Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies

Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies

京都アメリカ大学コンソーシアム (Kyōto Amerika Daigaku Konsōshiamu)
Type	Study-Abroad Program
Established	1989
Director	Matthew Stavros, Ph.D.
Location	Kyoto , Kyoto Prefecture , Japan
Website	www.kcjs.jp
Nickname	KCJS
Affiliations	Boston University, Brown University, University of Chicago, Columbia University/Barnard College, Cornell University, Emory University, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Stanford University, Washington University in St. Louis, Yale University, and University of Virginia

The Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS; Japanese: 京都アメリカ大学コンソーシアム) is an intensive, in-country program for the study of Japanese language and culture located in Kyoto, Japan. Operating under the auspices of 13 elite US universities, KCJS delivers summer, semester, and year-long curricula that are academically rigorous and culturally immersive. KCJS is based in the center of Kyoto on the red-brick campus of Doshisha University. Students engage in rigorous language and disciplinary courses that lay the foundations for linguistic fluency and cultural literacy. The option of living with a local family and participating in "community involvement projects (CIPs)" guarantees engagement with local society in personal and independent ways.

Columbia University's Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement provides lead administration on the US side, handling admissions and fees.

KCJS welcomes undergraduates from all institutions, both within and outside the consortium.

Consortium members

• Boston University
• Brown University
• University of Chicago
• Columbia University/Barnard College (current administrating university)
• Cornell University
• Emory University
• Harvard University
• University of Pennsylvania
• Princeton University
• Stanford University
• Washington University in St. Louis
• Yale University
• University of Virginia

Notable alumni and attendees

KCJS and its affiliated programs have produced many alumni that have distinguished themselves in the sciences, academia, business, politics, the military, arts and media.

• Jerry Yang, 1992

Notable staff (past and present)

• Robert Orr
• Theodore C. Bestor
• Takashi Hikino
• Henry Smith

Notes

See also

• Kyoto
• Japanese language
• Study abroad
• Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies

External links

• KCJS homepage
• KCJS at Columbia University
• KCJS at Stanford University
• Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies on Facebook (in Japanese) - Home page of the Stanford Japan Center, the former location of the program