Location
  • Japan
    • Kyoto
Length
26 - 52 weeks
Program Tags
Adventure Travel College Credit Cultural Immersion Post-High School Study Abroad

Program Details

Timeframe
Fall Spring
Primary Language
English

Pricing

Price Details
Tuition, program, and enrollment fees as low as $17,000.

Scholarships available via CIEE and financial aid available at our academic home and school of record, Dean College.
What's Included
Accommodation Activities Travel Insurance
Jun 26, 2024
Jul 29, 2024
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About Program

Put your global education first! See Kyoto and start college at the same time on CIEE’s First Year Abroad program. Earn college credit during a 12-week semester, taking classes from a wide range of subject areas. Immerse yourself in the local Japanese culture by engaging in activities and excursions with first-year peers and other CIEE study abroad students.

Design your own experience by staying in Kyoto for the duration of your program, or by studying in multiple locations via our fall + spring combinations. Along the way, you’ll develop skills and knowledge you simply can’t get in a U.S. classroom. Broaden your horizons, create relationships that last a lifetime, and return home to complete your college degree with a newfound confidence.

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Program Highlights

  • Visit the Kyoto Imperial Palace and two Imperial Villas, where former emperors lived in high style. 
  • Climb to the Fushimi Inari Shrine, ascending Inari Mountain while passing through thousands of bright-orange torii gates.
  • Explore the Kyoto International Manga Museum and its collection of 300,000 comic books! See manga-related exhibits and read any of the 50,000 manga on open shelves that you like.
  • Feast your eyes at world-famous Nishiki Market, or sample traditional tofu, yuba, and saikyo-yaki — uniquely Kyoto-styled grilled fish.
  • Go on an overnight excursion to the White Heron Castle in Himeji.

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This experience was more than just a learning experience, but more of a life-changing experience. It gave me the chance to wander out of my boundaries, in many different forms to fit my curiosity. As I chose Japan to be the destination of exploration, fulfilled my artistic development simultaneously to cultural development as I observed how the community intact and evolve. Until the program started, I got a warm welcome from the staff and was able to have my need for special accommodation provided. The staff from CIEE Kyoto was enthusiastic about their profession to provide the best help promptly besides navigating student activities and co-curricular activities. The professors brought in more than just boring documents and readings. They equipped us their living and learning experience in Japan and were not hesitate away from creative and direct questions.

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