Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

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The Foreign Languages ​​University, Tokyo (in Japanese东京 外国语 大学, Tōkyō gaikokugo daigaku, English Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, in short. TUFS ) is a national university in Japan. The campus is located in Fuchū in the prefecture of Tokyo.

History

The university has the common origins with the University of Tokyo, Hitotsubashi University. The school began in 1856/1857 as Bansho Shirabesho (蕃 书 调 所, German " Institute for the study of foreign documents " ), which was later in 1873 divided into two schools: (1) Kaisei School (开 成 学校, Kaisei Gakko, merged in 1877 the University of Tokyo ), and (2) foreign Language School Tokyo东京 外国语 学校, Tōkyō gaikokugo Gakko ) with five language sections (English, German, French, Russian and Chinese). The foreign Language School but was born in 1885 trade school Tokyo (东京 商业 学校, Tōkyō shōgyō Gakko, today. Hitotsubashi University) merged your former campus was located in Kanda Hitotsubashi (35 ° 41 '32 "N, 139 ° 45 ' 30" O35.692255555556139.75824444444 ), where the business school to the Kanto earthquake developed ( hence the name Hitotsubashi University).

1897, the Foreign Language School in Tokyo trade school was rebuilt, and in 1899 it became an independent school (newer Foreign Language School Tokyo) with a new campus. It changed several times their location, and in 1940 moved to the Nishigahara campus (35 ° 44 ' 33 "N, 139 ° 44' 8" O35.742441666667139.73563888889 ) around. In 1944 she was in abroad Scientific School Tokyo (东京 外事 専 门 学校, Tōkyō Gaiji Semmon Gakko ) renamed, and 1949 became the foreign language University of Tokyo. 2000, the present campus was opened in Fuchū.

Faculties

  • Faculty of Foreign Languages Study towards Europe and America I Language departments: English, German and
  • Study towards Europe and America II Language departments: French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese
  • Study Russia and Eastern Europe Language departments: Russian, Polish, and Czech
  • Study East Asia Language departments: Chinese, Korean, and Mongolian
  • Study Southeast Asia Language departments: Indonesian, Malaysian, Filipino ( Tagalog ), Thai, Laotian language, Vietnamese, Khmer, and Burmese
  • Study of South and West Asia Language departments: Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, Persian, and Turkish
  • Study Japan
Korean language Mongolic languages Tagalog language Burmese language
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