Japanese Language Education Division, Center for Global Education, UTokyo (Center for Japanese Language Education)

News

2026.01.09: Online Application System Renamed “GATE”
2025.12.22: Short-term Japanese Course and Special Themed Seminar will begin in January and February, 2026.
2025.11.12: Short-term Japanese Course will begin in December, 2025.
2025.10.15: Individual Tutoring Sessions 2025A Semester will begin on Monday, October 20.
2025.09.18: 2025A Semester Japanese Course Consultation will begin on Monday, September 29.

Japanese Language Program

For current UTokyo members

The Japanese Language Education Division, Center for Global Education provides an opportunity to learn Japanese for international students and foreign researchers. There are a variety of courses offered.

For pre-arrival UTokyo students

We offer a program for those who have been accepted to study abroad at the University of Tokyo, allowing them to learn Japanese that they can use in their upcoming life in Japan.

Latest Information (2026 Summer Program)

For Others

Registration Open Courses

No courses currently available

Calendar of Japanese Courses

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Interview Series

The thrill of communicating with a survival mindset

Name: Jianli GUO
Nationality: China
School at UTokyo: Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology
Academic Status: Project Researcher
Date of enrollment UTokyo: 2016- Research Students, 2017- Master & Doctoral Program, 2023- Project Researcher

2024.11.05

Attracted to the mysteries of Japan

Name: Michael PEVZNER
Nationality: France
School at UTokyo: Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences
Academic Status: Foreign Visiting Researcher
Date of enrollment UTokyo: September,2023

2024.10.23

The priority of important things being different depending on the language

Name: Daniela DANIELI
Nationality: Italy
School at UTokyo: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences　
Academic Status: Foreign Lecturer
Date of enrollment UTokyo: 2020.10 -

2024.06.21

東京大学グローバル教育センター 日本語教育部門 Japanese Language Education Division, Center for Global Education