The Reconnaissance Japan Program is an academic program for exchange students who wish to learn about, and personally experience, Japan. Students may participate in Reconnaissance Japan for either a single semester or an academic year. The program offers Japanese language skills and training courses from the introductory to advanced levels. A wide variety of culture and civilization courses on Japan taught in English are also offered each semester. Reconnaissance Japan allows students from other countries to learn about and experience Japan within the supportive environment of J. F. Oberlin University's Center for International Studies. For more information about program, click here.

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Meiji started as a Law School in 1881 and currently has a population of over 33,000 students, enrolled in the Schools of Law, Commerce, Political Science and Economics, Arts and Letters, Science and Technology, Agriculture, Business Administration, Information and Communication, Global Japanese Studies and Graduate School. Meiji's international exchange program, which started in 1987, has accommodated approx. 300 students from our partner institutions.At Meiji University, Exchange Program nominees are required to have a certain level of Japanese language proficiency since most courses are offered in Japanese. An advisory professor within the student's academic field will be assigned to each international exchange student. Each student has an interview with the advisory professor and decides their course plan at Meiji University. Exchange students are required to participate in their advisory professor's seminar classes, which are intensive and interactive class consisting of about 10-20 students each. This enables the students to interact with Meiji professors and students in the similar study area. For more information about this program, click here.

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Nagoya Gakuin University (NGU) was founded in 1887 by an American missionary as an English language school. Today NGU is a private, co-educational, liberal arts university fully accredited by the Japanese Ministry of Education. NGU has about 4700 enrolled students.

NGU is located in Nagoya City. Nagoya is in the heart of Japan and is the third largest city in the nation, with over two million residents. Since 2007, NGU has two campuses – The Seto Campus for students majoring in Human health and the Nagoya Campus for students majoring in Economics, Commerce and Foreign Studies. University of Memphis students studying at NGU will be based in the Nagoya campus since the Institute of Japanese Studies is in the Faculty of Foreign Studies. The Nagoya Campus is in an urban location which is just minutes away from the Hibino subway station and conveniently close to Japan's new global gateway, the Centrair Airport. For more information about this program, click here.

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Osaka University of Economics provides students with seminar-style classes, in a small-group setting with minimum student-faculty interaction. OUE seeks to help students gain a solid academic foundation and the practical knowledge and skills it takes to function in their future careers. Students are required to have an intermediate level proficiency in Japanese language. For more information about this program, click here.

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The Intensive Japanese Language Program is a one-month content-based language program at J. F. Oberlin University in the suburbs of Tokyo. Classes at novice high to intermediate levels meet three hours every morning, five days a week. In addition, students expand language skills in cultural activities taught in Japanese two afternoons a week. Such activities as taiko drumming, tea ceremony, calligraphy and cooking are an integral part of the curriculum. Other afternoons students may take advantage of the Japanese Resource Center to access other Japanese language materials. Lectures on Japanese history, social issues and cross-cultural communication are planned. Excursions to downtown Tokyo and to the historic city of Kamakura acquaint students with the train system and with the rich heritage of the Tokyo region. Students can then plan and take their own excursions at their own expense to visit places that interest them. Participants must plan to depart the U.S. on May 24th and arrive at J.F. Oberlin on May 25th. For more information about this program, click here.

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The Japan summer abroad program will provide program participants with an intensive and comprehensive cultural experience of Japan through a variety of activities and lectures. The program will take place in Osaka, and participants will travel to historical and cultural sites, including Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, and Hiroshima. Students will have the opportunity to attend lectures in a variety of fields taught by professors of Osaka University of Economics in Osaka, such as Japanese history, culture, and economics. Students will also have first-hand experiences through daily life and structured activities, such as visits to cultural sites, interaction with students of Osaka University of Economics, and eating authentic Japanese foods. For more information about this program, click here.

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The program begins at Osaka where program participants will travel to historical and cultural sites, including Kyoto, Nara, and Hiroshima. Students will have the opportunity to attend lectures in a variety of fields taught by professors of Osaka University of Economics in Osaka, such as Japanese history, culture, and economics. Students will also have first-hand experiences through daily life, structured activities, interaction with students of Osaka University of Economics, and eating authentic Japanese food.

The program will continue at J.F. Oberlin University in Tokyo after Osaka. The J. F. Oberlin program is a one-month, content based, Japanese language intensive program. Classes offered are from beginners to intermediate levels with meetings three hours every morning, five days a week. In addition, students will expand their language skills through cultural activities taught in Japanese two afternoons a week. Such activities include Taiko drumming, tea ceremony, calligraphy and cooking and are an integral part of the curriculum. Students may also take advantage of the Japanese Resource Center to access other Japanese language materials. Lectures on Japanese history, social issues, and cross-cultural communication are planned. Excursions to downtown Tokyo and to the historic city of Kamakura to acquaint students with the train system and with the rich heritage of the Tokyo region. Students will then be prepared to plan their own excursions at their own expense to visit places that interest them. For more information about this program, click here.

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This program is jointly sponsored by the University of Memphis and J.F. Oberlin University (JFOU). The program offers Univeristy of Memphis Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) doctoral and graduating MA students an opportunity to teach in Japan for an academic year. By living and working abroad, TEFL graduate students will improve their skills and knowledge on how to teach English as a second language in a different cultural and educational system. With this enhanced knowledge, participants will gain valuable skills that will impact their chosen career field. For more information about this program, click here.

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Osaka University of Economics provides students in our IMBA program with seminar-style classes, in a small-group setting with minimum student-faculty interaction. OUE seeks to help students gain a solid academic foundation and the practical knowledge and skills it takes to function in their future careers. Students are required to have an intermediate level proficiency in Japanese language. For more information about this program, click here.

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