Konan University

Infobox University
name = Konan University


motto =
established = 1918 (as Konan Gakuen Middle School)
established = 1951 (Konan University opens)
type = Private
city = Kobe
country = Japan
students = 9400
campus = Urban
mascot =
website= [http://www.konan-u.ac.jp/english/indexE.html http://www.konan-u.ac.jp/ (English)] nihongo|Konan University|甲南大学|Kōnan Daigaku is a university located on the slopes of Rokko Mountain in the Higashinada-ku ward of the city of Kobe, Japan. A private university with approximately 10,000 students, the university offers a wide variety of programs to Japanese students, as well as an international exchange program through the Konan International Exchange Centre.

Faculties

Konan University is made up of five faculties, offering a multitude of degrees. The faculties are:
* Faculty of Letters (Similar to a Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in North American universities)
* Faculty of Science and Engineering
* Faculty of Economics
* Faculty of Law
* Faculty of Business Administration

International Students

Konan offers a program for international students through the Konan International Exchange Centre, or KIEC. This program runs from September through May for students from North America and Europe, and from January to December for students from Australia and New Zealand. Usually made up of between thirty and forty-five students, the program includes rigorous language study, Japanese Studies classes on various topics of Japanese culture, business, and society, and a homestay in which the student lives with a Japanese family. In previous years the homestay was a mandatory part of the program, however due to increasing numbers of international students, a dormitory option has been made available.

Konan offers exchange opportunities with the following universities:
* Canada
** Carleton University
** University of Victoria
* United States of America
** University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
** University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
* United Kingdom
** Leeds University
* Australia
** Murdoch University
** Edith Cowan University
* New Zealand
** University of Waikato
* Germany
** Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
* France
** Université François-Rabelais de Tours
** Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3

In addition, students from the "Illinois Consortium" are welcome. This includes the University of Hawaii, the University of Arizona, and the University of Pittsburgh.