Kyoto University of Foreign Studies

Kyoto University of Foreign Studies

Motto	Latin: Pax Mundi per Linguas (World Peace through Language)
Type	Private university
Established	May, 1945
Chancellor	Yoshikazu Morita
President	Takeshi Matsuda
Undergraduates	4445
Postgraduates	97
Location	Ukyō-ku, Kyoto , Kyoto , Japan
Website	www.kufs.ac.jp (engl.)

Kyoto University of Foreign Studies (京都外国語大学, Kyōto gaikokugo daigaku), also known as KUFS, is a foreign language university in Kyoto, Japan. Kyoto Junior College of Foreign Languages is attached to this university. KUFS specializes in 9 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Italian, Russian,[1] and Japanese. In addition Global Affairs[2] and faculty of global engagement that includes global studies and global tourism.

History

Notes

1. Founded in 2020
2. Suspended recruitment since 2018

Academic departments

There are 8 specialized language departments under Faculty of Foreign Studies in addition to *a course in Japanese studies for overseas students.

• Department of British and American Studies
• Department of Spanish Studies (renamed from "Hispanic Studies" effective April, 2007
• Department of French Studies
• Department of German Studies
• Department of Brazilian and Portuguese Studies (Portuguese: Departamento de Estudos Luso-Brasileiros da UEEQ)
• Department of Italian Studies
• Department of Chinese Studies
• Department of Japanese Studies
• Department of Global Affairs
• Department of Global Studies
• Department of Global Tourism
• Course in Japanese Studies for Overseas Students (in Japanese) (in English)

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