KCJS Summer Programs in Modern and Classical Japanese 2025

Introduction

Welcome to the summer programs website for the Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS)! This has been designed to give you a detailed picture of our intensive academic curricula and varied extracurricular activities, our faculty and staff. Note that our site works in tandem with the one already established through Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement, which functions as the access point for submitting an application to our summer programs.

 

 

Schedule (JST)

Please note that the following calendar is subject to change.

Modern Japanese Program (2nd, 3rd, 4th year Japanese tracks) – Summer 2025

Online placement test (information)	February 10-21
Orientation	May 29-30
Class begins	June 2
No class (National holiday in Japan)	July 21
End of the program	July 25

 

Classical Japanese Program – Summer 2025

Orientation	June 12
Class begins	June 13
No class (National holiday in Japan)	July 21
End of the program	July 25

 

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Background: About KCJS

Established in September 1989, the Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS, 京都アメリカ大学コンソーシアム) is a consortium of 14 American universities that sponsors a rigorous, two-semester program for undergraduates who wish to do advanced work in Japanese language and cultural studies during the academic year. In 2009, we added summer intensive programs in modern and classical Japanese language to our academic offerings.

Participating institutions are: Boston University, Brown University, University of Chicago, Columbia University/Barnard College, Cornell University, Emory University, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Stanford University, Tufts University, University of Virginia, Washington University in St. Louis, and Yale University.

Students at institutions outside of the consortium are also welcome and encouraged to apply.
KCJS Summer: Modern Japanese /  KCJS Summer: Classical Japanese

KCJS is centrally located in Kyoto on the Imadegawa campus of Doshisha University (同志社大学), bounded on the south by the Imperial Palace grounds, and to the northeast by Shokokuji temple.

Information on access to Kyoto, Doshisha University, and KCJS is available HERE in PDF format.

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