Program Details:

  • Schedule: June 15 - July 26, 2022 (6 weeks)
  • Online intensive Japanese language and culture study program for students at Elementary - Upper Elementary level from around the world.
  • Conversation practice classes, cultural classes such as Tea-Ceremony (Sado), Kimono-Wearing (Kitsuke), Flower Arrangement (Ikebana), and a virtual tour (interaction with Akita Maiko (Apprentice Geisha in Akita)): (https://akitamaiko.com/#), are also included.
  • Awards 6 AIU credits.
  • 1 participant = 0.5 semester exchange place
  • The program fee: 80,000 JPY for Exchange Students.

 

Student Voices from 2021 Online Summer Program participants:

・"Friendships Made at AIU" - Ms. Zoe Shulevitz, IE3 Global, U.S.A.

https://web.aiu.ac.jp/en/voice/24574/

・"Traditionally Non-traditional, My Virtual Study Abroad" - Ms. Amy Wallace, State University of New York at Oswego, U.S.A.
https://web.aiu.ac.jp/en/voice/24589/

Timeline:

  • Nomination deadline: April 4, 2022
  • Application deadline: April 15, 2022
  • Acceptance announcement: May 6, 2022

More information: https://web.aiu.ac.jp/en/short-term/summer-program/