to use your experience studying in Japanin the future?
For now, my goal is to enter Graduate School of Medicine at Kyoto University next year, and earn my
doctor's degree by doing iPS cell-related research. This is what I'm studying for now. After I ﬁnish
graduate school, I'd like to return to Europe where I will continue my research on iPS cells at a researchfacility run by a university or by a private company. I want to serve people. When I was seven years old, I
wanted to become a doctor. Although my dream now is to become a researcher in regenerative medicine,
through my interest in iPS cells I work towards my dream to contribute to society through medicine.

Universities in Kyoto have turned out

POINT many Nobel laureates, such as Professor

Shinya Yamanaka, who is well known for
iPS cell research.

Kyoto has many schools to support a wide variety of studies in the areas of natural sciences,including medicine, pharmacology, science, engineering, IT, agriculture and so on.
Kyoto is also an active center in environmental research, being the birthplace of the Kyoto Protocol.

INTERVIEW
Julia Junghof from Germany,
Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University

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It's fascinating to see
how Kyoto companies
are managed.
Japanese Language Schools

I want to pass the level 1
JLPT before I graduate.
What kind of things have you studied thus far?
This year, I'm studying Japanese and Kyoto culture at the Kyoto Institute of Culture &Language. My studies are focused on Japanese grammar, conversation, reading
comprehension and listening. I took the level 2 JLPT (Japanese Language Proﬁciency
Test). I'm still waiting for the results. I want to pass the level 1 JLPT before I graduate.
In the Japanese culture course, I'm learning about the history of Japan from the Heianperiod to modern times. I'm really looking forward to taking my bike to Kyoto's
historical spots that remain to this day, like Nijo Castle, Ikedaya and so on.

What things have you been glad about or felt
moved by, in regard to coming to study in Kyoto?
Kyoto is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the Kamogawa River ﬂows
through the city center. The most attractive part of Kyoto is the striking beauty of thenatural scenery. Since there are few tall buildings, the sky seems so wide and thesunsets are very lovely. This place also offers a convenient lifestyle, since I can get toschool or go shopping by bike. Lately, I've had some opportunities to interact withJapanese university students, and walked along Kamogawa River in a yukata. I was
exposed to the Kansai dialect and language used by the younger generation here,
which was a lot of fun.

How do you want to take advantage of yourexperience studying in Japan in the future?

How did you choose the school
where you would be studying?
When I was young, my father talked about how Japan's economy is well-developed,
and how Japan is such an excellent country in a cultural sense, which stirred myinterest. I resolved while I was in high school to go to Japan to study. I felt that while I
was there, I should be in Kyoto, the center of Japanese history and culture. While I
was in Tokyo, I studied at a Japanese school for two years; but I visited Kyoto several
times during that period. I discovered many wonderful things about Kyoto, including its
beautiful tourist spots and natural atmosphere. The fact that I was living in Tokyo
probably attracted me even more to Kyoto. The fact that Doshisha University's MBA
program was completely in English also appealed to me.

What kind of things have you studied thus far?
As I had studied about banking and ﬁnances at the university in Vietnam, I wanted abroad education in economics, so I have been studying at Doshisha University
Graduate School of Business starting last year. In order to deepen my understandingof Japanese companies, I visited Shimadzu Corporation, Gekkeikan Sake Co., Ltd. andso on. Here I've had the chance to listen to what the management has to say. It's
fascinating to see how Kyoto companies are managed, considering their long history.
The theme of my master's thesis is "Laws of Etiquette in Japanese Companies". I
intend to research the roles that interpersonal relationships and manners between
customers, senior employees, and colleagues within a company play.

How do you want to take advantage of yourexperience studying in Japan in the future?
My goal is to join one of the Japanese companies that are doing business in Vietnam.
Although I've thought about going back to Vietnam, I'd ﬁrst like to gain a variety ofbusiness experiences. There are many different Japanese companies that are now
doing business in Vietnam, such as automobiles, personal computers, manufacturers,
distribution, and service-related companies. I have a list of over 400 companies, and I
plan to apply to around ten of those for an internship. Even a small to medium-sizedbusiness might be all right, if the company has a base in Vietnam.

Actually, the Taiwanese company that I worked at for six years imported water power
generation turbines and motor systems from overseas businesses, and then sold themto power companies in Taiwan. I was able to put my English that I'd learned at myuniversity to use when importing from Astralia. Similarly, Japanese manufacturers like
Hitachi, Ltd., Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, and Toshiba Corporation are strong
players in this ﬁeld. After graduation, I'm thinking of going back to Taiwan andputtingmy six years of professional experience along with my Japanese skills to use ata Japanese company there, to sell water power generation equipment to Taiwan.

POINT

Kyoto is home to around 20 diﬀerent Japanese language schools, where nearly 2,000
students from overseas come to study for the purpose of entering a university or acompany, or to improve their linguistic skills.

At these schools, diverse cultural experiences and regional exchange programs within the scope of the entire city of Kyoto are popular.
In the Kyoto region, there are many activities held to support job seekers, such as job placement fairs and seminars that Japanese language
school students can also attend.

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Kyoto has many schools to support a wide variety of studies in the

POINT areas of law, economics, business management, international
relations, social studies and so on.

There are over 1,000 long-standing businesses, shinise, in Kyoto that have been in business for a century or
longer. Much research is being done on these businesses and on the management of traditional industries.
There are also many courses oﬀering degrees in the universities of Kyoto that can be taken in English. Kyoto
oﬀers many internships and research opportunities in practical settings.

INTERVIEW

INTERVIEW

CHEN, YING-HAN from Taiwan,

NGUYEN THI PHUONG TRANG from Vietnam,

studying at Kyoto Institute of Culture & Language

studying at Doshisha University

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Humanities
How did you choose the school
where you would be studying?
I was born in Changchun, Jilin Province, and studied Japanese as my major at the
local university. I heard my aunt, who had worked in Japan, talking about how Japan
is "a fantastic place". This stirred my interest. The reason why I came to Kyoto is
because a graduate from the Kyoto University of Foreign Studies was teaching at theJapanese school there.

What kind of things have you studied thus far?
At the Graduate School of Foreign Studies, I have been studying to become aJapanese instructor. During the ﬁrst year, my goal was to work hard at using theJapanese grammar I had learned up until then, and build enough conversational skills
to properly express myself. This year, I'm preparing for my master’s thesis, under theguidance of an advisory instructor. The theme for my thesis is "Incorrect Usage ofPossible Expressions by Native Chinese Speakers". While referring to my previous
research, I’d like to complete this thesis by the end of the year.

What things have you been glad about or felt
moved by, in regard to coming to study in Kyoto?
During my ﬁrst year, I had no conﬁdence, and I was practically unable to speak
Japanese. It was around that time that a fellow student that was older than me said,"Come on, HaoRan, youll do just ﬁne." She took the time to listen to what I had tosay, and gave me encouragement. I'm really grateful that she said that, because thatgave me the motivation to improve my Japanese. I also felt moved by the view of
Arashiyama from the window of the research laboratory. I realized that Kyoto is acity that's abundant with nature, where both traditional and modern things coexist.

How do you want to take advantage of yourexperience studying in Japan in the future?
My dream is to return to China and to become a Japanese instructor. If I can, I’d liketo teach at my alma mater, the College of Humanities & Sciences of Northeast
Normal University. I'm studying to take the test in order to acquire my doctor’s
degree in Japan. I want to be a Japanese instructor that offers Japanese language
training with a good balance between grammar and conversational skills. There is ahigh level of interest in Japan amongst the younger people in China, so I'd like tobuild bridges between the two countries by helping them to continue to develop theircommunication skills.

As the former capital of Japan for over 1,000 years, Kyoto has

POINT passed on the ancient traditional cultures of the tea ceremony,
ﬂower arrangement and so on to the modern-day world.

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With this kind of abundant cultural heritage background, students can learn deeply in a wide rangeof areas regarding Japanese culture, such as literature, history and religious studies, with the ability
to mix in ﬁeld work with the entire city for their exploring.

INTERVIEW
Zhang HaoRan from China,
studying at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies

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I want to become a manga artist in Japan,
the kingdom of manga!

Design and Arts
How did you choose the school
where you would be studying?
Ever since I was a child, I loved manga, borrowing books from the library and reading
to my heart's content. I found out that“Doraemon”and“Slam Dunk”, which weremy favorites, were created in Japan. I made the decision during my high school years
to visit Japan and to become a manga artist. I attended a high school that specialized
in art, but I wanted to study at Kyoto Seika University, where some of my teachersand senior colleagues had graduated from. That's why I came to Kyoto.

What kind of things have you studied thus far?
I entered the university in 2011; but as I had to serve in military duty, so now I'm in
my fourth year of the manga course. Up through my second year, I learned thebasics of drawing manga, like drawing lines and circles and creating tone s(light/dark). From the third year on, I started working on my expressive abilities as amanga artist. Right now, I'm mainly working on my graduation project, which involves
producing an actual manga. I'm working on this at least eight hours a day. My work
about a soccer player called "Boff Soccer" went over well with the editors when I
brought it to a major publisher, and I won an award for it in a manga contest.

What are the positive things you’ve experienced
by coming to study in Japan?
I really love Kyoto, which I think is the most beautiful city in the world. Traditionaland modern elements blend together, and the people who live here have been so kindand polite. I'm just amazed every day I live here.

How do you want to take advantage of yourexperience studying in Japan in the future?
I've always thought that I want to leave behind some kind of footprints in my life, forpeople to remember me by. For me, that means drawing manga. People who want tobe fashion designers go to Paris or Milan. For me, I want to be a manga artist in theworld's kingdom of manga, right here in Japan. There are three elements that areimportant to manga, the style, production, and story. I feel rather conﬁdent about myability to create a production that draws people into the work. I want to keep
studying, and create interesting manga that people will remember.

As one of the foremost cities in Japan for arts

POINT and culture, Kyoto oﬀers many universities

with curriculum focusing on the arts, wherestudents can learn about Japanese art, music,
traditional crafts and more.

In recent years, the fusion of the arts (such as design, architecture andvideo) and engineering has become more prominent. Education in pop
culture such as manga and anime has become more popular aswell .Kyoto is alive with art. The city has over 200 museums and otherfacilities featuring art and other areas, as well as international
art-related fairs that are frequently held.

INTERVIEW
Gu Youngchan from Korea,
studying at Kyoto Seika University

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Vocational Schools
How did you choose the school
where you would be studying?
I was interested in Japanese food and thought that since I was going to study about
Japanese food, it should be Kyoto. That's why I selected a vocational school where I
could study, beginning with the basics. Since my mother has been working in Japan eversince I was a high school student, I wanted to go to Japan to live with her and to study.
After I came to Japan six years ago and studied at a Japanese language school, I entereda university. However, I felt that I was better suited to work in the cooking industry so I
decided to change my career path. Since the spring of this year , I've been working
towards becoming a chef.

What kind of things have you studied thus far?
I'm completely immersed in the Advanced Japanese Cuisine Course with otherclassmates, starting with the basics. In practical training, we're still focused on the basics,
like learning about how to use the knives, make soup stock and so on; but I'm looking
forward to learning about how to make authentic Japanese cuisine, as well as the skills I
need to become a full-ﬂedged chef. Through these classes, I'm l earning the necessary
knowledge to take the test to become a licensed chef, such as nutrition, Japaneseculinary culture and so on. On my days off, I make dashimaki eggs and nikujaga with mymother, using the skills I've learned at school.

Eventually, I'd like to start
my own restaurant in the home ofJapanese cuisine: Kyoto.

INTERVIEWZHANG YIXIANG from China,
studying at Kyoto Culinary Art College

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What things have you been glad about or felt moved by,in regard to coming to study in Kyoto?
Kyoto is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the Kamogawa and Katsuragawa
Rivers ﬂow through the city. It's a very beautiful city, with abundant nature. I'm originallyfrom Guilin in the southern part of China. The city is similar in natural environment andpopulation to Kyoto. I'm so glad I came here. The entire city is beautiful, and the residents
here have a strong awareness of their environment. I often walk along Kamogawa Riveror go to the Nishiki Market. Everyone is so friendly there, which makes me feel happy.

How do you want to take advantage of yourexperience studying in Japan in the future?
There aren't many authentic Japanese restaurants in China. When I came to Japan, I
found out how delicious it was. The more I studied, the more I came to love Japanesecuisine. I want to get my chef's license and do an apprenticeship in a Japanese-stylerestaurant, Ryotei, in Kyoto. After I've gained experience, I'd like to open my own
restaurant. Although I've thought about opening a Japanese restaurant in China,
eventually, I'd like to start my own restaurant in the home of Japanese cuisine: Kyoto.

Japanese cuisine has been registered as an Intangible Cultural

POINT Heritage by UNESCO, and Kyoto has gained worldwide
attention as the center of Japanese cuisine.

There are also many vocational schools which oﬀer two- to three-year educations for each area of skill,in the ﬁelds of art, language, welfare, medicine, culinary art, hospitality, IT, beauty, engineering and
more.

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There are many reasons
why Kyoto is chosen by students
as a destination for their overseas studies.
Everything about Kyoto, from its atmosphere toits history and innovation,
make the city attractive to foreign students.

and ﬂower arrangement, have been passed down through

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the ages to the modern era. Kyoto is a city where you cancome into contact with and learn about Japanese cultural
history in your daily life.

Tokyo
155 years

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Kyoto
1083 years

710

Nara
74 years

10.5%

Kyoto City
Tokyo 23 wards

Birthplace of manga

5.8%

Fukuoka City

5.0%

Sendai City

4.8%
1.3%

School and student numbers are from the 2020 School Basic Survey, population isfrom 2020 Database of the Statistics Bureau.

No.1 among Japanese cities

Approximately 1 out of 10
is a university student!

Leading academics invarious fields
Nobel laureates 15 out of 28!

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Numerous cultural assets cultivated throughout its longtechniques and traditional culture, such as the tea ceremony

Student-to-population ratio

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Kyoto was the capital city of Japan for over 1,000 years.
history remain all over the city, while traditional artisan

University Capital of Japan

Osaka City

1000 year history
as capital of Japan

Japanese manga and animation is highly regarded internationallyand it is said that Japan’s ﬁrst manga was actually born in Kyoto,with the“Choju-giga”which was drawn 800 years ago being
handed down to Kosanji in Kyoto. In addition, approximately
50,000 issues of manga are stored in a“Manga Wall”which
extends over a total length of 200 meters in the Kyoto
International Manga Museum in the city, allowing anyone tobrowse and read them. There are also many universities andvocational institutes which offer manga and animation-related
courses.

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KYOTO LIFE
Lionel Mateos

Omi Tirmare

From France

From India

Laila Purnama sari
From Indonesia

International
Student Support

Employment of
28 hours or less ispermitted per week
Overseas students coming to study in Kyoto canwork at part-time jobs for up to 28 hours a week.
Many students work as private tutors, or atrestaurants or in sales-related jobs; but somestudents also work at unique jobs like participatingin the procession of the Jidai-Matsuri festival, orin kimono outﬁtters.

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COST SAMPLE (Japanese yen)
Average admission and tuition fees

University

One of the characteristics of Kyoto is that thecost of living (such as rent) is low, in comparison
to large cities like Tokyo or Osaka.
There are 2.6 million people living in Kyoto, so
there are abundant opportunities for part-timework in restaurants, shops, and so on.

Vocational school□ National / Public 282,000 yen (admission) + 535,800 yen (tuition)□ 314,860 yen (admission) + 520,160 yen (tuition)* These ﬁgures differ, depending on the school.
□ Private universities 226,918 yen (admission) + 854,126 yen (tuition)* Reference: 2022 Retail Price Survey Annual Report, Statistics Bureau,(humanities)
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications□ Private universities 192,594 yen (admission) + 1,279,103 yen (tuition)(sciences)
Japanese language school* These ﬁgures differ, depending on the department.
* Reference: 2022 Retail Price Survey Annual Report, Statistics Bureau,
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

Monthly living expenses

Expenses

The city of Kyoto is nestled in a basin surroundedby mountains. Although there are some minor
slopes in the city, Kyoto is largely ﬂat, so it’s abreeze to go places by bicycle. Since there areplenty of bicycle parking areas at the school
campuses and within the city, you can get aroundKyoto without using public transportation.

Lower cost of living

IncomeOne of the world’s
great bike cities

Various kinds of support are available for overseas
students coming to study and live in Kyoto. Some of
the beneﬁts that students can enjoy include a discounton their national health insurance premiums,
introductions to host families, free admission passes tomajor cultural facilities, invitations to events such asﬁeld trips and cultural experiences, legal andvisa-related counseling, medical and government-related
interpreting services and more.

Case 1:
Japaneselanguage school

Case 2:National university(Scholarship)□ One-year course: 700,000 - 900,000 yen (varies by school)
Special courses for overseas students: 550,000 - 750,000 yen(varies by school)

Case 3:
Private universities
sociology system

Case 4:
Private universities
art system

Rent￥32,000￥25,000￥50,000￥42,500

Food￥30,000￥25,000￥20,000￥35,000

Books etc...

￥10,000￥0￥15,000￥5,000

Personal Expenses￥10,000￥10,000￥15,000￥5,000￥0￥22,500￥6,000￥6,700

OthersTravel /Internet/Phone etc…

Scholarships￥0￥120,000￥0￥60,000

Part-time Jobs

￥29,000￥0￥70,000￥30,000

Money from Overseas￥53,000￥0¥100,000￥40,000

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VOICE
I once had the experience of losing my wallet whileriding the bus. As I was really worried, I asked a friend
about what to do, and then called the bus company
and ﬁled a lost article report with the police.
Somehow, I got my wallet back. The person who
picked it up brought it into the police station. I was soglad! This probably wouldn't happen in any othercountry. My Chinese and Japanese friends help me
when I ask them what I should do.
Jian Li from China

I enjoy the obanzai (Kyoto-styleside dishes) here. They're mostly
made of vegetables, so they'revery healthy. Obanzai is offered as
an easy-to-eat lunch at somerestaurants. Since the culinary
culture here is much like Korea
with rice and main dishes, I never
get tired of eating it.
Namgung Hyejin from Korea

Although I've encountered various troubles
because my Japanese skills are not sogood, I make it a point to ask questions tomy friends and senior colleagues when I
don't know something. There are many
foreigners living in Kyoto, which means
there is a substantial network. People here
help each other when they're in trouble.
Robin Rauner from the U.S.A.

I really like the Kansai area. The
people are kind, and it's an easy
place to live. I really love Kyoto inparticular. I'm interested inJapanese history.
Coming to Kyoto to live, I'm
discovering fascinating things about
Kyoto every day.
Edouard Decaen from France

I really like Kamogawa River. I like to walkalong the river when I have spare time.
Kamogawa River isn’t just a beautiful place.
It’s ﬁrmly rooted in the lifestyle of thepeople of Kyoto, from playing around in theriver to going to o-hanami events. The area
between Sanjo and Shijo is a popular dating
spot for young couples.
There are many shrines and temples, as wellas buildings like the Kyoto-style machiya
houses here where you can feel the historyof the place. I feel like I'm always a tourist
here. Rivers with plenty of nature such as
Kamogawa and Katsuragawa River areclose to the city, so going down to the riverand reading a book helps to relieve stress.
Fitriana Puspita from Indonesia

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Chonlada Charoenviriyakul from Thailand

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Employment Support
An International Company
which Headquarters in Kyoto
People in the Workforce
How did you choose the school
where you would be studying?
When I was majoring in Japanese at the University of London, I happened
to meet a Japanese student who had come from Kyoto. I learned about
how great Kyoto was from them, such as the traditional culture and history.
This made me decide to go to Kyoto to continue my Japanese studies
there.

What kind of things have you studied thus farin Kyoto?
I've actually studied in Kyoto twice. The ﬁrst time was for one year
beginning in 2012 as an exchange student, and the second time was in 2014
for one year, after I'd graduated from the University of London. During that
second time, I studied at Doshisha University as a self-funded international
student. The ﬁrst time in Japan, I studied the Japanese language and culture.
The things that I learned during my life in Kyoto really helped me to grow.
On my second time to Japan, I decided to get a job in Japan, so I focused
my efforts on studying business Japanese and on a job-hunting program forstudents from overseas.

Paid internship program for students from overseas

How did you connect your experiences
studying in Kyoto with ﬁnding a job?

The“paid internship program”is designed to help students from overseas tobecome employed and active in the Japanese workplace, by building up
experience doing paid work in companies in Kyoto and by understanding
Japanese corporate culture and how to move forward with work.
The program offers p articipants the opportunity to experience the realworking situation at a company and to get paid for it.

By living in a culture different from my own and communicating in alanguage other than my mother tongue, I was able to gain different
knowledge about things like Japanese history and culture, in addition to
becoming familiar with the Japanese language. I feel that this gave me
conﬁdence, which ultimately connected with ﬁnding a job here. Although myemployer was recommended to me by the university, the biggest factor in
my decision was that the company was an international company, with
headquarters in Kyoto. Since Kyoto is a special place for me, the fact that I
could live and work there was an important part.

Placement Support and Exchange Community forStudents from Overseas : KyoTomorrow Academy

Tell us about the details of the job you’re
doing now, and your future ambitions.
I joined Kyocera Corporation in October 2015, the year in which I
graduated from Doshisha University. Currently I'm working as a member ofthe European sales group of the ﬁne ceramics sales division, where I'm
involved in the sales of ﬁne ceramic materials and parts to generalindustries. This has been one of Kyocera Corporation's businesses since
they started as a company. Although it's a big job to learn about the
products, I'm working hard by traveling to the factories for study, as I learn
from senior employees and managers in the same business area. In the
future, I want European businesses to know how good Kyocera
Corporation's ﬁne ceramics are, and I want to bring in more newcustomers.

KyoTomorrow Academy is a community in which students that come fromoverseas to study in Kyoto can think about job placement in Kyoto and takeaction! This community offers unique and varied programs that can only be
experienced here, such as Kyoto traditional cultural experience events, workshopswith company employees, Japanese language support for job placement, job
placement seminars and internships! Participants can interact not only with otherstudents from overseas, but with company employees and Japanese students tomake new connections. KyoTomorrow Academy helps you as a student fromoverseas to become more connected to society and to lead a more fulﬁlling life!

We are also involved in placement support for students
from overseas, in cooperation with universities and thegovernment.
A wide variety of placement activity support services
from general companies are also available.
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Kyoto Job Park service for students
from overseas
www.pref.kyoto.jp/jobpark/ryuugaku.html

INTERVIEW
Sophie Arenas Gutierrez from Belgium,
Now employed at Kyocera Corporation;
studied at Doshisha University

Kyoto brings together many unique global high-tech companies

POINT such as Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyocera Corporation, Omron
Corporation, Rohm Co., Ltd., and Nidec Corporation.

The tourism business is also popular in Kyoto, as it is world-renowned as a tourist center. This includes
many tourist businesses, hotels, cultural facilities and more. There are many avenues of support for
students from overseas seeking a job, including internships and career fairs. Many students who
graduated after their studies in Kyoto have moved on to becoming employed in Kyoto as well.

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Universities and Junior Colleges in Kyoto

SCHOOL SEARCH

Undergraduates only →○ Both undergraduates and graduate school →◎→E
Graduate school only →● Some courses available in English

Humanities
Literature

National
university

Kyoto University◎(E for graduate
school only)

Language◎

Culture◎(E for graduate
school only)

History・Philosophy, Psychology Archaeology,
Geography Ethics, Religion
Cultural Properties◎(E for graduate
school only)◎(E for graduate
school only)

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Political
Science◎(E for graduate
school only)

Economics Management,
Commerce◎(E for graduate
school only)◎E

Social Studies

Social Welfare

Tourism
Studies◎International
Relations◎(E for graduate
school only)

PhysicalScience◎(E for graduate
school only)

Public university◎(E for graduate
school only)

Humanities & Science

Information Architecture Agricultural andMedical, Dental
Nursing andEngineering
Fisheries Sciences Sciences and Pharmacy Health Sciences◎(E for graduate
school only)◎E◎(E for graduate
school only)◎◎

Kyoto Prefectural University

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Kyoto College of Nursing○

Kyoto College of Economics

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Kyoto Koka Women's University・
Kyoto Koka Women's College
Kyoto Sangyo University◎(E for graduate
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Ikenobo Junior College

Kyoto University of the Arts

Integrated
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Kyoto City University of Arts

Otani University

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Kyoto University of Education
Kyoto Institute of Technology

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The Kyoto College of Graduate
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Kyoto Women's University◎

Kyoto Seika University

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Kyoto Seizan College
Kyoto University of
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Kyoto Tachibana University○○

Kyoto Notre Dame University

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Kyoto Bunkyo University

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Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
Kyoto Saga University of Arts・
Kyoto Saga Art College◎

Doshisha University

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Doshisha Women's Collegeof Liberal Arts

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Hanazono University

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Bukkyo University

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Heian Jogakuin (St.Agnes')
University

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Meiji University of Integrative
Medicine○

Ritsumeikan University◎◎

Ryukoku University・
Ryukoku University Faculty of Junior College◎◎

National Institute of Technology,
Maizuru College

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Kyoto University of Arts and Crafts

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undergraduates only

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Architecture,
Barber work,machinery,
beauty,civil engineering,hair and makeup,
drafting,
interior decoration beauty salonsChild care,education,
welfare,medicine

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Study in Japanese○

Kyoto Institute of Design(incl. Mangaand Animation)○

Kyoto Computer Gakuin

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