Kobe City University of Foreign Studies


Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, KCUFS for short, is a municipal university in Japan. It is located in Gakuen-higashimachi, Nishi-ku, Kobe City.
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History

It was founded in 1946 as Kobe Municipal College of Foreign Affairs, 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.
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 in Nada-ku.
The latter history of KCUFS is as follows:
  • 1953: Evening courses were added.
  • 1962: Department of Spanish Studies was added.
  • 1967: Master's courses were added.
  • 1986: KCUFS moved to present-day "Academic Town" Campus.
  • :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 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

Graduate schools

;Master's courses
;Doctoral courses
  • International Cultural Studies

Institutes

  • Academic Information Center
  • Institute for Foreign Studies
  • Institute for the professors
  • Institute of the main office
  • Institute for students