President Peter Blocksom Staff 10 Phone +81 774-64-0804 Number of students 200 | Established 1999 Principal Haroldo Simoes Faculty 28 Mascot Flames Founded 1999 | |
Address Japan, 〒610-0311 Kyoto Prefecture, Kyotanabe, 草内一ノ坪１−１ | ||
KIU Academy is an international, bilingual Christian school located in Kyōtanabe, Kyoto, Japan. The school's goal is to provide students with a safe, nurturing, and academically challenging environment so that they can become people of academic and moral excellence, capable of making a positive influence in the world around them.
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Location
The campus is strategically located in Kyotanabe City which is 30 minutes away from three major locations; Kyoto City, The Osaka-Kobe Metropolitan Area, and Nara City.
History
KIU Academy was founded in 1999 by the parent organization Kyoto International University as a school to provide an international education in both English and Japanese to where the graduates would be bilingual and bi-cultural. Today there are around 200 students representing 13 countries, and diverse faculty of over 20 teaching professionals from 8 different countries.
On March 25, 2011, KIU Academy was accredited by Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), an organization whose accreditation is recognized in Japan.