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Welcome to IUC The Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies provides an intensive 10-month training program in advanced Japanese for a select number of undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate students.

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Message Regarding Coronavirus

The IUC is carefully monitoring the outbreak in Japan of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, especially with regard to the health and safety of our students, faculty, and staff at the school in Yokohama. >> Read More (updated 11/10/21)


The Toshizo Watanabe Foundation Donates $10 Million to the IUC

IUC received a $10 million endowment gift from the Toshizo Watanabe Foundation. The donation represents the largest in the 54-year history of the IUC, and establishes the Toshizo Watanabe Fellows Program, providing scholarships for IUC students.

 


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10-Month Program Application

Deadline: January 14, 2022

Summer Program Application

Deadline: February 28, 2022

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