


Nagoya University
Nagoya, Japan
Founded in 1871 as a medical school, and later designated a national university in 1947, Nagoya University is now one of Japan’s leading higher education institutions, known for its research excellence. It is a comprehensive university that includes 13 graduate schools, 9 undergraduate schools, three research institutes and 18 research centers. Currently, the total number of students is 16,000, of which 2,700 are international.
Nagoya University is located in the Greater Nagoya Area of central Japan, the nation’s third largest metropolitan area, and its primary manufacturing belt. The university’s free and open academic culture has been the springboard for many remarkable research achievements. Its collegial atmosphere has nurtured a number of world class scholars, including six Nobel laureates since 2001. Furthermore, Nagoya University has established its presence across Asia as Japan’s leading university, engaging in various international cooperation initiatives.
Nagoya University aims to increase our intake of international students to 3,200 in 10 years, while promoting the participation of Japanese students within our English-taught international programs. We also strive to increase the number of students who engage in study or training abroad programs to 70 percent. Through these aggressive internationalization tactics, Nagoya University hopes to increase the global awareness of faculty and student alike. By constructing a highly internationalized campus, we wish to attract top notch students, faculty and administrative staff from the global talent pool.
Website: https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/index.html
VSE Season 2, 2022-23: Courses offered by Nagoya University
Application Deadline
Students must submit an application to the VSE Central Office before:
Feb 22, 2023 12:00 noon Hong Kong Time (UTC+8)
Course Information
Course information posted on this page are provided by the course offering university and may be changed or updated anytime without prior notice.
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Number of Credits | 2 | ||
Offering Department | International Programs (G30) | ||
Course Teacher | Yasuyo TOKUHIRO | ||
Language of Instruction | Multiple Languages | ||
First Day of Class | Apr 17, 2023 | ||
Last Day of Class | Jul 31, 2023 | ||
Course Component | Lecture | ||
Mode of Teaching | Synchronous | ||
Meeting Time | Mon 14:45-16:15 | ||
Time Zone | UTC+09 | ||
Course Description | When discussing the challenges of studying Japanese, more than a few people bring up kanji. It is common for people studying the language to feel some uncertainty about just how many kanji they should learn, or how useful any particular kanji will turn out to be. There are many kanji characters, and it takes time to learn them. However, once you have made them your own, knowing kanji can be very useful, and will contribute to your understanding of Japanese and will help accelerate the speed with which the language can be learned. Learning kanji will also enhance your ability to reason and help you be both more expressive and creative. The use of one kanji will often lead to the use of another kanji and so help with building vocabulary. There are people who lament that they ‘forget the kanji right away. ‘We like to tell these folks that’ Forgetting is a good thing. Only people who have forgotten a character can recall it. People who never knew a character cannot bring it back to mind.’ Escaping from the sense of helplessness in thoughts like ‘I’ll be forgetting it at any rate’ may in fact be a hidden key to success when it comes to learning kanji. It is our sincere hope that this class will prove useful as part of a process in which students transition from learning frequently used kanji to a level where the feeling is that one ‘couldn’t possibly forget’ a particular character that has been encountered many times. | ||
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Course Prerequisites/Restrictions | Language of Instruction: Japanese and English | ||
Points to Note for Students | This course aims to help students build an advanced knowledge of kanji so they can understand and use 2,200 kanji and kanji vocabulary. | ||
Fees to be Borne by Students | Textbook: Yasuyo TOKUHIRO, KANJI 2200 Listed according to Frequency and Familiarity, Sanseido Co., Ltd. ISBN978-4-385-14074-2 |
Number of Credits | 2 | ||
Offering Department | International Programs (G30) | ||
Course Teacher | Mio SEKIGUCHI | ||
Language of Instruction | Multiple Languages | ||
First Day of Class | Apr 11, 2023 | ||
Last Day of Class | Aug 1, 2023 | ||
Course Component | Lecture | ||
Mode of Teaching | Synchronous | ||
Meeting Time | Tue 18:15-19:45 | ||
Time Zone | UTC+09 | ||
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Course Outline | Course information of Spring Semester will be updated on this website. Please refer to the syllabus for the details of Academic Japanese 2B. | ||
Course Prerequisites/Restrictions | Class materials are designed for lower-intermediate Japanese learner. Students are required to have basic knowlege of Japanese. | ||
Points to Note for Students | Language of Instruction: English and Japanese Objectives of the Course | ||
Fees to be Borne by Students | Textbook: "留学生のためのアカデミック・ジャパニーズ聴解[中級]" スリーエーネットワークISBN978-4-88319-641-8 |
Number of Credits | 2 | ||
Offering Department | Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences | ||
Course Teacher | Serge Richard | ||
Language of Instruction | English | ||
First Day of Class | Apr 12, 2023 | ||
Last Day of Class | Jul 26, 2023 | ||
Course Component | Lecture | ||
Mode of Teaching | Synchronous / Asynchronous | ||
Meeting Time | Wed 18:30-20:00 | ||
Time Zone | UTC+09 | ||
Course Description | Functional analysis is a useful tool for many physical theories, and has been partially developed concomitantly with quantum mechanics. The aim of this course is to provide the necessary background for a good understanding of the mathematics behind several physics or engineering courses. During this one semester course, the notions of Lebesgue integrals, distributions, and the foundation of spectral theory, will be introduced. Depending on the interest of the audience, different tools of spectral theory will be further developed. | ||
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Course Prerequisites/Restrictions | Basic knowledge on Calculus and Linear Algebra, as usually provided by 2 semesters of Calculus and 2 semesters of Linear Algebra. | ||
Points to Note for Students | Lectures available on Zoom and recording will be available. | ||
Fees to be Borne by Students | N/A |
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