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Admission to the Summer Program

• Attendance Fees
• Application Forms
• Qualifications for Admission

Tuition for the 2008 summer program is $4,000 (U.S.). Students officially enrolled at IUC member institutions during the 2006-07 or 2007-08 academic year will receive a partial tuition remission of $500.00 (U.S.) to attend the Inter-University Center Summer 2008 program. Fees include all textbooks and other intructional materials. Fees are subject to change.

Application forms are now available online. Download, print, and complete the Summer Application form , the Language Evaluation form, and the Summer Essay form . Submit these three completed forms to the following address.

Transcripts should be included as part of the application packet. Submit one official transcript from each college, university or post-secondary school attended.

IUC Summer Program
Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies
Pacifico Yokohama, 5F
1-1-1 Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku
Yokohama, Japan 220-0012
E-mail: summer@iucjapan.org
Tel: (045) 223-2002 Fax: (045) 223-2060

To qualify for admission, an applicant must (1) demonstrate a clear intent to pursue a professional or academic career requiring the use of Japanese; and (2) have successfully completed two to three years of college-level instruction. In terms of actual language proficiency, successful applicants are expected to have a solid foundation in the fundamental structures of Japanese, to have mastered both kana syllabaries, and to be able to read and write approximately 500 to 700 kanji.

1. The language evaluation form must be filled out by someone (preferably a Japanese language teacher) qualified to judge your proficiency in Japanese. Both forms, as well as your transcripts, must reach the Center by March 15, 2008. Early submission is encouraged.

2. Admission decisions will be announced by e-mail not later than April 1, 2008. If you provide an address where you can be reached during April, you will also be notified by regular mail. Students selected as alternates for admission will be notified whether they will be admitted by May 1, 2008. If an alternate student does not hear from the Center by May 1, that will mean that they have not been admitted.

3. A signed letter of agreement of attend, together with a non-refundable deposit of $200 (U.S.) must be returned to the Stanford office by April 15, 2008. Please make the check payable to Stanford University.

4. The remainder of the fee is due at the Stanford office, payable in U.S. dollars before the beginning of instruction on June 19, 2008. Checks should be made payable to Stanford University.

5. Any admitted applicant who decides not to enroll in the program should immediately notify the Center and the Stanford office.

6. After the application period, any questions regarding attendance should be sent to the Center via email at summer@iucjapan.org

Students are selected for admission by the Center Summer Program Selection Committee based on the following considerations:

1. A student meets the conditions for admission listed under Qualifications for Admission above.

2. An evaluation by the Summer Program Selection Committee of a student's statement of purpose and objectives contained in the PURPOSES section under GENERAL INFORMATION in the Application for Admission form.

3. An evaluation by the Summer Program Selection Committee of the information contained in a student's Language Evaluation Form.

Please note that enrollment in the Center Summer Program is limited and if there are a large number of applicants, it may not be possible to admit all qualified applicants.