page_title: Temple University, Japan Campus
section_title: Early years
hierarchical_section_title: Temple University, Japan Campus / History / Early years
caption_attribution_description: James Zumwalt, Charge d'Affaires, spoke at the Graduation Ceremony of the Temple University, Japan Campus in Minato Ward, Tōkyō Metropolis in June, 2009.
context_page_description: Temple University, Japan Campus is an international campus of Temple University. TUJ has classrooms and student facilities in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo and Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is the oldest and largest foreign university in Japan, with an estimated 1,300 matriculated students, of which approximately 60% come from more than 60 countries around the world.
  The university offers many degree programs, including an A.A., B.A., M.S.Ed., Ed.D., Ph.D., MBA, and LL.M., and offers semester and year-long study abroad programs for U.S. undergraduate and law students. In addition, TUJ offers non-degree programs including English-language, continuing education for adults, and corporate education. As of July 2016, TUJ enrolls 1,512 degree-seeking students: 1,185 undergraduates and 327 postgraduates. Non-degree enrollment totals 795, including 132 Academic English Program students and 663 Continuing Education students. Additionally, TUJ's Corporate Education program trains 1,286 corporate employees annually and offers English training programs for educational organizations with an annual participation rate of roughly 381.
context_section_description: At its inception, the university offered an Intensive English Language Program (IELP) in its Tokyo campus, as well as a Master of Education (M.Ed.) program in both its Tokyo and Osaka centers. Within the next decade it launched an Undergraduate Program, a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in TESOL program and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) program, as well as expanded its IELP program to its Osaka center. In 1996, upon becoming a wholly owned operation of Temple University, TUJ launched the Executive MBA program – the first program of its kind in Japan – while simultaneously re-launching its Open College Program and Globalization Program as the Continuing Education and Corporate Education programs, respectively.
caption: James Zumwalt, Chargé d'affaires, giving a speech at the June 2009 Graduation Ceremony.
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