, for short, is a municipal university

Public university

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 in Japan

Japan

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. It is located in Gakuen-higashimachi, Nishi-ku

Nishi-ku, Kobe

is one of 9 wards of Kobe City in Japan. It has an area of 137.86 km², and a population of 248,407 . Nishi in Japanese means west. Nishi-ku occupies the northwestern part of the city.-External links:...

, Kobe City

Kobe

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.

History

It was founded in 1946 as , a coeducational college with a three-year curriculum. Kobe City was heavily damaged in World War II

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, and it founded the college to help restore the port city.

The college had three departments: English Language, Russian Language and Chinese Language. The first campus was located in Daikai-dori, Hyogo-ku

Hyogo-ku, Kobe

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; 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

Chuo-ku, Kobe

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 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 in Nada-ku

Nada-ku, Kobe

is one of 9 wards of Kobe in Japan. It has an area of 31.4 km², and a population of 129,095 .A leading national university in Japan, Kobe University, is located in this ward, as is the city's Oji Zoo....

.

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

External links

• Official website