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Kobe City University of Foreign Studies

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Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
神戸市外国語大学
TypePublic
EstablishedFounded 1946
Chartered 1949
Academic staff
89 full-time[1]
Students2,312[2]
Undergraduates2,187
Postgraduates125
50
Location
Kobe
,
Hyogo
,
Japan
CampusSuburb
Websitewww.kobe-cufs.ac.jp

Kobe City University of Foreign Studies (神戸市外国語大学, Kōbe-shi gaikokugo daigaku), KCUFS (神戸外大, Kōbe gaidai) for short, is a municipal university in Japan. It is located in Gakuen-higashimachi, Nishi-ku, Kobe City.

History

It was founded in 1946 as Kobe Municipal College of Foreign Affairs (神戸市立外事専門学校, Kōbe shiritsu gaiji semmon gakkō), a coeducational college with a three-year curriculum. Kobe City was heavily damaged in World War II, and it founded the college to help restore the port city.

The college had five departments: English and American Studies, Russian Studies, Chinese Studies, Spanish Studies, and International Relations. The first campus was located in Daikai-dori, Hyogo-ku; the school buildings were those of Daikai Elementary School, which had few pupils at that time. In 1947 the college moved to Onogara-dori, Fukiai-ku (Chuo-ku now).

In April 1949 the college was developed into Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, a four-year university under Japan's new educational system. A new campus was opened on a hill called Kusu-ga-oka (楠ヶ丘) in Nada-ku.

The latter history of KCUFS is as follows:

  • 1953: Evening courses (Department of English and American Studies) were added.
  • 1962: Department of Spanish Studies was added.
  • 1967: Master's courses were added.
  • 1986: KCUFS moved to present-day "Academic Town" Campus (in Nishi-ku).
    The former Kusunoki-ga-oka Campus is now the campus of Shinwa Junior & Girls' Senior High School.
  • 1987: Department of International Relations was added.
  • 1996: Doctoral courses (International Cultural Studies) were added.

Undergraduate courses

  • Department of English and American Studies
  • Department of Russian Studies
  • Department of Chinese Studies
  • Department of Spanish Studies
  • Department of International Relations
  • Evening Courses (Department of English and American Studies)

Graduate schools

Master's courses
  • Division of English Language Studies
  • Division of Russian Language Studies
  • Division of Chinese Language Studies
  • Division of Spanish Language Studies
  • Division of International Relations
  • Division of Japanese and Asian Languages and Culture
  • Division of English Education
Doctoral courses
  • International Cultural Studies

Institutes

  • Academic Information Center (Library)
  • Institute for Foreign Studies
  • Institute for the professors
  • Institute of the main office
  • Institute for students (Cafeteria)

References

  1. ^ "Kobe City University of Foreign Studies: Number of Staff & Students (in Japanese)". Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
  2. ^ "Kobe City University of Foreign Studies: Number of Staff & Students (in Japanese)". Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2008-10-05.

Further reading

  • Kobe City University of Foreign Studies Brochure (2020), p. 38-39

External links

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