The Japanese Language Program aims to qualify learners of Japanese Language to be almost native speakers of Japanese Language and a professional translator from and into Japanese, as well as mastering the skills of intercultural dialogue, for which translation is a major crossing.
The program meets the labor market’s need for a large number of highly qualified translators to be a bridge to transfer culture to Egypt and the Arab world in light of the Egyptian state’s tendency to benefit from the Japanese experience in all fields.
- why study the Japanese language Program at GU
The Japanese language program at Galala University is the only one which is supervised by Japanese and Egyptian staff and has a partnership with Hiroshima University. There are 5 Professors from Hiroshima University co-supervising with Galala University in managing the curriculums, teaching staff, overseas study opportunities, etc..
The program has academic ties and collaborative relations with other Japanese universities such as Keio University, Tohoku University, Nara Women’s University, and Yokohama National University.
In addition, Galala University is seeking to negotiate with other Japanese universities in order to provide overseas study opportunities for the enrolled students in the program.
Moreover, the program in cooperation with Japanese associations prepares training courses for the enrolled students in the fields of Japanese language, bilingual translation and interpretation, education of Japanese language for foreigners using the latest technological methods and best-seller textbooks under the supervision of elite Japanese and Egyptian experts.
The program also provides training opportunities for the enrolled students to master the written, oral, and visual translation to and from the Japanese language, especially the ones related to and required in Egyptian and Japanese companies, organizations, and associations, such as subtitling, manga, Japanese animation films, films, Journalistic, economic, lawful, religious, literary translations. Moreover, the program provides training courses in teaching skills to the Japanese language for international students.
- Opportunities to Study in Japan
– The program qualifies the top degree students for obtaining grants from the Japanese Embassy to study at distinguished Japanese universities for a period of one year. The Japanese government undertakes to provide air tickets, accommodation costs, Japanese university expenses, and a monthly stipend for the duration of stay in Japan.
– The program qualifies students to apply for grants to travel to study in Japan. These grants are offered by Japanese universities: long grants from 6 months to a year, and short grants from two weeks to 3 months.
– The Egypt-Japan Education Partenership (EJEP) of the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education provides opportunities for program students to obtain scholarships to study in Japan for a semester or a year at Japanese universities.
– The program prepares workshops and seminars with Japanese students and professors from Japanese universities.
