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Exchange Students Program Founded by an Episcopalian Missionary, Bishop Channing Moore Williams, in 1874, Rikkyo University is one of the oldest and major private HISTORY COLLEGES AND DEPARTMENTS universities in Japan,

Founded in 1874 10 colleges, 27 departments, 8 course and 1 program GRADUATE SCHOOLS AND COURSES STUDENTS In recognition of the Rikkyo’s unique approximately 20,000 educational initiatives, achievements and 13 graduate schools potential, the Ministry of Education, Culture, including over 700 international and 26 courses Sports, Science and Technology(MEXT) students launched the Top Global University Project and selected Rikkyo as one of the 37 universities for special funding in 2014.The project lasts for 10 years. Rikkyo University currently operates two campuses in Ikebukuro and Niiza, both conveniently located within the vicinity of the Tokyo metropolitan area. The University off ers academic programs in undergraduate and graduate levels (Master’s and Doctorate) in a wide variety of subjects throughout Rikkyo its 10 colleges and 13 graduate schools. University

Undergraduate Colleges College of Arts College of Intercultural Communication College of Economics College of Business College of Science College of Sociology College of Law and Politics Ikebukuro Campus Graduate Schools :HP[HTH 6TP`H Graduate School of Christian Studies Niiza Graduate School of Arts Campus :OPRP Graduate School of Intercultural Undergraduate Colleges Communication College of Tourism ;VR`V 5PPaH Graduate School of Economics College of Community and Human Graduate School of Business Services 0RLI\R\YV Graduate School of Science College of Contemporary Psychology :OPUQ`\R\ Graduate School of Sociology Graduate School of Law and Politics Graduate Schools Graduate School of Business Administration Graduate School of Tourism Graduate School of Social Design Studies Graduate School of Community and Human Services Graduate School of Contemporary @VRVOHTH Psychology Library The Ikebukuro Library, the Niiza Library, and the Niiza Repository Library have a collection of over 1.89 million Japanese and overseas publications, including books, magazines, and newspapers. Rikkyo University Library provides plenty of seating and off er a comfortable learning environment equipped with reading spaces, PC stations, and AV booths that are tailored to students’ diff erent browsing styles and access hours. Sports Facilities Rikkyo University maintains a number of facilities for a wide range of sports activities such as Paul Rusch Athletics Center, Gymnasium and St. Paul’s Aquatics Center.

● Paul Rusch Athletics Center (Ikebukuro Campus) Paul Rusch Athletics Center, opened in April 2013, is the general gymnasium which has fi ve fl oors above ground and two fl oors in basement including a swimming pool, rooftop courts (tennis court, futsal court), arena, multipurpose space, running track, and training room.

● St. Paul’s Aquatics Center (Niiza Campus) Completed in March 2015, the Aquatics Center features an indoor heated swimming pool. It can be used as one pool divided in to 10 lanes of 50m each, or into two pools consisting of 8 lanes of 25m each. The pool has a movable fl oor that can be adjusted among six depth positions.

Prayer Room Rikkyo University inaugurated a prayer room on the university’s Ikebukuro Campus in April 2016 to better serve the needs of the university’s increasing number of international students. While this facility has been designed primarily for Muslim students from overseas, it is available for use by followers of all faiths. The Rikkyo University Exchange Program off ers a Japanese Studies in Foreign Language program, which off er a wide variety of classes related to Japan and other Asian countries alongside with Japanese students and provides an opportunity to interact with one another in classes. Course instructors take advantage of resources in Japan to off er unique courses in various fi elds, including history, sociology, politics, economics, and Asian studies. Many academic courses are also off ered in English by each colleges and graduate schools and are open to enrollment by exchange students.

Those who wish to take regular academic courses conducted in Japanese must have the minimum required level of Japanese profi ciency (normally, J6 level in the Rikkyo Japanese Placement Test or N1 level in the Japanese Language Profi ciency Test).

Exchange students can also take advantage of the comprehensive Japanese language courses, off ered in nine levels of profi ciency - from J0 for beginners to J8 for advanced education to help them advancing their skills in both Japanese language and their understanding of Japanese culture and society. The following courses are off ered in English for the 2018-2019 academic year. The course contents are subject to change in each academic year. Please make sure to check the latest information from the following website; http://english.rikkyo.ac.jp/exchange/

Japanese Studies in Foreign Language Program

Japanese Studies Japanese Mind S in Foreign Language Modern Japanese History 1,2 SF Japanese Politics and Economy 1,2 SF Through lectures, discussions, presentations Japanese Relations in Asia 1,2 SF and paper reports, students will learn about Japanese Society 1,2 SF characteristic Japanese behavior, attitude Rikkyo Service Learning Program Japanese Culture 1,2 SF and thinking in diff erent settings of sport Japanese Arts A,B SF and how they are seen from the viewpoint Rikkyo Service Learning on Local Scale Fields Saitama Studies F of foreigners. On the basis of key terms and (Minami-Uonuma) F Tokyo Studies F with the main example of Judo, this lecture Rikkyo Service Learning on Global Scale Fields Japanese Ethnology F tries to off er insights into the character of (Philippines) F Japanese Mind S Japanese sport and their athletes, and how Science Studies F they are perceived by non-Japanese. Global Liberal Arts Program World History S Political Sociology S University-wide Liberal Arts Subjects University Education in the World S University in Modern Society S Culture and Fine Arts F Seminars for Senior Students of Human Resource Development Nature of the Earth S Rikkyo University Program for International Literature and Society F Economic Thought F Seminars for Senior Students of Rikkyo Cooperation Health and Wellness F University 1 (Happiness in Various Studies) S Introduction to Global Issues S Local People’s Perspectives in International Solution Approach B (Development Cultural and Social Problems S Economics) S Local People’s Perspectives in Social Solution Approach C (Humanitarian Aid) F Global Leadership Program Development F Solution Approach F (Understanding GL111 (An Introduction to Leadership Introduction to Statistics 1,2 SF Refugees' Psychology and Environment) S Solution Approach G (Confl ict and Peace/ Development) F Why do confl ict and peace process prolong?) GL202 (Leadership Development through F Action Learning) S

S off ered in Spring semester F off ered in Fall semester Courses offered at each College

Sociology Law and Politics Tourism

Lecture & Discussion on Social Issues A, B Special Lecture on Law (Moot Court) SF Special Lecture on Tourism 3 F SF Seminar on Law and Politics F Special Lecture on Tourism 4 S Lecture & Discussion on Culture A, B SF Seminar (Japanese Law in an American Special Lecture on Tourism 5 F Lecture & Discussion on Media and Casebook) F Business Development in Tourism 1, 2 SF Communication A, B SF ESP (Investment and Finance） 1, 2 SF Studies of Contemporary Society A~D SF Western Tourism S Sociology of News 1 S

Community and Human Services Arts Intercultural Communication

English for Working in a Global Society English Seminars 1~14 SF Cultural Exchange S 1, 2 SF Introduction to Translation and Interpreting English for Foreign Studies and Internships Studies F (Social Work) S General Area and Culture Studies A (The English for Foreign Studies and Internships American Short Story) S (CDSP) S Pragmatics F English for Foreign Studies and Internships Theories of Second Language Acquisition F (SW) S Contemporary Psychology Present Situation of Foreign Social Work in English F Cultural Phychology S Community Development and Social Policy in English F Sport Management and Sport Business in English F

GL202 SF Business Introduction to Strategic Management S Global Leadership Program (Rikkyo GLP) aims at Finance S developing students’ leadership through several types of Financial Accounting S Business and Society F practical training. GL202 focuses on leadership skills to Argumentation and Debate SF solve complicated and adaptive problems in the global Marketing Management in Japan S society. Students will learn and perform critical, insightful Global Innovation Management S questioning and basics of coaching skills, which help Marketing Positioning Strategy F students become an eff ective leader in problem solving, team building, and developing essential leadership. International students and Japanese students will work on their own projects together and apply/perform the skills in the projects.

S off ered in Spring semester F off ered in Fall semester The center for Japanese Language Education (CJLE) off ers a Japanese Language Program and also provides various programs to support all the international students who study at Rikkyo. In addition to classes, CJLE provides many kinds of support for the language learning process. Our desire to see you succeed is not limited only to the classroom.

Standard of Eligibility to Attend Each Level Notes: Besides 4 skills-integrated courses and Designed for students who have mastered a high level of grammar, Kanji J8 and vocabulary and are also able to study or do research in Japanese. skill based courses, CJLE off ers content based courses such as Japanese culture Designed for students who can express their opinion about politics, and society in English or Japanese when economics, international aff airs, and so on in high-level Japanese. J7 appropriate. For further information, Students can read magazines or newspapers, and write their opinion in refer to the course syllabus on the CJLE appropriate, sophisticated Japanese. website: Designed for students with average daily Japanese comprehension. http://cjle.rikkyo.ac.jp/english/ J6 Students can read magazines or newspapers by using a dictionary, and write their opinion in appropriate Japanese. Designed for students who can deal with everyday situations in Japanese CJLE presents the credit- J5 without diffi culty. bearing Short-Term Intensive Japanese Designed for students who have already mastered fundamental sentence Program. J4 structure, have a fundamental vocabulary (about 2,000 words) and who For more information, can deal with everyday situations in Japanese in most cases. please refer to our website: Designed for students who have already mastered the fi rst halves of https://cjle.rikkyo.ac.jp/ J3・J3S fundamental sentence structure and of fundamental vocabulary (about english/shortterm/ 1,000 words). Designed for students who have a very basic knowledge of Japanese J2・J2S (basic conjugations of verbs and adjectives and a vocabulary of 500 words). Designed for students who have no prior learning experience in Japanese but can read/write Hiragana and Katakana J1・J1S or those who have prior experience with only a limited knowledge (not yet mastered basic conjugations of verbs and adjectives or vocabulary of less than 500 words, etc.). Designed for students who have no prior learning experience J0 in Japanese and want to learn daily-life Japanese expression and vocabulary. Japanese language class: CJLE has established 9 levels of Japanese language courses. GlobGlobalal cclassroom:lassroom: exchexchangeange students studentsfr fromom China and Finland introduce their culture at a local elementary school.

American event : American students talked sh market tour Rikkyo University organizes various kinds of annual about regional diff Tsukiji fi erences in the United States events throughout the year, such as University Sports Day, University Festival and Christmas events, as well as social gatherings especially for international students, including Welcome Reception, and more. Rikkyo University established Global Lounge at both Ikebukuro and Niiza Campus in 2014. Coordinators of Global Lounge organize the activities for international students to foster intercultural friendship and provide the opportunities to learn about the traditional Japanese culture by off ering cultural workshops, excursions and fi eld trips. International students also have chances to engage with local communities in Japan Cross-Cultural through the activities Socializing Understanding

CanadianCanadian event : CanadianCanadian stustudentsdents ppromoteromote such as introducing food culture and sightseeing spots in Canada world cultures at public Traditional schools and promote their Community an American student promote Japanese American event : Engagement country such as cultures, Culture New York and Broadway musical sightseeing spots and festivals.

Okinawa-bingata Dyeing event : international studentsstudents d dye placemats with natural pigments

Picnic event : international students and Japanese students enjoy Taiko event : students enjoyed playing the Wadaiko lunch together and make new friends (Japanese traditional drum)with their Japanese counterparts.

Spring students’ arrival in Tokyo Spring orientation for exchange students

Spring semester classes begin Foundation Day

Spring semester classes end

Spring semester fi nal exam

Summer vacation

Fall students’ arrival in Tokyo

Fall orientation for exchange students

Fall semester classes begin

University Sports Day (held in Niiza campus)

University festival (holiday)

Winter vacation

Fall semester classes end

Fall semester fi nal exam David Christoff elsz (Australia) La Trobe University

I have really enjoyed and benefi tted from my time at Rikkyo! I wanted to play rugby in Japan and I was not sure if I would be allowed to join Rikkyo’s rugby team. They were very keen to have me and did their best to include me in the team. I went on to represent Rikkyo on several occasions scoring quite a few tries at the same time. I learnt, from playing in the team, the culture of Japanese sports and how seriously they take it. It was hard for me to keep up. In all honesty, I think Afi fah Anggraeni (Indonesia) Padjadjaran University both the team and me learnt a lot from each other. I was given phrases Carmen Lopez (Spain) Rikkyo is a university with a deep in Japanese and I gave them phrases University of Seville understanding of matters that are in English in that way we helped each important to someone of my religion. other. They were very welcoming. I If I could describe Rikkyo University in There’s a prayer room in McKim Hall do not think that I would have had a one word: peaceful. The environment which is open until 9 PM, a school better experience if I had not joined of this university is very diff erent cafeteria which sells Halal food, and the club. I would like to extend my from the stressful and crowded streets they kindly inform us about ingredients thank you to Rikkyo and the Rikkyo of the city, and I fell in love with it of the food when there’s a school event Rugby Club that gave me the chance immediately. The most surprising thing which involves food. At fi rst, I was and experience to play the game I love. was that everybody looked very happy. not very good at talking with other In all the buildings there were plenty people, but after I took part in the of people laughing and talking. In this “Japanese Speech Contest” last July, way, Rikkyo University became my my confi dence was boosted and I also home. In that, if I needed any help I improved my Japanese skills. I also had had someone who helped me without an opportunity to become an MC at hesitation. I felt very comfortable. I the welcome party for new exchange made so many diff erent friends who students in the fall semester and met taught me a lot about being an adult lots of new people and widened my and how to face my goals. Those friends circle of friends. Therefore, I must say showed me how to live in a completely that my exchange period in Rikkyo diff erent country through their culture. University was really wonderful. I learnt a lot. So I can say that I have grown up in this university. As of July, 2018, Rikkyo University operates four off-campus international dormitories (RUID Shiki・Asakadai, RIR Shiinamachi and Rikkyo Global House) and one leased apartment (Comfort Ikebukuro). Japanese students and international students live together and interact in the dormitories. All the rooms of each dormitory are single and furnished so that new international students can start their life in Japan smoothly. Also, resident supporters reside

in each dormitory and are available to assist them with concerns. Resident Supporters (RS) reside in each dormitory and help you!

Ikebukuro RUID Campus Shiki Shiki RGH Asakadai Tobu-Tojo Line Ikebukuro RUID Kanamecho Asakadai Niiza Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line Campus RIR Comfort Shinamachi Ikebukuro Seibu Ikebukuro Line Shinamachi Shinjuku RIR Shiinamachi: the dormitory is conveniently located within walking distance from Ikebukuro campus.

The approximate costs for studying as an exchange student at Rikkyo are listed as follows:

The dormitory fee diff ers according to the dormitory. Spring (April-July) : about 163,000 yen to 410,000 yen Housing (international dormitory) Fall (September-February) : about 205,000 yen to 570,000 yen *Students are required to bear additional fees for bedclothes rental service and utility fees.

Comfort Ikebukuro Spring (April-July): about 284,000 yen Housing (leased apartment) Fall (September-February): about 378,000 yen *Students are also required to bear utilities and internet fee.

Student Commuter Pass 3 months: about 12,000 yen (between Ikebukuro and Asakadai or 6 months: about 23,000 yen Shiki station on Tobu Tojo Line)

National health insurance (required): about 1,000 yen per month Insurance Rikkyo student insurance: 3,500 yen per year(1,750 yen per semester) *Students must join the National health insurance. The applicants must be full-time students enrolled at any one of Rikkyo’s overseas partner institutions. While both undergraduate and graduate students are accepted as exchange students, agreements with specifi c partner institutions may not extend to accepting graduate students. Please contact your home institution regarding your eligibility to participate.

Admission Application Deadline Spring (April) admission November 15 of previous year Fall (September) admission March 31 Interested applicants must complete the online application and submit the following documents before the deadline through their home universities: -Application form Rikkyo University submits an application for the -Letter of recommendation Certifi cate of Eligibility(COE) on behalf of incoming -Offi cial academic transcript (original) exchange students. After the Japanese Immigration -Certifi cate of Health Bureau issues the certifi cates, the University mails them - Certifi cate of Finance attached with original fi nancial directly to partner institutions. Upon receipt of this statement (i.e. bank certifi cate etc.) certifi cate all incoming exchange students must then - Copy of valid passport obtain a student visa at their nearest Japanese consulate - Face photograph of applicant (4.0 X 3.0 cm) prior to their arrival in Japan. Students can not participate - Certifi cate of Japanese language profi ciency (if applicable) in the exchange program or be enrolled at Rikkyo - Certifi cate of English language profi ciency (if applicable) University under tourist visa. -Dormitory application form (if applicable) - Scholarship application form (if applicable)

*Every document must be written in either Japanese or English. If written in another language, an offi cial Japanese or English translation must be attached. *Application instructions can be found from the website below: http://s.rikkyo.ac.jp/sis Europe INTER-UNIVERSITY PARTNERS INTER-COLLEGE PARTNERS Belgium College of Arts Katholieke University Leuven Austria University of Innsbruck (Faculty of Humanities Finland 1 and Faculty of Humanities 2) University of Turku Asia Germany France Fachbereich09, Goethe University Frankfurt INTER-UNIVERSITY PARTNERS INTER-COLLEGE PARTNERS INALCO University of Cologne (College of Arts and China Université Jean Moulin-Lyon 3 College of Sociology Humanities) Beijin Foreign Studies University Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7 University of Erlangen/Nürnberg(Faculty of East China Normal University China Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée Humanities, Social Sciences and Theology) Jilin University Tongji University (School of Political Science and International Relations) Germany College of Business Lingnan University Nanjing University Korea Humboldt University of Berlin Denmark Nankai University The University of Seoul The University of Bonn Aarhus University (School of Business and Social (College of Urban Science） Renmin University of China The University of Tübingen Sciences) Shanxi University Taiwan, R.O.C University of Marburg Copenhagen Business School Fu Jen Catholic University The Chinese University of Hong University of Wuppertal (College of Communication) Finland Kong Greece University of Turku (School of Economics) University of Amoy College of Law and Politics American College of Greece France Indonesia EDHEC Business School Singapore Ireland Padjadjaran University Singapore Management University Dublin City University IESEG School of Management Korea (School of Law) (Faculty of Humanities & Social NEOMA Business School Ewha Womans University Sciences) ESCEM School of Business and Management Korea University College of Tourism Germany Sogang University Italy China Cologne Business School Sungkonghoe University John Cabot University Beijing Foreign Studies University EBS Business School Yonsei University (Department of Japanese) University of Verona University of Tuebingen Sun Yat-sen University Nepal (Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences) (School of Tourism Management） Norway Tribhuvan University Volda University College Norway Indonesia Philippines BI Norwegian School of Management Universitas Indonesia Poland Ateneo de Manila University (Faculty of Humanities) Norwegian School of Economics The University of Warsaw Trinity University of Asia Korea Slovenia Singapore Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Spain University of Ljubljana (Faculty of Economics) Hanyang University The University of Alicante National University of Singapore Switzerland (College of Social Sciences) The University of León (Faculty of Arts and Social ZHAW School of Management and Law Malaysia University of Salamanca Sciences) University of Malaya University of Seville Sweden Nanyang Technological University Faculty of Languages and Linguistics Lund University Taiwan, R.O.C. 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