Konan University

Konan University

甲南大学
Type	Private
Established	1919 (1919) (as Konan Gakuen Middle School) 1951 (1951) (Konan University opens)
Students	9400
Location	Kobe , Japan 34°43′47.05″N 135°16′4.79″E
Campus	Urban
Website	http://www.konan-u.ac.jp/ (English)

Konan University

Konan University (甲南大学, Kōnan Daigaku) is a university located on the slopes of Rokko Mountain in Higashinada-ku, the city of Kobe, Japan. A private university with approximately 10,000 students, the university offers a wide variety of programs to Japanese students, as well as an international exchange program through the Konan International Exchange Centre.

Faculties

Konan University is made up of five faculties, offering a multitude of degrees. The faculties are:

• Faculty of Letters (Similar to a Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in North American universities)
• Faculty of Science and Engineering
• Faculty of Economics
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Business Administration

Alumni

• Reiko Okutani, businesswoman

International students

Konan offers a program for international students through the Konan International Exchange Centre or KIEC. This program runs from September through May for students from North America and Europe, and from January to December for students from Australia and New Zealand. Usually made up of between thirty and forty-five students, the program includes rigorous language study, Japanese Studies classes on various topics of Japanese culture, business, and society, and a homestay in which the student lives with a Japanese family. In previous years the homestay was a mandatory part of the program, however, due to increasing numbers of international students in the academic year 2008-2009, a dormitory option was made available for non-Illinois Consortium for International Studies and Programs students.

Konan offers exchange opportunities with the following universities:

• Australia
  • Murdoch University
  • Edith Cowan University
• Canada
  • Carleton University
  • University of Victoria
• France
  • François Rabelais University, Tours
  • Jean Moulin University Lyon 3
• Germany
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • Cologne Business School, Köln
• New Zealand
  • University of Waikato
• United Kingdom
  • Leeds University
• United States of America
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

In addition, students from the Illinois Consortium are welcome. This includes the University of Hawaii, the University of Arizona, and the University of Pittsburgh.