Links

 

Japanese Studies Organisations and Networks

The British Association for Japanese Studies

European Association for Japanese Studies

The Japan Library Group

The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures

The Japan Research Centre at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London

Universities offering Japanese Studies

Universities offering Japanese/Japanese Studies as a Single Honours undergraduate degree:

Birkbeck, University of London: Department of Film, Media and Cultural Studies

University of Cambridge: Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Durham University: School of Modern Languages and Cultures

University of East Anglia: Centre for Japanese Studies

University of Edinburgh: School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures

University of Leeds: School of Languages, Cultures and Societies

University of Manchester: School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

Newcastle University: School of Modern Languages

University of Oxford: Faculty of Oriental Studies

University of Oxford: Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies

Oxford Brookes University: Department of English and Modern Languages

University of Sheffield: School of East Asian Studies

SOAS, University of London: Department of the Languages and Cultures of Japan and Korea

Please note that some of the above universities also offer opportunities to study Japanese/Japanese Studies as a component of a Joint/Combined Honours degree.

Universities offering Joint/Combined Honours undergraduate degrees with Japanese Studies:

Cardiff University: School of Modern Languages

University of Central Lancashire: School of Humanities, Language and Global Studies

University of Edinburgh: School of Literature Languages and Cultures

University of Leeds: School of Languages, Cultures and Societies

Please note that this list is based on the research of the Japan Foundation and may not be comprehensive. Please contact the Japan Foundation if you wish to add a University to this list.

Universities offering Japanese Language or Translation/Interpreting Degrees only

University of Birmingham: School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music

University of Essex: Languages and Linguistics

University of Hertfordshire: School of Humanities

London Metropolitan University:Guildhall School of Business and Law

Manchester Metropolitan University: Humanities, Languages and Social Science

University of Portsmouth: School of Languages and Applied Linguistics

Queen Mary, University of London: School of Languages and Applied Linguistics

University of Reading: School of Literature and Languages

University of Southampton: Modern Languages and Linguistics

University College London: SELCS

University of Warwick: School of Modern Languages and Cultures

York St John University: School of Education, Language and Psychology

Study in Japan

Study in Japan

Embassy of Japan in the UK’s Education and Scholarships Page

 

Other Funding for Japanese Studies in the UK

The British Association for Japanese Studies

European Association for Japanese Studies

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation

The Japan Foundation Endowment Committee

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science London

The Japan World Exposition 1970 Commemorative Fund (万博記念基金事業)