• Source: Kobe City University of Foreign Studies

Kobe City University of Foreign Studies (神戸市外国語大学, Kōbe-shi gaikokugo daigaku), KCUFS (神戸外大, Kōbe gaidai) for short, is a municipal university in Japan. It is located in Gakuen-higashimachi, Nishi-ku, Kobe City.




History


It was founded in 1946 as Kobe Municipal College of Foreign Affairs (神戸市立外事専門学校, Kōbe shiritsu gaiji semmon gakkō), a coeducational college with a three-year curriculum. Kobe City was heavily damaged in World War II, and it founded the college to help restore the port city.
The college had five departments: English and American Studies, Russian Studies, Chinese Studies, Spanish Studies, and International Relations. The first campus was located in Daikai-dori, Hyogo-ku; the school buildings were those of Daikai Elementary School, which had few pupils at that time. In 1947 the college moved to Onogara-dori, Fukiai-ku (Chuo-ku now).
In April 1949 the college was developed into Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, a four-year university under Japan's new educational system. A new campus was opened on a hill called Kusu-ga-oka (楠ヶ丘) in Nada-ku.
The latter history of KCUFS is as follows:

1953: Evening courses (Department of English and American Studies) were added.
1962: Department of Spanish Studies was added.
1967: Master's courses were added.
1986: KCUFS moved to present-day "Academic Town" Campus (in Nishi-ku).
The former Kusunoki-ga-oka Campus is now the campus of Shinwa Junior & Girls' Senior High School.
1987: Department of International Relations was added.
1996: Doctoral courses (International Cultural Studies) were added.




Undergraduate courses


Department of English and American Studies
Department of Russian Studies
Department of Chinese Studies
Department of Spanish Studies
Department of International Relations
Evening Courses (Department of English and American Studies)




Graduate schools


Master's courses
Division of English Language Studies
Division of Russian Language Studies
Division of Chinese Language Studies
Division of Spanish Language Studies
Division of International Relations
Division of Japanese and Asian Languages and Culture
Division of English Education
Doctoral courses
International Cultural Studies




Institutes


Academic Information Center (Library)
Institute for Foreign Studies
Institute for the professors
Institute of the main office
Institute for students (Cafeteria)




References






Further reading


Kobe City University of Foreign Studies Brochure (2020), p. 38-39




External links



Official website

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