Almost two-thirds of Middlebury students spend at least one semester studying off campus by the time they graduate. For those students who wish to study in Japan during their junior year, courses well suited to their needs are available at approved programs.
Middlebury College is one of 16 colleges in the Associated Kyoto Program consortium. Students accepted to AKP take one academic year of intensive language and a variety of other courses taught by participating faculty from member colleges. AKP students live with Japanese host families and participate in the normal activities of the home. Middlebury students report that the homestay experience is especially enriching.
Middlebury College has exchange programs with Doshisha University in Kyoto and Keio University in Tokyo. Students in these programs participate in regular university courses taught in Japanese and have dormitory and other residential options.
Links to Programs in Japan:
Associated Kyoto Program http://www.associatedkyotoprogram.org/
Doshisha University
http://www.doshisha.ac.jp/
Keio University
http://www.keio.ac.jp/
Nanzan University
http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/
Sophia University
http://www.sophia.ac.jp/