Study Abroad

USF has excellent exchange programs with prestigious universities in Japan, Sophia University in Tokyo and Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto.

You may take intensive Japanese language courses as well as a variety of liberal arts and business courses taught in English. To be eligible, you must have attained junior standing and have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0. All courses must be approved in advance by Noriko Nagata (Director of the Japanese Studies Program) for your Japanese Studies Major/Minor requirements and by the USF's University Evaluator for transfer credits. To apply for those study programs, please contact the Center for Global Education, UC 5th floor, (415) 422-6848, studyabroad@usfca.edu.

Sophia University

 (1) Courses offered in the academic year

• Languages (See Japanese.)
  
• Humanities (Art History, Literature, Religion-Philosophy) 
• Social Studies (Anthropology and Sociology, History, Political Science)
• International Business and Economics 

(2) Course syllabi

(3) Summer session 

• Courses 
  

Ritsumeikan University

(1) Study in Kyoto Program

• Intensive Japanese Language
• Japan and World Perspectives
• Business Track
• Traditional Arts

(2) Summer & Winter Japanese Program

• Curriculum

(c) Noriko Nagata -- Picture 1: Kanda-matsuri festival, Tokyo;  Picture 2: Aoi-matsuri festival, Kyoto