Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS): Summer Program in Advanced and Classical Japanese
The City
Kyoto, Japan’s imperial capital from 794 to 1868, is a city rich in traditional culture and history.
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Surrounded on three sides by densely
forested mountains and intersected by a number of rivers, Kyoto is one
of Japan's most beautiful cities and is home to Buddhist temples,
Shinto shrines, ancient palaces, and arts and crafts centers.
The Program
The six-week KCJS Summer Program in Advanced and Classical Japanese offers intensive training in advanced and classical Japanese for highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students who have completed at least three years of Japanese or the equivalent.
- Enroll in small classes.
- Participate in excursions and cultural activities.
- Live in small furnished apartments.
CLS Program
We are happy to announce that the KCJS has been selected as a site for the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program, a program of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and administered by Council on American Overseas Research Centers and the American Councils for International Education. The CLS Program is part of a U.S. government interagency effort to expand dramatically the number of Americans studying and mastering critical need foreign languages.
The CLS Program provides full funding for U.S. citizens who are undergraduate, Master’s and Ph.D. students.The CLS program will operate separately but at the same time as the KCJS Summer Program. However, you can review the KCJS Summer Program website to get a sense of what to expect. Program details for those selected for the scholarship program will be provided upon acceptance to the CLS program.
For more information about this program, please check the Scholarship section under Finances which you can access through the left navigation bar.
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The Consortium
Established in September 1989, the Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS) is a consortium of 14 American universities that sponsors a rigorous, two-semester academic program for undergraduates who wish to do advanced work in Japanese language and cultural studies.
Consortium Members
Boston University * Brown University * University of Chicago * Columbia University/Barnard College * Cornell University * Emory University * Harvard University * University of Pennsylvania * Princeton University * Stanford University * Washington University in St. Louis * Yale University. In association with University of Michigan * University of Virginia
The KCJS welcomes applications from students outside the consortium.
