Santa Clara University

Sophia University

http://www.sophia.ac.jp

Language of Instruction
English

Information about the City
Tokyo is the capital and Japan’s largest city.  Approximately 12 million people live in the city or its adjacent wards.  It is on the island of Honshu.  They city has Japan's highest concentration of businesses, universities and colleges, museums, theaters, and shopping and entertainment. It also has a highly-developed public transportation system with numerous train and subway lines.

Courses Available
Exchange Students can take classes in the Undergraduate Program in Comparative Culture. Courses are offered in Languages, the Japanese Language Program, Humanities (including Art History, Literature, and Religion-Philosophy), International Business and Economics, Social Studies (including Anthropology-Sociology, History, and Political Science), and Japanese Linguistic and Teaching Methods.  There are also several courses in Math, Science, Geography, and the Environment that are open to exchange students.

Housing Options
Students have three options for housing at Sophia University:

• With a Japanese Family in a Home Stay
• In either the men or women’s dormitories
• In an apartment-style facility

Please note:  Housing within Tokyo is expensive and limited; most housing will not be centrally located.

Contact Information

Mariko ONOMURA: overseas@cl.sophia.ac.jp

Alumni from SCU

• Aaron Uhrina (aaronuhrina@gmail.com). Accounting major. Spring quarter 2005.  
• Christy Tran (christytran67@hotmail.com). Finance major. Spring 2004.

University of the Sacred Heart

Located in Tokyo, Japan
Most courses in Japanese
Open to female students only
http://www.u-sacred-heart.ac.jp/english/index.html

Alumni from SCU

• Loretta Beavers (rettabear@stattenfield.org). Communication and Japanese. Spring 2005.

More information coming on Sacred Heart soon!