Nagoya University of Foreign Studies

About NUFS

NUFS is a four-year university which at the time of its founding in 1988 was the only foreign language studies university in the “Chubu" region that lies between the greater Tokyo region and the Kyoto-Osaka region. Currently NUFS contains two faculties consisting of nine departments and one graduate school. It has established relationships with 91 overseas educational institutions. NUFS maintains a “Total Expense Support System (TESS),” which means that the university bears the full financial burden of its overseas exchange programs. The number of its students sent abroad exceeds anything seen at any other university in its region. One special feature of the NUFS curriculum is the “Power-Up Tutorial”, a first-year class in which only three students study with one foreign teacher.

The Campus

The NUFS campus is situated in the hill country east of Nagoya City. This area of Nissin City includes the campuses of several other universities as well, so it is considered an educational zone.

International House

Very close to the university campus is the dormitory for overseas exchange students, who mainly come from the school's partner universities around the world. Aside from the foreign residents, some of our graduate and undergraduate students are selected as Resident Assistants.

Undergraduate Schools

• School of Foreign Studies
  • Department of British and American Studies
  • Department of English Language Teaching
  • Department of French Studies
  • Department of Chinese Studies
  • Department of Japanese Studies
  • Department of World Liberal Arts
• School of Contemporary International Studies
  • Department of English and Contemporary Society
  • Department of Global Business
  • Department of Liberal Arts and Global Studies
• School of Global Governance and Collaboration
  • Department of Global Governance and Collaboration

Graduate Schools (International Communication Studies)

• Masters Programs
  • English Communication Course (English/English Education)
  • French Communication Course (French/French Education)
  • Chinese Communication Course (Chinese/Chinese Education)
  • Japanese Communication Course (Japanese and Japanese Education)
  • International Relations Course (International Relations)
  • Global Business Course (International Business)
  • Global Governance Course (Multilingual and Multicultural Management), (Public Interpreting and Translation)
  • TESOL Course (English/English Education)
• Doctoral Programs
  • English Language Studies and English Language Pedagogy (English Linguistics/English Pedagogy)
  • Japanese Language Studies and Japanese Language Pedagogy (Japanese Linguistics/Japanese Pedagogy)
  • International Cultural Studies (International Culture)

Programs for Inbound Studies (Japanese Language Institute)

The Japanese Education Center is where exchange students from our overseas partner institutions are placed. Agreements are in place with 91 different overseas universities, including those in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, and China. Each year we host more than 150 international students. Mainly these students study the Japanese language and Japanese culture. The courses are given in English and they cover culture, society, economics, education, and many other aspects of contemporary Japan.

• Japanese Language and Japanese Society Program (JLJSP) Performance-based language classes separated into 6 levels, spanning from absolute beginner to upper-advanced. Contemporary Japan Program Nagoya (CJPN) - Learning about Japan through English-language lectures
• Contemporary Japan Program in Nagoya (CJPN) Classes in English covering sociology, religion, pop culture, history, automobile manufacturing, and many other topics pivotal to understanding the Chubu region (one of Japan’s most economically vibrant regions).

USA

• Grand Canyon University
• Monterey Institute of International Studies
• The University of Tennessee Chattanooga (UTC)
• California State University, Los Angeles
• The University of Cincinnati (UC)
• The University of North Carolina Greensboro　(UNCG)
• Western Washington University (WWU)
• Clemson University (CU)
• Carson-Newman College (CNC)
• The University of Iowa (U of IOWA)
• Georgia Southern University (GSU)
• Campbellsville University (CU)
• New Mexico State University (NMSU)
• Kansas State University
• The University of Texas at San Antonio
• University of Evansville
• Lindsey Wilson College
• Coastal Carolina University
• California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB)
• Hawaii Pacific University (HPU)
• The University of North Carolina Charlotte (UNCC)
• Brescia University
• University of California, Riverside
• University of Pikeville
• Southern Oregon University
• Pacific University
• University of Denver
• Youngstown State University

Canada

• School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto
• Montreal University
• Algoma University (AU)
• Medicine Hat College (MHC)
• Selkirk College
• University of Lethbridge Faculty of Management
• Yukon College
• North Island College
• St. Lawrence College
• Okanagan College

United Kingdom

• Bath Spa University (BSU)
• Middlesex University
• Oxford Brookes University (OBU)
• University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN)
• The University of Kent
• Keele University
• The University of Winchester
• University of Portsmouth

Ireland

• University of Limerick

Australia

• Griffith University
• The University of Newcastle (UON)
• Australian Catholic University (ACU)
• University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
• Adelaide University
• University of South Australia (UniSA)
• University of Tasmania (UTAS)
• Macquarie University

New Zealand

• The University of Waikato
• Massey University

France

• University of Marne-La Vallee
• University of Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), Course of French Civilization
• University of Stendhal-Grenoble 3
• University of Jean Moulin Lyon 3
• Bordeaux Montaigne University
• Aix-Marseille University
• University of Caen Lower-Normandy
• Catholic University of Lyon
• University of Nice Sophia Antipolis
• University of Toulouse Jean Jaures
• Catholic University of the West
• Paris Diderot University
• Toulouse Catholic University
• University of Lille

Belgium

• Free University of Brussels

China

• Beijing Foreign Studies University
• Xi'an Foreign Languages University
• Dalian University of Foreign Languages
• Tianjin Foreign Studies University
• Shanghai International Studies University
• Dalian University

Korea

• Pusan University of Foreign Studies
• Jeonju University
• Woosong University

Taiwan

• Ming Chuan University
• National Taiwan University
• Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages

Mexico

• Guadalajara Aunonomy University

Vietnam

• Foreign Trade University
• University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi