• ENGLISH In today’s globalized information society, students must be cultivated to have broad views and open minds. In order to achieve this, they must be able to communicate freely in the international community, and this requires skills in English, the well-established common world language.
  • GERMAN Germany and the German-speaking sphere form a major hub for European politics and Economy. For understanding the rich culture(philosophy, literature, art, science, etc.), German language is a highly useful tool.
  • FRENCH Why not learn French, the second official language of the UN? Welcome to the page of the Section for French Language Education of the Center for Culture and Language Education (CCLE). French is a melodious language. We provide French language and culture education, focusing on the entire French-speaking sphere.
  • RUSSIAN ロシア語はインド・ヨーロッパ語族スラヴ語派の言語であり、旧ソ連のヨーロッパ部をヨーロッパに含めて考えればヨーロッパで最も話し手の多い言語である。
  • SPANISH We offer a variety of Spanish classes to help students learn not only the four skills – reading, writing, listening and speaking – but also how to interact in Spanish.
  • CHINESE The Chinese language is very familiar for Japanese learners, since there is a long history of exchange with China and the Japanese language uses some Chinese characters (known in Japanese as kanji). We look forward to helping you study the beautiful language of Chinese in this wonderful study environment where there are lots of international students from China and a wealth of various educational materials.
  • KOREAN The country nearest to Japan is South Korea! The foreign language easiest for Japanese people to learn is Korean! Why not learn Korean, make friends from South Korea and enjoy Korean culture?
  • JAPANESE Tohoku University’s Japanese language courses can be divided into two programs: the liberal education program and the Japanese language training program.