Study Abroad and Summer Language Programs This page is an evolving resource of information on study abroadprograms in Asia and summer language programs. If you have suggestionsabout other information that should be included please send it to the EastAsia Center. Also be sure to visit the WWWVirtual Library Study Abroad Asia Page, CET'sChinese and Japanese programs, and the Council on International Educational Exchange. These are extremely usefuland comprehensive pages. Click here for information concerning the Semester in Tibet Program
Click here for information concerning the UVA in Shanghai program. Click here for information concerning the UVA China Gateway Program (non-language).
Click here for information conerning the Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies, of which UVA is an associate member.
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Programs in the People's Republic of China (< top) UVA School of Architecture Summer in Beijing
The program to Beijing will be offered again this summer, to studyChinese history, architecture, landscape architecture, and environmentalissues. The estimated total for cost at this time is approximately $3,300,depending on the number of students participating in the program and theexact or final figures for the group air fare (students and faculty mustfly together on a package arrangement).
website: http://urban.arch.virginia.edu/studyabroad/programs/china/
CET China Programs
1920 N Street, NW Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
(800) 225-4262
e-mail: cet@academic-travel.com
website: http://www.cetacademicprograms.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Abroad.ViewLink&Parent_ID=5A1D413F-F16F-6001-E14EC3437CDC5A67&Link_ID=3A68DD95-0F86-34E8-3AA413B30FE248FA
Center for Study Abroad
325 Washington Ave. South, #93
Kent, WA 98032
(206) 583-8191
e-mail: info@centerforstudyabroad.com
Chinese Language Education and Research Center (CLERC)
CLERC offers a Chinese language program at Peking University. Program dates: June 28-August 17
Chinese Language Education and Research Center (CLERC)
510 Broadway, Suite 300
Millbrae, California 94030
(650) 259-2100
website: http://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/article.asp?parentid=18010
Duke Study in China Program
Asian and Pacific Studies Institute
Duke University
323A Trent Drive Hall, Box 90411
Durham, NC 27708
(919) 684-2604
e-mail: china-abroad@duke.edu
website: http://www.duke.edu/apsi/china/
FALCON: Summer Chinese Program at Cornell
FALCON Program
Department of Asian Studies
388 Rockefeller Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14850-2502
(607) 255-6457; (607) 255-1345 (fax)
e-mail: falcon@cornell.edu
website: http://lrc.cornell.edu/falcon/chinese.html
The Hopkins-Nanjing Center
Washington Office
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036-2213
(202) 663-5800; (202) 663-7729 (fax)
e-mail: nanjing@mail.jhuwash.jhu.edu
website: http://www.sais-jhu.edu/nanjing/center/index.shtml
IES Abroad
33 N. LaSalle St., 15th floor
Chicago, IL 60602-2602
(800) 995-2300; (312) 944-1448
e-mail: info@iesabroad.org
website: http://www.iesias.org Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies at Tsinghua
Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies
Institute of East Asian Studies
2223 Fulton St., Room 608 #2318
Berkeley, CA 94720-2318
(510)642-3873; (510) 643-7062 (fax)
email: IUB@socrates.berkeley.edu
website: http://ieas.berkeley.edu/iup/ Princeton-in-Beijing
211 Jones Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544-1008
(609) 258-4269; (609) 258-7096 (fax)
e-mail: pib@princeton.edu
website: http://www.princeton.edu/~pib/
Stanford University Peking University Program
Five-week language program at Stanford followed by a four-week practicumin Chinese at Peking University.
Stanford Language Center
Building 30
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2015
e-mail: patricia@stanford.edu
website: http://language.stanford.edu/courses/asianSummer/stanfordPeking.html
Summer Programs East Asia Concentration (SPEAC)
East Asian Studies Center
314 Oxley Hall
1712 Neil Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210-1219
(614) 688-4253; (614) 247-6454 (fax)
e-mail: easc@osu.edu
website: http://easc.osu.edu/contents/study_abroad_pro_osu.html
Syracuse University Hong Kong Program
Three-module program combining study and experiential learning.
Syracuse University Abroad
106 Walnut Pl., Syracuse, NY 13244
(315) 443-3471; (800) 235-3472
e-mail: suabroad@syr.edu
website: http://suabroad.syr.edu/programs/location/hongKong/
Syracuse University Beijing Program
For contact info see above
website: http://suabroad.syr.edu/programs/location/beijing/
University of Massachusetts -Amherst
Asia coordinator: Laurel Foster-Moore
e-mail: fostermo@ipo.umass.edu
IPO Main Office
William S. Clark International Center
467 Hills South, 4th Floor
111 Infirmary Way
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003-9335
(413) 545-2710; (413) 545-1201 website: http://www.umass.edu/ipo/china/index.html
Programs in Taiwan (< top) Fu Jen Catholic University Language Center
No. 510 Chung Cheng Road
Hsinchuang 24205
Taipei County, Taiwan, R.O.C.
(886-2) 2905-2414; (886-2) 2905-2166
e-mail: flcg1013@mail.fju.edu.tw
website: http://www.lc.fju.edu.tw/en_news.htm
International Chinese Language Program
National Taiwan University Summer in Taipei
International Chinese Language Program
No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd.
Taipei, 10617 Taiwan (R.O.C.)
(886-2)3366-3366; (886-2)2362-7651 (fax)
e-mail: cfia@ntu.edu.tw
website: http://www.ciae.ntu.edu.tw/schoollist_project001_eng.aspx?mb=2&mc=C_00000080
Mandarin Training Center at National Taiwan Normal University
Hoping East Road, Sec.1
Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
(886-2) 2321-8457; (886-2) 2341-8431 (fax)
e-mail: mtc@mtc.ntnu.edu.tw
website: http://mtc.ntnu.edu.tw/indexe.html
National Taiwan University: International Programs
website: http://www.oia.ntu.edu.tw/
Lots of info on NTU international exchange/study abroad programs
Programs in Japan (< top) Antioch College Buddhist Studies Program in Kyoto
Antioch Eduation Abroad
795 Livermore St.
Yellow Springs, OH 45387-1697
(937) 769-1015 or (800) 874-7986; (937) 769-1019 (fax)
e-mail: aea@antioch.edu
Fall term program for students with at least two years of college. Application deadline March 15.
website: http://aea.antioch.edu/bsjapan/
Associated Kyoto Program
A two-semester study program at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan.
Contact: Adam Hempling
Associated Kyoto Program
Oberlin College, Peters Hall G-09
Oberlin, OH 44074 USA
(440) 775-6161 or (800) 940-7070
e-mail: hempling@associatedkyotoprogram.org
website: http://www.associatedkyotoprogram.org/
Association of Teachers of Japanese (ATJ) Study Abroad Japan Program Links
website: http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/Bridging/ABRD-sum.html FALCON: Summer Japanese Program at Cornell
Program for beginning students in June and July.
FALCON Program
Department of Asian Studies
388 Rockefeller Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14850-2502
(607)255-6457; (607)255-1345 (fax)
website: http://lrc.cornell.edu/falcon/japanese.html
Institute of Asian Studies
IES Chicago
33 N. LaSalle St., 15th floor
Chicago, IL 60602-2602
(312) 944-1750 or (800) 995-2300; (312) 944-1448 (fax)
e-mail: info@iesabroad.org
website: http://www.iesias.org
International Education of Students Programs
Programs in Nagoya and Tokyo.
website: http://www.iesabroad.org/ Japan Center for Michigan Universities
Semester programs at JCMU on the shore of Lake Biwa in Hikone, ShigaPrefecture, apan. Students receive credits through Michigan StateUniversity.
Application deadline: October 1
JCMU
110 MSU International Center
E. Lansing, MI 48824-1035
(517) 355-4654; (517) 353-8727 (fax)
e-mail: jcmu@msu.edu
website: http://www.isp.msu.edu/JCMU
Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies
Semester and year-long programs for undergraduate students wishing to do advanced work in Japanese language and studies. Apply to the UVA internal selection committee. For more see the study abroad webpage for this program.
Office of Global Problems
204 Lewisohn Hall
Mail Code 4111
Columbia University
2970 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
(212) 854-2559; (212) 854-5164 (fax)
e-mail: studyabroad@columbia.edu
Akita International University
Year- and semester-long academic programs.
193-2 Okutsubakidai
Yuwa-Tsubakigawa, Akita-city, Akita 010-1211 Japan
(81) 18-886-5900; (81) 18-886-5910 (fax)
e-mail: info@aiu.ac.jp
website: http://www.aiu.ac.jp/cms/index.php?id=16
Niigata Sogo Gakuen (NSG)
2-year, 1.5-year, summer, winter, and any-time programs/courses in Japanese language and culture. The group consists of 28 colleges, one of which (the Airline International and Resort College) specializes in Japanese language instruction. Located in Niigata in northern Japan, a city that boasts relatively cheap living costs and lots to do year-round.
e-mail: nsgrecruit@yahoo.co.jp
website:
http://www.nsg.gr.jp/air/japanese/english/index.htm
Princeton in Ishikawa: Japanese Summer Program &Ishikawa Internships
The Princeton in Ishikawa (PII) program, formerly known as NihongoStudies in Kanazawa (NSK), is now accepting applications for the summerof 200. This eight-week Japanese language program. which now in itssixth year of operation, has earned a reputation as one of the best summerlanguage programs in Japan. Students who successfully complete theprogram earn credit for two semesters of Japanese language from PrincetonUniversity. The program offers both intermediate and advanced Japanese. The program is eight weeks in duration, from June 3 to July 29, 2000 andis highly intensive in nature. Students communicate only in Japaneseduring their stay and live with host families for the duration of theirvisit. Successful participants of PII may be considered for an IshikawaInternship. Between five and seven paid internships in major companiesare available. The application deadline is March 1, 2000.
PII c/o Keiko Kuriyama
East Asian Studies
236 Frist Campus Center
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey 08544
(609)258-2099 (fax)
e-mail: PII@princeton.edu
website: http://www.princeton.edu/~pii/
University of Kansas Summer Institute at Kanagawa University in Hiratsuka
Five-week program exploring contemporary Japanese society, culture,and language.
The University of Kansas
Bailey Hall Rm. 202
1440 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lawrence, KS 66045
(785)864-3849; (785) 864-5034 (fax)
e-mail: ceas@ku.edu
website: http://www.ceas.ku.edu/kanagawa.shtml
University of Kentucky Summer Field Seminar in Japan
The University of Kentucky Summer Field Seminar in Japan provides anintegrated program of language training, coordinated with field seminarson the environment, language, culture and literature, ecosystems, naturalhazards, cultural landscapes, land use and organization of space, hightechnology industries, urban development and regional restructuring. Six college credit hours can be earned at the University of Kentucky uponcompletion of the summer field seminar courses.
Professor P.P. Karan
Department of Geography
1439 Patterson Office Tower
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506
(859) 257-6953; (859) 323-1969 (fax)
e-mail: ppkaran@uky.edu
website: http://www.uwplatt.edu/geography/japan/
Programs in the United States (< top) Accelerated Foreign Language Program
Continuing Education
102 C. N. Hilton Hotel & Conference Center
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-3027
(713) 743-1060 or (800) 687-5465; (713) 743-1203 (fax)
e-mail: ceregistrar@uh.edu
website: http://www.uh.edu/academics/dce/prog/lan.html
Middlebury Summer Language Schools
Middlebury College offers summer programs in Chinese and Japanese. Programs are held inMiddlebury, Vermont, where students pledge to use the foreign language the entire time they arethere. This means no English newspapers or magazines, and all conversations in and out of theclassroom are to be conducted in the foreign language. The school offers grants and other aid tostudents based on financial need. Aid decisions are made on a rolling basis for those studentsaccepted to the program. Those students requiring assistance should have application andfinancial aid material completed by January 1. All other students should send in their applicationsby March 15.
Information/Application: contact Chinese or Japanese school
Middlebury College
Sunderland Language Center
356 College St.
Middlebury, Vermont 05753
(802) 443-5510; (802) 443-2075 (fax) e-mail: languages@middlebury.edu
website: http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/ls/
Monterey Intensive Summer Language Program
460 Pierce St.
Monterey, CA 93940
(831) 647-4115; (831) 647-3534 (fax)
website: http://language.miis.edu/ifl/index.html
SPEAC: Summer Programs East Asian Concentration at The Ohio State University
Programs in Japanese Language, Chinese Lanugage, Chinese Language Education,and Japanese Language Education.
The Foreign Language Center
100 Hagerty Hall
1775 College Rd.
Columbus, OH 43210-1229
(614) 292-4361; (614) 292-2682 (fax)
e-mail: noda.1@osu.edu
website: http://deall.osu.edu/programs/summerPrgm/default.cfm
University of Washington Intensive Asian Language Courses
Courses in Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean. One year’scredit in nine weeks.
Registration Office
University of Washington
Box 355850
Room: 225 Shmitz Hall
(206) 543-8580; (206) 616-3222 (fax)
e-mail: regoff@u.washington.edu
website: http://www.summer.washington.edu/summer/findaclass/language.asp
Other Programs (< top) Advanced Filipino Abroad Program
Applicants must have complete at least intermediate-level study ofFilipino.
Flo Lamoureux, Associate Director
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
1890 East-West Rd., Moore Hall 416
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
(808) 956-2688; (808) 956-2682 (fax)
e-mail: cseas@hawaii.edu
website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~tagalog/abroad.htm
Bali: The Arts in Paradise ARTIS Program
ARTIS is a nonprofit arts organization that hosts summer programs inthe studio arts and art history. Month-long programs in Bali offer dali field trips andweekly out-of-town escursion.
College credit and financial aid are available.
ARTIS
1709 Apache Dr.
Medford, OR 97501
(800) 232-6893
e-mail: david@artis.info
website: http://www.artis-tours.org/indonesia.html
George Mason University’s Center for Global Education
Various programs in Asian coutries. Available tours vary yearly.
Center for Global Education
235 Johnson Center, MSN 2B8
George Mason University
4400 University Dr.
Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
(703) 993-2154; (703) 993-2153 (fax)
e-mail: cge@gmu.edu
website: http://www.gmu.edu/departments/cge
SUNY Brockport Vietnam Project
Four month program of study and community service in Danang, Vietnam.
(800) 298-SUNY[7869]
e-mail: overseas@brockport.edu
website: http://www.brockportabroad.com/thirdlvl/vietnam_3rd.html
USINDO Summer Language Studies: An Introduction to Indonesia
United States-Indonesia Society program with eight weeks of intensivestudy of Bahasa
Indonesia for beginning and intermediate students. Homestayswith Indonesian families.
The United States-Indonesia Society
1625 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Suite 550
Washington, DC 20036-2260
(202) 232-1400; (202) 232-7300
email: USINDO@usindo.org
website: http://www.usindo.org/summerstudies/index.html
Wisma Bahasa, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Indonesian and Javanese courses.
Jl. Rajawali, Gg. Nuri # 6
Demangan Baru, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
+62 (0) 274-520-341; +62 (0) 274-588-409 (fax)
e-mail: wisba@wisba.famili.com or wisba@indosat.net.id
website: http://www.wisma-bahasa.or.id | 