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Josai Establishes Academic Exchange Agreement with Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church

On June 15, a seven-member delegation from Josai led by Chancellor Mizuta visited the campus of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary to finalize an academic exchange agreement with the school. University President Balla Péter applied his seal of approval, thanking Josai for giving exchange students from his school the opportunity for a meaningful and productive learning experience at Josai, an institution that has produced great results in the area of Japanese language education. Chancellor Mizuta expressed her mutual delight at the agreement, adding that as the Josai program offers instruction in not only Japanese language, but tradition and culture as well, she hopes that many exchange students will come to the university to learn.

As Dr. Balla Péter explained, Károli Gáspár University was originally founded in 1855 as the Reformed Church Academy of Theology. In 1993, with the support of the Reformed Church, the school implemented other academic departments besides theology in a shift to the standard university format. In 1995, the Japanese Studies major was added to the School of Humanities, where roughly 80 students study the Japanese language. Numerous national scholarship students from Károli Gáspár have studied at JIU and there are several Ph.D. candidates in the humanities enrolled at present. However, this September will mark the first time a recipient of the Mizuta-Hungary Human Resources Scholarship will be enrolled in the JIU Media Studies program. With Japanese language as a foothold, one can expect the growth of a variety of exchange programs between the two schools.

 

Károli Gáspár Affixes their Seal

Károli Gáspár Affixes their Seal

With Károli Gáspár Faculty

With Károli Gáspár Faculty


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