Foreign Student Assistance
Academic Assistance
Japanese Classes
TUIS offers “Japanese I~IV,” “Comprehensive Japanese Seminar,” and other courses for foreign students to help improve their Japanese language skill so that they can actively pursue their education at TUIS.
Japanese/Communication Scuola
“Scuola” is Italian for “school.” The TUIS Scuolas offer classes to help students successfully pass various exams for qualifications and certifications.
The Japanese/Communication Scuola was created for foreign students to help them improve their Japanese language and communication skills and to obtain Japanese-language qualifications while they are at the university.
TUIS offers “Japanese I~IV,” “Comprehensive Japanese Seminar,” and other courses for foreign students to help improve their Japanese language skill so that they can actively pursue their education at TUIS.
Japanese/Communication Scuola
“Scuola” is Italian for “school.” The TUIS Scuolas offer classes to help students successfully pass various exams for qualifications and certifications.
The Japanese/Communication Scuola was created for foreign students to help them improve their Japanese language and communication skills and to obtain Japanese-language qualifications while they are at the university.
Support Services for Foreign Students
TUIS provides a wide array of services to ensure that foreign students have a smooth adjustment to life on campus and in Japan. We also carry out many exchange activities to foster ties between the students and their neighbors in the university community and in the broader Chiba community.
Housing Assistance
In addition to helping foreign students find apartments if they so wish, the university has a system for serving as the guarantor once a designated realtor has found an apartment for them.
Visa Assistance
TUIS provides counseling with regard to foreign student visas, distribute applications for a permit to engage in activities outside the limits of the visa, provide information on scholarships, and arrange for the acceptance of scholarships.
Foreign Student Orientation
n order to ensure a smooth start to our foreign students’ lives on campus, the university holds orientations in March, prior to the start of the school year, and in April, after school starts, to provide information on the assistance available to them: study assistance, advice on applying for scholarships, advice on daily life, and so on.
Welcome Party
A welcome party is held to deepen the ties between foreign students and the faculty.
Intercultural Exchange
Various activities are held to contribute to exchanges with the community surrounding the university, such as having students serve as “teacher for a day” at a local elementary school and as “Chiba coordinators for international relations.”
Bus Tour for Foreign Students
To introduce students to Japanese culture, a bus tour is offered that visits famous and historic sites in the Kanto region.
Association to Promote Exchanges with Foreign Students
The Association to Promote Exchanges with Foreign Students is a group of people from the university community who carry out activities to support foreign students enrolled at TUIS. They offer instruction in traditional Japanese culture such as the tea ceremony and flower arrangement, sponsor Japanese speech contests, hold Christmas parties, and so on.
In addition to helping foreign students find apartments if they so wish, the university has a system for serving as the guarantor once a designated realtor has found an apartment for them.
Visa Assistance
TUIS provides counseling with regard to foreign student visas, distribute applications for a permit to engage in activities outside the limits of the visa, provide information on scholarships, and arrange for the acceptance of scholarships.
Foreign Student Orientation
n order to ensure a smooth start to our foreign students’ lives on campus, the university holds orientations in March, prior to the start of the school year, and in April, after school starts, to provide information on the assistance available to them: study assistance, advice on applying for scholarships, advice on daily life, and so on.
Welcome Party
A welcome party is held to deepen the ties between foreign students and the faculty.
Intercultural Exchange
Various activities are held to contribute to exchanges with the community surrounding the university, such as having students serve as “teacher for a day” at a local elementary school and as “Chiba coordinators for international relations.”
Bus Tour for Foreign Students
To introduce students to Japanese culture, a bus tour is offered that visits famous and historic sites in the Kanto region.
Association to Promote Exchanges with Foreign Students
The Association to Promote Exchanges with Foreign Students is a group of people from the university community who carry out activities to support foreign students enrolled at TUIS. They offer instruction in traditional Japanese culture such as the tea ceremony and flower arrangement, sponsor Japanese speech contests, hold Christmas parties, and so on.
Campus Calendar
| Month | Undergraduate Events |
Graduate School Events |
|---|---|---|
| April | Entrance ceremony Orientation Orientation Health exam Freshman camp Classes begin Consultations on grades Course registration period |
Entrance ceremony Orientation (all 1st-year students) Regular health exam Classes begin Deadline to sign up for classes & submit master’s thesis plan (1st term) |
| May | Course registration period | |
| June | Deadline to submit dissertation summary (3rd year PhD students) | |
| July | 1st semester final exams | Presentation of dissertation summary (3rd year PhD students) Summer vacation |
| August | Summer vacation 1st semester supplementary final exams |
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| September | Classes resume (start of 2nd semester) September graduation |
Classes resume September completion |
| October | 2nd semester revisions to course registration Confirmation of course registration University festival (Shofusai) |
University festival (Shofusai) |
| November | Presentation of thesis (3rd year PhD students) | |
| December | Submission period begins for graduate thesis topics (juniors) Winter vacation |
Anniversary for the founding of graduate school |
| January | Classes resume Final exams |
Classes resume Deadline for submission of doctoral dissertation (3rd year PhD students) Deadline for submission of master’s thesis (2nd year master’s students) Deadline for submission of doctoral dissertation proposal (1st year PhD students) Deadline for research progress report (2nd year PhD students) |
| February | Supplementary final exams Make-up exams |
Thesis proposal defense (1st year PhD students) Research progress report review (2nd year PhD students) Oral presentation of thesis (2nd year master’s students) |
| March | Founder’s Day Announcement of graduates/ announcement of students promoted to junior/senior Graduation |
Founder’s Day Announcement of those completing studies Commencement ceremony |
