Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies

The Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS; Japanese: 京都アメリカ大学コンソーシアム) is an intensive, in-country program for the study of Japanese language and culture located in Kyoto, Japan. Operating under the auspices of 13 elite US universities, KCJS delivers summer, semester, and year-long curricula that are academically rigorous and culturally immersive. KCJS is based in the center of Kyoto on the red-brick campus of Doshisha University. Students engage in rigorous language and disciplinary courses that lay the foundations for linguistic fluency and cultural literacy. The option of living with a local family and participating in "community involvement projects (CIPs)" guarantees engagement with local society in personal and independent ways.

Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies
京都アメリカ大学コンソーシアム (Kyōto Amerika Daigaku Konsōshiamu)
TypeStudy-Abroad Program
Established1989
DirectorMatthew Stavros, Ph.D.
Location
Kyoto
,
Kyoto Prefecture
,
Japan
Websitewww.kcjs.jp
NicknameKCJS
AffiliationsBoston 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, and University of Virginia

Columbia University's Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement provides lead administration on the US side, handling admissions and fees.

KCJS welcomes undergraduates from all institutions, both within and outside the consortium.

Consortium members

Notable alumni and attendees

KCJS and its affiliated programs have produced many alumni that have distinguished themselves in the sciences, academia, business, politics, the military, arts and media.[1]

  • Jerry Yang, 1992

Notable staff (past and present)

Notes

See also

References
  1. "Alumni". The Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies. Retrieved 2015-08-11.



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