UPDATES
New! UTokyo Global Unit Courses extended the deadline of application to 15 March 2021 at 10:00 am (Japan Standard Time).
We will offer zoom information sessions as follows. These sessions will be led by a faculty member who will be teaching one of the UTokyo Global Unit Courses.
< Available at the following times. (Japan Standard Time)>
March 9, Tuesday 8:30~9:00 (am)
March 12, Friday 17:00~17:30 (pm)
For more details, please see: zoom information session
Eligibility

- The International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU): http://www.iaruni.org/about/members
- The Asian Universities Alliance (AUA): https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/academics/aua.html
- The Association of East Asian Research Universities (AEARU): https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/academics/aearu.html
- Strategic Partner universities: https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/academics/sp-uni.html
- UTokyo USTEP (University-wide Student Exchange Program) partner universities: https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/academics/ustep-overview.html
- UTokyo partner universities with which the university has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding or Agreement: http://dir.u-tokyo.ac.jp/SysKyotei/01/
Program Schedule

Receive Result of Screening: Early April
Payment Deadline: Mid-April
Program Period: Mid-June to August
Course Code | Instructor | Title | Course schedule | Number of sessions | Units |
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GUC21S101L | Prof. Kaori Hayashi | Media in Japan and the World | July 5-9 13:00-14:30 /15:00-16:30 |
10 sessions | 1 unit |
GUC21S102L | Prof. Kentaro Matsubara | Law in Transnational East Asia | July 19-23 17:00-18:30/19:00-20:30 |
10 sessions | 1 unit |
GUC21S103D | Prof. Yujin Yaguchi *on-demand |
Writings About Japan--Analyzing Cultural Representations, From Orientalism to Artificial Intelligence | Course materials available: July 5 - August 6 Synchronous live sessions 1&2 (attendance required). *see syllabus for further information. |
10 sessions | 1 unit |
GUC21S201L | Prof. Yukari Ito | Group Theory and Its Applications--Introduction to Beautiful Modern Mathematics | June 14-18/21-25 17:00-18:30 |
10 sessions | 1 unit |
GUC21S301L | Asst. Prof. Sho Tsuji | Early Language Acquisition--How Human Infants Learn Language Within Their Social Environment | July 5-9 17:00-18:30 |
5 sessions | 0.5 unit |
GUC21S401L | Japanese Language Courses | Survival Japanese for Beginners-A | June 28-July 2 13:00-14:30 |
5 sessions | 0.5 unit |
GUC21S402L | Japanese Language Courses | Survival Japanese for Beginners-B | July 26-30 8:30-10:00 |
5 sessions | 0.5 unit |
GUC21S403L | Japanese Language Courses | Step up Japanese for Upper Beginners | July 5-9/12-16 8:30-10:00 |
10 sessions | 1 unit |
GUC21S404L | Japanese Language Courses | Introduction to Academic Presentation in Japanese (Intermediate Level) | July 12-16 10:30-12:00 |
5 sessions | 0.5 unit |
GUC21S405L | Japanese Language Courses | Tips on Reading Japanese Kanji for Kanji Background Students (Intermediate to Advanced Level) | July 12-30 Tue./Thu. 8:30-10:00 |
5 sessions | 0.5 unit |
Courses/ Delivery method
Media in Japan and the World
(online, synchronous)
Hi. My name is Kaori Hayashi, written 林香里 in Chinese characters. After working as a journalist at Reuters in the early 1990s, I began investigating the Japanese media and journalism in a global context. As one of the few female professors on campus (less than 10% of the entire faculty), I belong to the absolute minority group in the UTokyo community. I am a strong advocate for gender justice and am constantly challenging gender biases and stereotypes. In the course I teach, I will focus on both the changing and unchanging aspects of journalism in this volatile digitized age and hope to think together with you about their implications for social justice and democracy from a comparative perspective. I am looking forward to having productive discussions with all of you!
Law in Transnational East Asia
(online, synchronous)
If you are interested in East Asian cultures and societies, Tokyo is one of the best places (if not the best place) in the world to build your body of learning. My area of expertise is in the Legal History and Comparative Law involving East Asian societies. After completing my LL.B. in Tokyo and D.Phil. in Oxford, I have held research and teaching posts in Columbia Law School, Hong Kong University, the National University of Singapore, and Yale University. I have always enjoyed teaching groups of students with diverse backgrounds, seeing how they learn from each other. I am excited to be part of the first GUC courses in this university, and hope this will, for both teacher and student, the beginning of a long-term exchange of ideas and experiences.
Writings About Japan--Analyzing Cultural Representations, From Orientalism to Artificial Intelligence
(on-demand, nonsynchronous)
I am a cultural studies scholar who focues on United States-Japan relations. As the Director of International Education Support Office, I am also passionate about promoting internatonal student exchanges. My course will focus on how Japan has been portrayed in various media(written texts, films, artificial intelligence) throughout the last 150 years to understand the dynamics of cultural represenations. I also hope to share the wonders and challenges of living in Tokyo today, based on insights gained from my daily walk in Ueno Park! I am truly excited to teach this course and am looking forward to "meeting" with students from all over the world.
Group Theory and Its Applications--Introduction to Beautiful Modern Mathematics
(online, synchronous)
I am a Professor of Kavli Institute for Mathematics and the Physics of the Universe (IPMU)of UTokyo. I am interested in Algebraic Geometry, which is related to Superstring theory. I am also interested in mathematical education and have organized Exhibitions for "Mathematics Museum" several times. Recently I published a book entitled "Introduction to Beautiful Mathematics" in Japanese. I would like to share with the students in this course a part of the book where I discuss some traditional Japanese culture and mathematics. Moreover, I will introduce recent research on Algebraic Geometry, for example, McKay correspondence, which is studied extensively in UK , Europe and Japan.
Early Language Acquisition--How Human Infants Learn Language Within Their Social Environment
(online, synchronous)
My research investigates the mechanisms behind young children’s amazing capacity to acquire language fast and efficiently in diverse environments.
Language acquisition is both potent and fragile: Normally developing babies learn language at a speed unrivaled by machines, but early adversity can dramatically affect early acquisition. Understanding the mechanisms behind their learning is of high societal relevance, since early language skills are the single best predictor for later academic success.Drawing on observational, experimental, and interventional methods, I focus on the role of the linguistic environment and social context for advancing learning.
Japanese Language Courses
*Japanese Language Courses are open only to the students who register for at least one of the above courses. The courses will be taught by faculty of Center for Japanese Language Education.
■Survival Japanese for Beginners--A
■Survival Japanese for Beginners--B
*note: A and B are the same content but offered in different weeks.
■Step up Japanese for Upper Beginners
■Introduction to Academic Presentation in Japanese (Intermediate Level)
■Tips on Reading Japanese Kanji for Kanji background students (Intermediate to Advanced Level)
*UTokyo reserves the right to cancel courses for reasons such as insufficient number of registrants. Appropriate refunds will be given in case of cancellation.
Program fee

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The program fee must be paid in full after admission is confirmed in April by credit card ONLY.<br>
Payment Deadline:TBA
Application

https://t-cens-sp.adm.u-tokyo.ac.jp/t-cens_sp/login.php?prg=102882e31094057daf4d0a4feff11f51697480a8
Please refer to Instruction for your GUC application via T-cens SP carefully.
The following documents must be submitted.
*Be sure that the file size of each document does not exceed 2MB.
1) A color ID photo, plain background (taken within the last 3 months)
2) A copy of your identification (passport or student ID card)
3) An OFFICIAL transcript(s) from all the institutions of higher education one has attended
4) Grading scale (if not mentioned in the above official transcript)
5) Consent Form
*Download the form from below link, read it carefully and sign.
*3~5) Please scan and save the data as a PDF file.
6) Statement of purpose for each course you want to apply for
*Download the form:
- 21S101L_Media in Japan and the World
- 21S102L_Law in Transnational East Asia
- 21S103D_Writings About Japan--Analyzing Cultural Representations, From Orientalism to Artificial Intelligence
- 21S201L_Group Theory and Its Applications--Introduction to Beautiful Modern Mathematics
- 21S301L_Early Language Acquisition--How Human Infants Learn Language Within Their Social Environment
- 21S401L_Survival Japanese for Beginners-A
- 21S402L_Survival Japanese for Beginners-B
- 21S403L_Step up Japanese for Upper Beginners
- 21S404L_Introduction to Academic Presentation in Japanese (Intermediate Level)
- 21S405L_Tips on Reading Japanese Kanji for Kanji Background Students (Intermediate to Advanced Level)
Language Requirement

Global Unit / Assessment

Contact

International Exchange Group, Education and Student Support Department,
The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8652 JAPAN
Please send all inquiries regarding the courses to the following email address:
utokyo-guc.adm(at)gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp *Please change (at) to @