Kyoto University of Foreign Studies

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Type Private university Chancellor Yoshikazu Morita Acceptance rate 46% (2015) Phone +81 75-322-6012 Undergraduates 4,445		Established May, 1945 President Takeshi Matsuda Total enrollment 4,494 (1 May 2015) Founded April 1959 Postgraduates 97

Motto Latin: Pax Mundi per Linguas (World Peace through Language) Location Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan Address Japan, 〒615-0058 Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto, 右京区西院笠目町６ Similar Kyoto Junior College o, Kansai Gaidai University, Kyoto Sangyo University, Bukkyo University, Ōtani University Profiles YouTube Facebook Twitter

Kyoto University of Foreign Studies (京都外国語大学, Kyōto gaikokugo daigaku), also known as KUFS, is a foreign language university in Kyoto, Japan. Kyoto Junior College of Foreign Languages is attached to this university. KUFS specializes in 8 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Italian, Japanese, and Global Affairs.

Academic Departments

There are 8 specialized language departments under Faculty of Foreign Studies in addition to *a course in Japanese studies for overseas students.

Department of British and American Studies

Department of Spanish Studies (renamed from "Hispanic Studies" effective April, 2007

Department of French Studies

Department of German Studies

Department of Brazilian and Portuguese Studies (Portuguese: Departamento de Estudos Luso-Brasileiros da UEEQ)

Department of Italian Studies

Department of Chinese Studies

Department of Japanese Studies

Department of Global Affairs

Course in Japanese Studies for Overseas Students (in Japanese) (in English)

References

Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Wikipedia

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