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01 Hirosaki City ................................................ 2 02 Hirosaki University .................................... 3 03 Curriculum ................................................... 4 04 Student Support & Fees ........................... 5 05 Student's Interview .................................... 6 06 University-wide Agreements .................. 7 07 Application ................................................... 9 Hirosaki city where Hirosaki University is located is a university town, having 4 universities with a population of 170,000. Hirosaki which prospered originally as a castle town, used to be ruled by the Tsugaru clan. It is surrounded by farming areas to this day. Hirosaki is one of the best places for cherry blossom viewing in Japan, and is widely known for its Neputa festival in summer. The cost of living is relatively low, making it livable for students from abroad. It offers a comfortable environment for students to live in because there are many apartments, dining places and bars geared to their needs in the vicinity of the university. It is possible to go downtown in about 15-20 minutes on foot. Most students use bicycles as a primary means “Not only an education but an experience” of transportation. Short-term study at Hirosaki University provides Our hands-on approach offers students International Students with a matchless opportunity strong incentives to achieve academically Hirosaki City Events to immerse themselves in regional Japanese during their stay in Hirosaki, which many of culture. them come to call their “second hometown”. Apr. Cherry blossom Festival While offering students solid Japanese language Glimpses of a typical day in the lives of our Aug. Neputa Festival training and progressive academic instruction, we international students show some of what Oct. Hirosaki Castle Autumn Festival encourage them to take their newly-found there is to offer. Study “JAPAN ” in Hirosaki!! Feb. Snow Lantern Festival knowledge with them outside our campus and put it May. Tsugaru Shamisen World Championships 1 to use in the context of first-hand experiences. 2 01 02 03 04 05 Hirosaki06 city where Hirosaki University is located is a university town, having 4 universities07 with a population of 170,000. Hirosaki which prospered originally as a castle town, used to be ruled by the Tsugaru clan. It is surrounded by farming areas to this day. Hirosaki is one of the best places for cherry blossom viewing in Japan, and is widely known for its Neputa festival in summer. The cost of living is relatively low, making it livable for students from abroad. It offers a comfortable environment for students to live in because there are many apartments, dining places and bars geared to their needs in the vicinity of the university. It is possible to go downtown in about 15-20 minutes on foot. Most students use bicycles as a primary means “Not only an education but an experience” of transportation. Short-term study at Hirosaki University provides Our hands-on approach offers students International Students with a matchless opportunity strong incentives to achieve academically Hirosaki City Events to immerse themselves in regional Japanese during their stay in Hirosaki, which many of culture. them come to call their “second hometown”. Apr. Cherry blossom Festival While offering students solid Japanese language Glimpses of a typical day in the lives of our Aug. Neputa Festival training and progressive academic instruction, we international students show some of what Oct. Hirosaki Castle Autumn Festival encourage them to take their newly-found there is to offer. Study “JAPAN ” in Hirosaki!! Feb. Snow Lantern Festival knowledge with them outside our campus and put it May. Tsugaru Shamisen World Championships 1 to use in the context of first-hand experiences. 2 01 02 You can follow your interests! 03 - Classes which are related to your major in your home university - Classes which related to your future dream - Classes in which you can learn things what you wish to study in Hirosaki or Japan 04 - Classes in which you can learn useful knowledge or skill for your career 05 What’s your study plan? How do you design curriculum? I’m writing a graduation thesis about ・ Japanese literature. In Hirosaki, I want to Upper Intermediate Japanese 06 improve my Japanese language skill and want (Oral expression) ・ to pass N1! I also want to take regular classes 1 Advanced Japanese(Writing expression) offered by the faculties which are related to ・Japanese war literature 07 my thesis. If possible, I want an academic ・Introduction to Literature advisor who gives me some advise about my ・The Basics of Literary Theory, etc. thesis! I’m not really good at Japanese now, but I ・Basic Japanese want to improve my Japanese skill. I’m also ・Everyday Spoken Japanese “Establishing“Establishing aa GlobalGlobal Identity,Identity, CreatingCreating withwith thethe CommunityCommunity”” interested in teaching and I want to learn the 2 ・The world of Japanese picture books way of teaching in Japan. ・Internship – English teaching practice I love playing with children, so I’m happy if I ・Foreign Language Education Seminar, etc. could have opportunities to communicate with Japanese children. Overview Ideals and Principles Organization Hirosaki University was established Hirosaki University has, in the Faculties and Schools ・Communicating with Native Speakers of spirit of the Fundamental Law • Humanities and Social My future dream is to be a engineer who is Japanese in Easy Japanese in the former castle town of successful throughout the world! I want to ・ of Education, established the 3 Introduction to Computer Programming Hirosaki in 1949. It is a national Sciences deepen my study in Hirosaki, and want the ・Introduction to Electronic and Information following institutional goals: • Education knowledge to be useful for my future dream. university and is located in Technology, etc. • School of Medicine Aomori prefecture, situated at the 1) to incorporate extensive • Science and Technology northern end of Honshu Island. bodies of knowledge into our • Agriculture and Life ・Intermediate Japanese campus culture; I want to vitalize agriculture in my home Hirosaki University enrolls in about Science county by being a bridge between my home ・Food and Industrialization in Aomori: 7,000 students, including graduate country and Japan in the future! For the 4 Cultural Anthropology of Local Food and 2) to engage in the teaching of purpose, aside from academic leaning, I’m Dietary students. Research Institute and research in a broad range exited to learn about Japanese lifestyle, work ・Japanese food culture and green tourism • Institute of Radiation of specialized scholarly fields; style, and the way to get along with Japanese ・Internship–developing regional tourism Emergency Medicine people! ・International Food Distribution, etc. • Institute of Regional 3) to educate persons of Innovation character and integrity who can contribute to human culture. If you are the students who are receiving JASSO scholarship, You are required to follow one course in those options as below; - Japanese Studies Course - Specialized Studies Course - Japanese Area Studies Course - Career Development Course Details : http://www.kokusai.hirosaki-u.ac.jp/en/studyabroad/sa_page1/ 3 4 01 02 03 You can follow your interests! 04- Classes which are related to your major in your home university - Classes which related to your future dream - Classes in which you can learn things what you wish to study in Hirosaki or Japan 05- Classes in which you can learn useful knowledge or skill for your career 06What’s your study plan? How do you design curriculum? I’m writing a graduation thesis about ・Upper Intermediate Japanese 07 Japanese literature. In Hirosaki, I want to improve my Japanese language skill and want (Oral expression) ・ to pass N1! I also want to take regular classes 1 Advanced Japanese(Writing expression) offered by the faculties which are related to ・Japanese war literature my thesis. If possible, I want an academic ・Introduction to Literature advisor who gives me some advise about my ・The Basics of Literary Theory, etc. thesis! I’m not really good at Japanese now, but I ・Basic Japanese want to improve my Japanese skill. I’m also ・Everyday Spoken Japanese “Establishing a Global Identity, Creating with the Community” interested in teaching and I want to learn the 2 ・The world of Japanese picture books way of teaching in Japan. ・Internship – English teaching practice I love playing with children, so I’m happy if I ・Foreign Language Education Seminar, etc. could have opportunities to communicate with Japanese children. Overview Ideals and Principles Organization Hirosaki University was established Hirosaki University has, in the Faculties and Schools ・Communicating with Native Speakers of spirit of the Fundamental Law • Humanities and Social My future dream is to be a engineer who is Japanese in Easy Japanese in the former castle town of successful throughout the world! I want to ・ of Education, established the 3 Introduction to Computer Programming Hirosaki in 1949. It is a national Sciences deepen my study in Hirosaki, and want the ・Introduction to Electronic and Information following institutional goals: • Education knowledge to be useful for my future dream. university and is located in Technology, etc. • School of Medicine Aomori prefecture, situated at the 1) to incorporate extensive • Science and Technology northern end of Honshu Island. bodies of knowledge into our • Agriculture and