This course is mainly for all graduate students and research students who wish to enter graduate school. Some international students need academic Japanese language skills for their research activities, while others need Japanese for daily communication in the laboratory. For this reason, we focus on specialized Japanese language courses for research activities such as writing papers, presentations, and oral communication using Japanese, and also offer general Japanese language courses and Kanji and vocabulary courses as the basis for general Japanese language courses. There are seven levels of Japanese, from introductory (100 level) to advanced (700 level).

Elective Japanese Language Course
【Introductory ~ Upper-advanced　Levels 100~700】

Exclusive for

graduate students*, research students, special research students, and special auditors at the University of Osaka.

  • Only students enrolled until the last day of the class period.

Location

Suita Campus, IC Hall 2F

Classes

Students can choose any classes suitable to their needs(Japanese proficiency, academic aims, etc.).

  • For levels 100~300, students can only choose one level.
  • Students with Japanese proficiency level of 400 or above may take classes ranging from levels 400 to 700 across levels. However, the same skill classes cannot be taken at different levels.
    ◆Skill: JW(Writing), JC(Communication), JR(Reading)
    〇 Combination registration of JW400, JC500, and JR600 is allowed.
    × Combination registration of JW500, JW600, and JW700 is not allowed.

Credit

No academic credit will be given for this course.

Registration

Please register for classes through KOAN website.
(except some special auditors such as students of FrontierLab@OsakaU).

  • If the number of applicants exceeds the limit, students may not be able to take the class.

Registration period

Fri. March 27th ~ Fri. April 24th

  • Some special auditors must check their own department’s registration period.

Course starts

Fri. April 10th

Registration cancellation

Mon. April 27th ~ Wed. May 13th
【Attention!】Graduate students are not permitted to take some subjects in elective course’s 600/700 Level. They can choose “Interdisciplinary Education Subjects” to earn credits.

Timetable(2026 Spring-Summer) available here
Guidebook(2026 Spring-Summer)
  • KOAN syllabus for 2026 Spring-Summer semester will be available for reference after Friday, March 13.