学部・大学院

別科日本語研修課程(English)

A Message from the President

At present, Japan is facing many challenges: a major shift to green energy, the revival of the semiconductor industry, the promotion of digitization and DX (Digital Transformation), the shift from gasoline vehicles to EVs. Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science has many professors who are playing leading roles in research and development toward these issues, for example, utilization of ocean energy and biomass resources, highly efficient power conversion and management system technology for renewable energy including solar cells, development of electric propulsion (EP) technology for ships, automobiles and satellites, advanced semiconductor technology - AI semiconductors and three-dimensional stacked integrated circuits, fundamental science including high energy physics, intelligent information technology such as AI, cutting-edge healthcare technology, and revitalization of local economies. Under their guidance, many enthusiastic students are engaged in their studies and participate in various research projects. The Japanese science magazine Newton, published in 2021, presents a ranking of research strengths of science and engineering universities, and this university is ranked 33rd (10th among private universities), a good rating for the size of the university.
We hope you can take advantage of these strengths to dream and imagine a new social stage for the next generation at this university, which has both excellent technology and people, so that you can go to "the one step further stage" in your studies. The Japanese Language Course provides students with sufficient Japanese language education; it is a preparatory course for university research for the future. We hope that you will enroll in this Japanese course so that you can advance to this university and graduate school (excellent professors and fellow students are waiting for you!), and then you can gain great "intellectual power" to make your "dreams" come true. Let us work together to realize “the one step further stage”.

Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science

Since its foundation 85years ago, our university has consistently pursued an educational style featuring small classes and support for campus life, learning and employment. We have maintained a high level of “hands-on” education and helped students to gain practical skills useful after graduation. Students can also participate in a short-term overseas program (partially funded by the university) to improve their English proficiency. In the Engineering Faculty, we promote small student-number education emphasizing experiments and learning through hands-on exercises. Students in all courses of the Faculty of Applied Information Technology learn the rudiments of information collection, analysis and applications indispensable to IT engineers and develop the ability to create new values. Additionaly in the Human and Computer Intelligence Course, they can put these abilities to practical use in various national robot competitions.

Undergraduate School

Faculty of Engineering/Department of Engineering

Naval Architecture Course
Mechanical Engineering Course
Architecture Course
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Course
Medical Engineering Course

Faculty of Applied Information Technology/Department of Applied Information Technology

Human and Computer Intelligence Course
Management and Information Sciences Course
Life Environment Engineering Course

Post Graduate School Engineering

Doctoral Program

Department of Integrated Systems Engineering

修士课程

Department of Industrial Technology
Department of Environmental Planning
Department of Electronics and Information Technology

Japanese Language Course

About the Japanese Language Course

COURSE GOALS

This course is for international students hoping to enter the Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science (NiAS) .The course is designed to enhance the academic abilities necessary to complete Japanese undergraduate or graduate school programs.

DURATION

Spring Enrollment (April) 1 year
Fall Enrollment (September) 1 year and 6 months

CURRICULUM

Spring Enrollment:1 year Course

 

  SUBJECTS CREDITS CREDIT HOURS
JAPANESE LANGUAGE 24 720
COMPOSITION 2 60
CONVERSATION 2 60
PHYSICAL EDUCATION 2 60
MATHEMATICS 1 30
PHYSICS 1 30

Fall Enrollment:1 year and 6 month Course

 

  SUBJECTS CREDITS CREDIT HOURS
JAPANESE LANGUAGE 36 1080
COMPOSITION 3 90
CONVERSATION 3 90
PHYSICAL EDUCATION 3 90
MATHEMATICS 1 30
PHYSICS 1 30

【◎】REQUIRED、【△】ELECTIVE

GRADING and GRADUATION

Grades are given based on daily in-class performance, as well as examination results.Examinations are conducted in July and January. A certificate is issued upon completion of the required credits.
  1. A minimum of 30 credits(Spring Enrollment), 45 credits(Fall Enrollment) is required for graduation.
  2. Graduation will be approved based on grades earned and class attendance during enrollment period.
  3. Students may be expelled if absences from any single class exceeded 20% of the required class hours of each semester. Regular class attendance is expected of all students.

UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE

We have a special NiAS undergraduate examination for candidates recommended by the Japanese Language Course.
  1. Those who are successfully admitted to NiAS can have exemption of Admission Fee and Tuition Fee.(Total Amount of Exemption: 300,000 yen)
  2. Those who have completed undergraduate studies can take an entrance exam to the Graduate School of NiAS or transfer to an upper year of undergraduate studies.
  3. Those who enroll at NiAS can receive a 40% reduction of tuition fees through the University Tuition Fees Reduction Scheme.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Students are eligible to apply for the following scholarship:“Japan Students Service Organization Honors Scholarship for Self-Financing Overseas Students”
  1. Number of applicants: Limited to a few students (subject to change)
  2. Application: Scheduled for April
  3. Stipend: 48,000 yen monthly for a one year period (subject to change)

ACADEMIC YEAR SCHEDULE ( subject to change )

Spring Enrollment:1 year Course
1st Semester Entrance Ceremony Beginning of April, 2025
Orientation to JLC Beginning of April, 2025
Start of 1st Semester Beginning of April, 2025
Field Trip 1 April, 2025
Final Exam of the 1st Semester End of July, 2025– Beginning of August, 2025
Summer Vacation Beginnning of August - Mid-September, 2025
2st Semester Start of 2nd Semester Mid-September, 2025
Field Trip 2 December, 2025
Winter Vacation End of December, 2025– Beginning of January, 2026
Classes start again Beginning of January, 2026
Final Examination of the Year End of January, 2026– Beginning of February, 2026
Graduation Ceremony March, 2026
Fall Enrollment:1 year and 6 month Course
1st Semester Entrance Ceremony Mid-September,2025
Orientation to JLC Mid-September, 2025
Start of 1st Semester Mid-September, 2025
Field Trip 1 September, 2025
Field Trip 2 December, 2025
Winter Vacation End of December, 2025- Beginning of January, 2026
Final Exam of the 1st Semester End of January - Beginning of February, 2026
Spring Vacation Beginnnig of February - End of March, 2026
2st Semester Start of 2nd Semester Beginning of April, 2026
Final Exam of the 2nd Semester End of July, 2026- Beginning of August, 2026
Summer Vacation Beginning of August - Mid-September, 2026
3st Semester Start of 3rd Semester Mid- September, 2026
Winter Vacation End of December, 2026- Beginning of January, 2027
Final Exam of the Course End of January, 2027 Beginning of February, 2027
Graduation Ceremony March, 2027

WEEKLY TIME TABLE ( subject to change)

Spring Enrollment:1 year Course
  Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
8:50-10:20 Japanese Japanese Japanese Japanese Japanese
10:30-12:00 Japanese Japanese Japanese Japanese Japanese
13:00-14:30 Japanese Japanese Math
(2nd semester only)
CompositionA.B Physics
(2nd semester only)
14:40-16:10     Physical Education ConversationA/B  
Fall Enrollment:1 year and 6 month Course
  Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
8:50-10:20 Japanese Physical Education Japanese Japanese Japanese
10:30-12:00 Japanese Japanese Japanese Japanese Japanese
13:00-14:30 Japanese Japanese Conversation(1st & 3rd semester)
Math(2nd semester only)
Composition Physics
(2nd semester only)
14:40-16:10 Convesation
(2nd semester only)
Japanese      

APPLICATION

NUMBER OF STUDENTS TO BE ADMITTED

NUMBER OF STUDENTS TO BE ADMITTED: 50

Qualifications

Students who are foreign nationals, and meet the following two requirements:

  1. Those who have completed 12-years curriculum of schooling in their home country or expect to complete their education before entering the Japanese Language Course(Bekka), or those who are of an eligible age and have been deemed to have an equivalent educational background or higher than requirements stipulated above (e.g., person who has a “Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates in Japan”)
    ※Contact Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, if your home country has an 11-year education system. Studentes who are from such a system can apply for the course when the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) acknowledges it as having an equivalent level of Education.
  2. Those who have studied Japanese language for more than a year (more than 300hours) or have Japanese Language Proficiency equivalent to Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) N4 level at the time of Application for the course.
  • In principle, those who have studied for more than a year at an educational institution in Japan at the time of entry into this course are not allowed to apply.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES

The application fee and all the required documents have to arrive at the NiAS Japanese Language Course office BEFORE the deadline. All applications should be directed to the following address.

Japanese Language Course, Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science
536 Aba-Machi, Nagasaki, 851-0193, Japan
Tel:(81)95-838-5591
Fax:(81)95-839-0584
e-mail:bekka@campus.nias.ac.jp

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  • LIST OF DOCUMENTS
  • Application for Admission to Japanese Language Course of Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science
  • Japanese Language Course Pamphlet
Application Periods
Spring Enrollment:1 year Course 1 August 19, 2024 (Mon )  ― September 20, 2024 (Fri )
2 September 30 , 2024 (Mon ) ― December 6 , 2024 (Fri )
3 January14 , 2025 (Tue) ― February 28 , 2025 (Fri )
Fall Enrollment:1 year and 6 month Course March 24 , 2025 (Mon) ― June 30 , 2025 ( Mon )
Application Fee: JPY20,000
Please note that only full payment will be accepted.Fees are not refundable.
Bank Account
Name of Bank The Juhachi-Shinwa Bank,Ltd. Nagasaki main office
Address of Bank 6-6Nigiwai-machi, Nagasaki,850-0876 Swift Code of Bank: SHWAJPJT
Account Type Ordinary
Account No. 0108723
Account Holder Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science
Holder’s Address 536 Aba-machi, Nagasaki, 851-0193, Japan

Important Information for the Application

  1. When the documents are written in a language other than Japanese, it is the applicant’s responsibility to attach a Japanese translation with an official seal certified by a government, a notary public, or an educational institution.
  2. All application documents should be sent in one package.
  3. Fill out the application forms with a black ink pen or a ballpoint pen.
    ※Erasable pens are not acceptable.
  4. The applicants will be deprived of the qualifications for candidacy, if any false statements on the application documents are found.
  5. Submit the original copies of certification for application except in specified cases. Submitting any copies of documents on request, make sure that they have been copied clearly.
  6. Applicants may be requested to submit additional documents if Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science considers it as necessary.
  7. The documents submitted will not be returned.
  8. Keep a copy of the application documents in case the documents are needed for a visa application.

SCREENING

After a review of application documents and an online interview, applicants will be notified of acceptance or rejection.

RESULT NOTIFICATION

Spring Enrollment:1 year Course

  • Applications received during the first period: Early October
  • Applications received during the second period: Late November
  • Applications received during the third period: As admitted

Fall Enrollment:1 year and 6 month Course

  • Late June

NiAS JAPANESE LANGUAGE COURSE PROCEDURES

Tuition (Admission of 2024 Academic Year)
Fee Amount Due
Spring Enrollment Fall Enrollment
Admission fee ¥100,000 ¥100,000 Upon issue of Certificate of Eligibility
Tuition ¥500,000 ¥750,000
Learning experience fees ¥50,000 ¥75,000
Learning materials fees ¥30,000 ¥45,000
Total ¥680,000 ¥970,000

Note:

  1. The applicant must complete the registration process by the deadline in order to enter the course. No late registration will be accepted.
  2. The Admission fee will not be refunded for any reason once it has been received.
  3. Those applicants who decline to register in the course for unavoidable reasons must tender a cancellation of registration by the deadline in order to receive refund of the Tuition. More details will be included in the registration package sent to successful applicants.

Daily Life

LIVING EXPENSES

Average living expenses in Nagasaki are lower than those in most major Japanese cities. The average monthly Nagasaki living costs for NiAS students are estimated as follows:

Housing ¥25,000~¥35,000
Meals ¥30,000~¥40,000
Miscellaneous ¥10,000~¥20,000
Total ¥65,000~¥95,000
Note:There are many available different apartment types . Apartments in Japan are almost completely unfurnished.

HOUSING

  1. NiAS Dormitory -“WASHIN-RYO”-for International Students
    Newly admitted overseas students have priority to live in this dormitory. All rooms are double rooms, which consist of two rooms, a combination dining-kitchen, a bath room and a toilet. Monthly rent is 25,000 Japanese yen and the monthly fee for common facilities is 1,000 Japanese yen. Double rooms are furnished with two beds, two desks and two chairs and daily electrical appliances (an air-conditioner, a refrigerator, a washing machine and so on). Wi-Fi is also available for a fee of about 1,500 Japanese yen/month. It takes 30 minutes from the main campus on foot and 10 minutes by bicycles. There are a shopping mall, supermarkets and convenience stores in the vicinity. Smoking is not allowed at any time except in the designated area.
  2. Accommodations for International Students introduced by NiAS (subject to change)
    NiAS will help first year international students to find accommodations.The monthly rent is around ¥25,000 -¥35,000(gas, electricity, and water rates are not included).An additional fee (key money) is required: the annual rate is ¥30,000.The university equips each accommodation with a desk, chair, Japanese-style bedding, a refrigerator, a washing machine and so on.Students have to pay for their own mattress and blankets: one set is ¥10,000.
  3. Privately owned apartments
    Students can rent a privately owned apartment or house instead of accommodations recommended by the university. In this case, Japanese custom usually requires renters to pay a one-time lump-sum in addition to monthly rent, which is called Shikikin and Rekin. Shikikin is a damage security deposit and may be refunded upon vacating. Reikin is a nonrefundable fee paid to the landlord. Shikikin and Reikin combined usually totals 1-4 months monthly rent.
  • NiAS overseas students are required to enroll in the “Comprehensive Renters Insurance for ForeignStudents”(the annual premium is ¥4,000).

HEALTH INSURANCE

  1. National Health Insurance (compulsory)The insurance generally covers 70% of all medical expenses, which means that patients pay only the remaining 30% at a hospital, clinic or dental office. Applications are accepted at Nagasaki City Hall when students apply for resident card. The annual premium is ¥17,800.
  2. Student Accident and Injury Insurance (compulsory)All students must apply for this insurance covering medical treatment of injuries sustained in class or during extracurricular activities. The annual premium is ¥800.

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For further information

Japanese Language Course, Nagasaki Institute of Applied Scienc
536 Aba-Machi, Nagasaki, 851-0193, Japan
Tel:(81)95-838-5591 Fax:(81)95-839-0584
E-mail:bekka@campus.nias.ac.jp