Yam aguc hi
Pr e f e c tur al Un ivers ity Since
1941
Yamaguchi Prefectural University was originally established by the Prefectural
government, and has just celebrated its 80th anniversary. It has three faculties
with ﬁve departments, and two postgraduate schools, with a total ofapproximately 1,400 students. The student-teacher ratio is low, so students areable to receive the utmost support from the 100+ full-time teaching andadministrative staﬀ. Overseas students receive support through a tutoring system
by both professors and peer students. You will ﬁnd a friendly, at-homeatmosphere on our newly built university campus. We hope that Yamaguchi andYPU will become our studentsʼ second home. Many overseas alumni students
actually choose to come back to Japan after graduation, to work on the Japan
Exchange and Teaching Program (the JET program), or pursue graduate level
degrees in Japanese language or cultural studies.

StudentExchange
Programs

Lapland University
Rovaniemi, Finland

6 countries
8 universities

Faculty of Intercultural Studies- Department of Intercultural Studies- Department of Culture and Creative Arts■

Faculty of Social Welfare- Department of Social Welfare■

Faculty of Nursing & Human Nutrition- Department of Nursing,- Department of Human Nutrition■■■

Chin Tao University
Shandon, China

Graduate School of Intercultural Studies
Graduate School of Health and Welfare

Bishop s University
Quebec Province, Canada

Centre College
Danville, Kentucky

Public University of Navarra
Pamplona, Spain

Qufu Normal University
Shandon, China

Kyungnam University
Changwon, Korea

Inb o u nd Pr o gr a ms

YPU
Short-term Study Abroad Programs forstudents★ Canada (Bishop s University) : English Language & Cultural Studies Course ( Summer )★

Global Exchange Program (June/July) :3-week program for students from China &Korea (Japanese language and culture),
Including study time with Japanese students.

★

Spring Exchange Program (May) :10-day program for students from the US &Canada (and other English-speakingcountries); Japanese Cultural Studies
program with Japanese students.

★ China (Qufu Normal University) : Chinese Language & Cultural Studies Course★ Korea (Kyungnam University) : Korean Language & Cultural Studies Course★ Australia (Newcastle University) : English & Cultural Studies Course ( Spring )★ Singapore (Singapore Polytechnic) : English & Cultural Studies Course ( Spring )▲ Hawaii (University of Hawaii Maui College)▲ Taiwan (National Chung Cheng University): Field Studies: Field Studies

Pusan National University
Pusan, Korea■ Japanese Teaching Assistant positions in Canada, USA and China

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Long-term Foreigh Exchange Students Program
Yamaguchi Studies

This is a program consisting of several courses designed to provide overseas students with anunderstanding and appreciation of the people, history, art and culture of Yamaguchi. They are uniquein that they feature not only a lecture component given by professors specializing in each ﬁeld but also
an on-site component that enhances and expands upon the understanding gained in the classroom.

Classes taught in English for Japanese and Foreign Students

Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Introduction to Buddhism, Politics of Japan, Yamaguchi
and the World, Japanese Modern Society, Japanese Modern Culture, Japanese Economy andGlobalization, Media and Communication in Japan.

Oﬀ-Campus Excursions for Exchange Students
Visits to local elementary, junior high and high schools are made at various
times throughout each semester. Activities at each school vary, but exchange students areoften asked to do a simple presentation about themselves and their home countries and show
students things to help students visualize their country s culture.

● School visits :● Weekend Events and Activities :Various international activities are oﬀered to students by thePrefectural International Exchange Association and other groups. Some examples areapple-picking, barbeques, tourist monitor tours, and high school English camp mentoring.
Participation is voluntary, but most exchange students participate in things every week as anopportunity to see various aspects of Japanese culture.
One-to-three day home-visits or short homestays are arranged forexchange students each semester. It is a good opportunity to get an insight into Japanesefamily life. The relationships established during these visits generally last even longer, andstudents often spend holidays with their host families, and continue to stay in touch evenafter leaving Japan.

● Home-visits/Homestay :Support from a tutor and Japanese peer students

Overseas students are assigned a Japanese student tutor, who helps with individual peer
support. Exchange students are encouraged to ask for help and assistance with Japanese
language, life and academic work.

Online Programs ‒ YPU is committed to expanding our international proﬁle through online programs▲ YPU and Sinclair Community College, US, operate a 6-week asynchronous online COIL programfor student collaboration under the theme of Western and Japanese visual arts.

▲ YPU and Northern Illinois University implement a 6-week synchronous online COIL program forstudent collaborations about Japanese arts and culture.

▲ Summer Yamaguchi and Maui Online Exchange Program is a 4-day online program for Japaneseand Hawaiian high school students, planned and run by YPU students, sponsored by YamaguchiCity International Oﬃce.

▲ Japanese-language Teaching Programs ‒ short- and long-term programs for foreign people

living in Yamaguchi and overseas.

About Yamaguchi
Yamaguchi Prefecture is located on the west end of Honshu (Japan's main island), between
Hiroshima and Fukuoka prefectures. Access to YPU can be made by both airplane(Yamaguchi-Ube airport) and bullet train (Shin-Yamaguchi station). It is surrounded by thesea on three sides and is rich in nature. One of its attractions is that you can enjoy the natureof both the mountains and the sea at the same time. The YPU campus has recently relocatedand rebuilt many of its buildings with a sleek and modern design and updated facilities.

Yamaguchi is also a place that strongly inﬂuenced the development of modern Japan. In

particular, the Choshu Five, as they were called, brought Western culture back to Japan in
the late 1800s, which they had gained from their studies abroad, and were active in theﬁelds of cabinet, diplomacy, industry, minting, and railroads at the beginning of the Meiji
Period. Many of their homes still remain, and visitors come from around Japan and theworld to learn about the history of modern Japan. Traditions on arts and crafts developedin the middle ages of Japan still exist, such as Hagiyaki pottery and Ouchi lacqerware.

Address : 3-2-1 Sakura-batake, Yamaguchi

City, Yamaguchi Prefecture753-8502
TEL : (+81)83-928-0211
FAX : (+81)83-928-2251
Global Oﬃce : kokusaika@yamaguchi-pu.ac.jp

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