YOUR BEST OPPORTUNITY
Well balanced urban environment of Saitama city is a good place to get education and spend your school years to the fullest.
Check out this list of some of the most popular options for studying in Saitama.
WHY STUDY IN SAITAMA CITY?
For those, who aiming at getting education in Japan, Saitama city can become a great place to develop your knowledge and skills as well as experience a whole new and exciting way of living.
Living in Saitama, you can easily attent to any Tokyo school or you can find a good option within the city. It’s convenient, reasonably priced and effective as a starting point of your life in Japan.
UNIVERCITY
Saitama University
This is a Japanese national university located in a suburban area of Sakura-ku, Saitama City capital of Saitama Prefecture in Tokyo Metropolitan Area.
The University has five faculties (schools) for undergraduate education: Liberal Arts, Education, Economics, Science, and Engineering; and four graduate schools: Cultural Science, Education, Economic Science, and Science and Engineering. All of these schools offer programs leading to doctorates as well as master’s degrees. The total enrollment in the university is more than 8,500 with more than 500 overseas students pursuing undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
University Faculties
● Liberal arts
● Education
● Economics
● Science
● Engineering
International Graduate Program
The graduate program includes courses specially designed for international students, in which class instruction and research supervision are given in English and/or Japanese. Master thesis and doctoral dissertation are accepted in English. Japanese language courses are also offered for foreign students and their spouses. So far, 215 students from different countries have graduated from this program and are now engaged in academic and professional activities in different parts of the world.
Urawa University
Urawa University is located in Midori Ward, Saitama. The campus offers an environment that is quiet and abundant in greenery for students to acquire the knowledge and skills needed in today’s Japanese society. The teaching here, which covers the fields of childcare, welfare, and education, is detailed and mainly provided in seminars with small enrollments. All the learning conducted at the university and junior college is guided by the founding spirit and basic philosophy of “fostering virtues through practical learning,” and the efforts made toward the aim of “developing people with practical education” also continues on today without change. Thus, there will surely be a place here where you belong.
University Faculties
● Social studies
● Child studies
● Sociology
● Care and Welfare (junior college)
International Graduate Program
The teaching in Urawa University, which covers the fields of childcare, welfare, and education, is detailed and mainly provided in seminars with small enrollments. All the learning conducted at the university and junior college is guided by the founding spirit and basic philosophy of “fostering virtues through practical learning,” and the efforts made toward the aim of “developing people with practical education” also continues on today without change.
JUNIOR COLLEGE
Kokusai Gakuin Saitama
The basic spirit of this college is “sincerity, upgrading, charity, trust, and harmony”. The college emphasizes on perfection of human character, and aims at conducting practical education and research based on the theory. These are the indicators for “development of personnel” of the basic spirit of the college. In Department of Early Child care and Education, students are trained to become actively involved in nursery, and to treat infants with various environment and character kindly. In Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, students are trained to be a dietitian who can keep an eye on various events in group or individual health, economics, and social life, and make an effort to upgrade consistently, fulfill their responsibility in guidance and practice using an appropriate measure based on the mastered knowledge about principle and practice of nutrition, and health management.
JAPANESE SCHOOL
Tokyo Nichigo Gakuin
Tokyo Nichigo Gakuin (TNG) was established in 1986, with the aim of offering opportunities to learn Japanese language and culture experience for foreign students who have a strong will to contribute to friendly relationships between their home countries and Japan. The school give each student the guidance of going on to graduate schools, universities, or vocational colleges. Curriculums are comosed with an emphasis not only on daily conversational Japanese for communication, but also on acquiring the ability to cope with entrance examinations of universities, graduate schools and vocational colleges. Students are encouraged not only to master Japanese language, but also to experience Japanese culture. Therefore, we have extracurricular lessons actively to encourage students to learn about Japanese culture and lifestyle.
Yono-Gakuin Japanese Language School
Yono-Gakuin Japanese school has a long history since its establishment in 1988. Placing importance on the locality, we are trying to integrate foreigners into Japanese society and make their life in Japan enjoyable. Please study good points of Japan through our school and this local community. Furthermore, rediscovering the good points of your country from Japanese life. In addition to the easy access to the central Tokyo, around school is quite suitable to study and to live because cost of living is relatively cheap and it’s quiet.
Saitama Japanese language school
Located close to Omiya station, this school provides great environment for not only studying japanese language, but a good oportunity to relax and embrace japanese culture and lifestyle. On one side there’s a heart of Saitama city, Omiya urban center. On the other side, there are big parks, museums and one of the oldest big shrines in the area – Hikawa shrine. In this surroundings you can easily combine studys with having a great time and making lots of good memories.
