Advanced Language Study Programs
Inter-University Program
The Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies (IUP), formerly known as the ‘Stanford Center,’ is now in its 8th year in Beijing on the campus of Tsinghua University. IUP was originally established in Taipei, Taiwan in 1963 and in 1997 relocated to its current site in Beijing. UP currently offers a 32-week Academic Year Program, a 16-week Semester Option, and an 8-week Summer Intensive Program. All programs are located on the Tsinghua University campus in Beijing.
http://ieas.berkeley.edu/iup/
CET Academic Programs
CET Academic Programs is a private study abroad organization based in Washington, DC that has been designing and administering educational programs abroad since 1982. We offer quality study abroad programs in Vietnam, China, the Czech Republic, and Italy. CET is well known for its innovations in the field of study abroad. Our programs specialize in integrating students into the society in which they are living. Each program is a model in student-centered learning, in which students are constantly challenged to contextualize their studies within the society that surrounds them. Our programs emphasize high academic standards, innovative approaches to teaching, and careful student management. Staffed by 18 full-time employees in the US and abroad, CET currently sends more than 400 American students abroad annually.
CIEE Program at Nanjing University
This program is designed for students with one to four years of college-level Mandarin Chinese and an interest in Chinese studies who wish to immerse themselves in a more traditional and accessible locale against the backdrop of a large developing Chinese city. Entrants live at either the University with Chinese roommates or with a Chinese family, receive travel breaks to allow exploring and practicing Chinese, have easy access to community and city life, and more.
http://www.ciee.org/program_search/program_detail.aspx?program_id=50
CIEE Program at Peking University in Beijing
The CIEE Study Center at Peking University is one of the oldest and most recognized intensive Chinese language programs. The Peking University Center for Teaching Chinese houses over eight different language levels and many other elective courses that benefit the specific needs of each student. Intensive language courses coupled with individual language tutorials, diversified field trips, modern housing facilities, and experienced on-site staff, make the CIEE Study Center in Beijing an incredible place to study and learn cross-cultural skills under the auspices of the most famous university in China.
http://www.ciee.org/program_search/program_detail.aspx?program_id=48
CIEE Summer Program at Peking University in Beijing
The program at Peking University is designed for students who have studied one to three years of college-level Mandarin Chinese and who wish to further develop their language skills and cross-cultural training within a beautiful university campus in Beijing. Students are divided into four levels for intensive Mandarin language training: intermediate, high intermediate, advanced I, and advanced II. CIEE students are partnered with a Peking University student upon arrival to facilitate cross-cultural discussion and individual tutoring of the Chinese language. The program supplements the language training with weekly excursions to various areas in Beijing and has an experienced on-site director to support each student.
http://www.ciee.org/program_search/program_detail.aspx?program_id=118
Georgetown University Summer School
Georgetown University is offering intensive Chinese language courses this summer, spread throughout four sessions. Sessions last from four to five weeks.
http://summerschool.georgetown.edu/
Harvard Summer School
A challenging and rewarding Ivy League university experience awaits students at the Harvard Summer School. As part of America’s oldest and most prestigious university, the Harvard Summer School offers open admission in several hundred day and evening liberal arts courses, in addition to English language programs for non-native speakers (see Institute for English Language Programs), a selective college-level program for secondary school students (see Secondary School Program), opportunities for study abroad, and many events and extracurricular activities. Students will have access to a distinguished faculty, well-equipped labs, exceptional museums, and the largest university library system in the world. Harvard Summer School students of many ages from all areas of the United States and more than 90 countries live and learn together as they satisfy their intellectual curiosities, earn college credit, and explore Harvard University.
http://www.summer.harvard.edu/
Middlebury College
The Japanese School is dedicated to serve the field by building on Middlebury College’s long-standing commitment to language study. An immersion program is not a substitute for regular college courses, or for time spent living in Japan. It is an efficient, effective, and productive way to gain a strong foundation in the language, or to quickly improve proficiency in all areas. Many students have commented that they have gained as much from a summer in Middlebury as they have from their experience of living in Japan.
http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/ls/japanese/
CIEE Program at Tokyo, Japan
The CIEE Study Center at Sophia University is designed to provide students with superior cross-cultural and language training by way of intensive Japanese language course work, offering a range of courses in various disciplines, a managed homestay program, and providing on-site staff to support the students. Located in the heart of downtown Tokyo, students can either stay in the University or in homestays. Open to students with all levels of Japanese proficiency.
http://www.ciee.org/program_search/program_detail.aspx?program_id=55
Harvard Summer School
A challenging and rewarding Ivy League university experience awaits students at the Harvard Summer School. As part of America’s oldest and most prestigious university, the Harvard Summer School offers open admission in several hundred day and evening liberal arts courses, in addition to English language programs for non-native speakers (see Institute for English Language Programs), a selective college-level program for secondary school students (see Secondary School Program), opportunities for study abroad, and many events and extracurricular activities. Students will have access to a distinguished faculty, well-equipped labs, exceptional museums, and the largest university library system in the world. Harvard Summer School students of many ages from all areas of the United States and more than 90 countries live and learn together as they satisfy their intellectual curiosities, earn college credit, and explore Harvard University.
http://www.summer.harvard.edu/
Japan-American Student Conference
The Japan-America Student Conference (JASC) is a non-profit educational and cultural exchange program for university students from the United States and Japan. It is the oldest student-run exchange program in the United States, beginning with the first JASC in 1934. JASC provides an opportunity for Japanese and American students from diverse backgrounds to extensively discuss issues that affect our two nations. By working together to confront common concerns, our countries can improve mutual understanding, friendship, and trust to strengthen our partnership. As students, we stand in a unique position that permits us to cooperatively observe and participate in contemporary politics and diplomacy. Our student status also facilitates education, about ourselves and also about others. As the leaders of the future, we must begin an active, personal commitment to these goals now.
http://www.jasc.org/index.htm
The Nambu Foundation
The Nambu Foundation is a non-profit organization which allows outstanding undergraduate and graduate students to participate in a two month internship at a Japanese company. The internship provides the student with valuable opportunities to learn Japanese business practices and to receive on-the-job-training. Since the start of the program in 1987, over 280 students have had the unique experience of working for a Japanese company.