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Japan

Kansai Gaidai University

Term To Study: Fall 2020
Application Deadline: Mar 01, 2020
Major 1: Area / Ethnic Studies: Asian
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Major 2: Foreign Language / Literature Japanese
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Program Category: One-Country
Program Type: Exchange
Link 1: Kansai Gaidai University
Host Website: http://sites.jcu.edu/global/page
s/study-abroad/asia/kansai-gai
dai-university-japan/
Program Locations: Hirakata City
Contact Phone: 216.397.4320
Contact Name: Melanie Hahn
Contact Email: mhahn@jcu.edu
Program Description

Kansai-Gaidai University is located in Hirakata City near Osaka, which is the second largest Japanese city. Kansai Gaidai was founded in 1945 and has grown tremendously since than. Today, Kansai Gaidai is affiliated with over 280 colleges and university’s world wide and sends approximately 1,400 of its students abroad yearly. Kansai-Gaidai offers courses to fulfill requirements for an East Asian Studies concentration. Students may choose to study at Kansai for a semester or an entire academic year. The minimum GPA for admission to Kansai-Gaidai is 3.0.

Quick Facts

Population: 127368088
Capital: Tokyo
Per-capita GDP: $ 35200
Size: 377915 km2
Time Zone: (GMT + 09:00 hours) Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo

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