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270px, Nagoya University of Foreign Studies is a private university located in the city of Nisshin,
Aichi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefecture ...
in the “Chubu” (central) area of Japan. Founded in 1988, it is known domestically by the name “Nagoya Gaidai” and its English abbreviation as NUFS.


Overview


About NUFS

Nagoya University of Foreign Studies (NUFS) is the only university specializing in international studies and foreign languages education in the Chubu（Central）Region of Japan. Its programs aim to develop students with genuine international and global perspectives through a distinctive education system; language, liberal arts and specialized education. It offers small-group teaching, which takes place in groups of four students and a native teacher for all major language courses, so that students can acquire genuine language skills. NUFS, which has more than 300 foreign teachers and students from all over the world, has an international campus that is integrated in the following five domains: study abroad programs; active learning; native speakers; career support; and an international campus. It belongs to the Association of 7 GAIDAI (Foreign Studies Universities) in Japan. It ranks 74th In the THE (Times Higher Education) Japan University Rankings 2019 and ranks 9th in their pillar of internationalization among about 750 universities.


History

1988 — Founded Nagoya University of Foreign Studies (Department of British and American Studies, Department of French Studies and Department of Chinese Studies. 1994 — Opened School of Global Business and Economics. 1997 — Opened Graduate School of International Studies. 1999 — Established Doctoral Program (second semester) at Graduate School of International Studies. Reorganized Master's Program into Doctoral Program (first semester). Opened Department of Japanese Studies. 2001 — Established Japanese Language Institute (afterwards renamed to The International Institute for Japanese Language Education). 2004 — Opened School of Contemporary International Studies (the Department of English and Contemporary Society and the Department of Global Business). 2008 — Established the Department of English Language Teaching in the School of Foreign Studies. 2013 — Established the Department of Liberal Arts and Global Studies in the School of Contemporary International Studies. 2015 — Established the Department of World Liberal Arts. 2017 — Opened School of Global Governance and Collaboration (the Department of Global Governance and Collaboration). 2019 — Opened School of World Liberal Arts (the Department of World Liberal Arts and the Department of International Japanese Studies).


Facilities


Campus

The NUFS campus is situated in the hill country east of Nagoya City. This area of Nissin City includes the campuses of several other universities as well, so it is considered an academic zone.


Dormitory

Very close to the university campus is the dormitory for overseas exchange students, who mainly come from the school's partner universities around the world. Aside from the foreign residents, some of the graduate and undergraduate students are selected as Resident Assistants. * International House * Global Village * NUFS-NUAS residence


Schools


Undergraduate Schools

*School of Foreign Studies **Department of British and American Studies **Department of French Studies **Department of Chinese Studies *School of Contemporary International Studies **Department of English and Contemporary Society **Department of Global Business **Department of Liberal Arts and Global Studies *School of Global Governance and Collaboration **Department of Global Governance and Collaboration *School of World Liberal Arts **Department of World Liberal Arts **Department of International Japanese Studies


Graduate School of International Studies

*Master’s Programs **English and English Language Education（English and English Language Education Program）・・・ Master of Arts in English and English Language Education **English and English Language Education（TESOL Program）・・・・ Master of Arts in English and English Language Education **Japanese and Japanese Language Education・・・・ Master of Arts in Japanese and Japanese Language Education **Global Communication・・・・・ Master of Arts in Global Communication  Studies *Doctoral Programs **English Language Studies and English Language Pedagogy・・・・Doctor of Philosophy in English Linguistics and English Pedagogy **Japanese Language Studies and Japanese Language Pedagogy・・・・ Doctor of Philosophy in Japanese Linguistics and Japanese Pedagogy **Global Communication・・・・・ Doctor of Philosophy in Global Communication Studies


Programs for Inbound Studies (The International Institute for Japanese Language Education)

Nagoya University of Foreign Studies offers three unique programs for exchange students coming from partner institutions. * Study Exchange Program: Global Japan Program * Study Abroad at NUFS Undergraduate and Graduate Schools * Study Abroad - Language Teaching Practicum Program


Research institute

* World Liberal Arts Center（WLAC）() * Research Institute for New Global Society（RINGS）() * Dostoevsky Society of Japan（DSJ）()


Publishing house

* Nagoya University of Foreign Studies Press ()


Overseas partners

The university has agreements with 145 partner institutions spread across 27 nations.


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Mexico

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U.K.

* Bath Spa University * Middlesex University * Oxford Brookes University * University of Central Lancashire * University of Kent * University of Winchester * University of Portsmouth * Northumbria University * University of Chichester * University of Worcester * Keele University * University of the Highlands and Islands * Manchester Metropolitan University * Bangor University


Australia

* Griffith University * The University of Newcastle * Australian Catholic University * University of the Sunshine Coast * The University of Adelaide * University of South Australia * University of Tasmania * Macquarie University * Southern Cross University * Western Sydney University * Central Queensland University * Charles Darwin University


New Zealand

* The University of Waikato * Massey University


Ireland

* University of Limerick


France

* University of Marne-La Vallee * University of Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV),Course of French Civilization * University of Stendhal-Grenoble 3 * University of Jean Moulin Lyon 3 * University of Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux 3 * Aix-Marseille University * University of Caen Lower-Normandy * Catholic University of Lyon * University of Nice Sophia Antipolis * The University of Toulouse * Catholic University of the West * Paris Diderot University * Catholic Institute of Toulouse * Charles de Gaulle University - Lille 3 * University of Franche-Comté


French Polynesia

* University of French Polynesia


Belgium

* Superior Institute of Translators and Interpreters * The University of Liege * Artevelde University College


Italy

* University of Turin * The University of Sassari


Germany

* University of Marburg * Technical University of Ingolstadt * Nuertingen-Geislingen University


Netherlands

* University of Applied Sciences Saxion * HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht


Spain

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Portugal

* University Fernando Pessoa


Denmark

* University College of Northern Denmark


Finland

* Savonia University of Applied Sciences


Switzerland

* University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland


Russia

* National Research University Higher School of Economics * Saint-Petersburg State University


Poland

* Jagiellonian University


Czech Republic

* University of Hradec Králové


Hungary

* Pázmány Péter Catholic University


China

* Beijing Foreign Studies University * Xi'an Foreign Languages University * Dalian University of Foreign Languages * Tianjin Foreign Studies University * Shanghai International Studies University * Dalian University


Taiwan

* Ming Chuan University * National Taiwan University * Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages * National Central University * National Taipei University of Technology


Republic of Korea

* Busan University of Foreign Studies * Jeonju University * Woosong University * Kookmin University * Soongsil University


Vietnam

* Foreign Trade University * University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi


Indonesia

* BINUS University


References


External links


NUFS English website
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