Associated Kyoto Program (AKP)

Colby belongs to the Associated Kyoto Program (AKP) which is a consortium of fifteen small American colleges (Amherst, Bates, Bucknell, Carleton, Colby, Connecticut College, Middlebury, Mount Holyoke, Oberlin, Pomona, Smith, Wellesley, Wesleyan, Whitman, and Williams).

Students spend the nine month academic year at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan.  The program carries credit equivalent to the usual year in Colby.  One half of the student's academic time is spent in intensive language study at a level appropriate to the student's previous language training and aptitude.  The second half of the curriculum involves elective courses in art, literature, economics, history, politics, religion, and other subjects most of which are taught by faculty members from the consortium institutions.  Also, non-credit courses are available in cooking, flower arrangement, calligraphy, music, and other cultural subjects of interest.

Students will live in Japanese homes as a member of the family.  Kyoto has an exceptionally rich cultural life from which students benefit.

Click here for the AKP Web Page:   www.associatedkyotoprogram.org

Colby is affiliated with Kansai Gaidai which is located in Osaka, Japan.  Most Colby students who wish to study in Japan for a semester take part in this program, although Kansai Gaidai offers a year program as well.  The program carries credit equivalent to the usual semester (or year) in Colby.

A rigorous Japanese language program along with courses in Asian Studies (conducted in English) are offered in the setting of a modern university that specializes in international studies.  Students have the option of living with a family or in a dormitory.

Click here for the Kansai Gaidai Web Page: http://www.kansaigaidai.ac.jp/bekka/index.html

ICU's summer intensive courses are the best in the country.

Summer Courses in Japanese
International Christian University
3-10-2 Osawa 3-chome, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181
Phone:  011-81-422-33-3501
FAX:  011-81-422-33-3631
e-mail:  scj@icu.ac.jp

For other non-Colby sponsored programs, see the bulletin board on the fourth floor of Lovejoy or ask the Japanese language instructors.