Yamaguchi Prefectural University (YPU) is in 바카라사이트 city of Yamaguchi in 바카라사이트 western part of Japan’s main island, established in 1975 as a non-profit public university and becoming coeducational in 1996.
The university has 1,300 students and 120 full-time teaching staff over three faculties, five departments and two postgraduate courses. The faculties are 바카라사이트 international culture faculty, 바카라사이트 faculty of social welfare and 바카라사이트 faculty of nursing and nutrition.
YPU offers a special programme for students coming to Japan for 바카라사이트 first time, called Yamaguchi Abroad. Its curriculum includes Japanese language study, 바카라사이트 traditional arts of flower arrangement and tea ceremony, courses in English about Japanese culture and society, and four courses that make up 바카라사이트 Yamaguchi Studies programme.
Yamaguchi Studies is comprised of a collection of four courses covering 바카라사이트 history, culture, crafts and people of Yamaguchi. Each course features a combination of in-class and on-location parts, taking students into local culture and history.
The university also offers an international exchange programme for students and staff as well as a three-week Global Student Exchange programme in 바카라사이트 summer.
The university is well connected to 바카라사이트 main cities of Japan: it is one and a half hours by plane or approximately five hours by bullet train from Tokyo. It takes three hours to get to Kyoto via bullet train. It is about half an hour from Fukuoka by bullet train.
The city of Yamaguchi is connected to Kyushu by a bridge that runs over 바카라사이트 Kamon Straights.
