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- Will there be a student gathering event?
- Can international students work in Japan?
- What are career opportunities for SFC students like?
- How to learn Japanese at SFC?
- How is the living environment in Japan?
Especially for the GIGA freshmen (those who enrolled through Winter AO [for the GIGA Program]), we hold the Freshman Session and the Welcome Party in late September.
A Year at SFC
To work part-time in Japan, permission must first be obtained from Immigration Bureau of Japan. Part-time jobs for international students are limited to 28 hours per week (up to 8 hours per day during summer, winter, and spring holidays). For your reference, the minimum wage in Kanagawa prefecture is JPY 1,120 per hour.
In general, the types of jobs open to international students are dependent on their Japanese-language ability. Students are not permitted to work at bars, night clubs, pachinko and mahjong parlors, adult entertainment shops and other similar venues.
After graduation, about seventy percent of graduates from the Faculty of Policy Management and the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies take positions at companies. Amongst all the graduates who enter into business areas, approximately eighty percent from the Faculty of Policy Management find jobs in companies related to information and telecommunications, finance and insurance, and manufacturing and service, while approximately sixty to seventy percent from the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies find positions in companies related to information and telecommunications, and manufacturing and service. Companies connected with media and advertising are also much sought after.For more details, click here.
Students move through courses in three levels, Elementary, Intermediate, and Superior/Advanced. You will be assigned a level before you commence study, based on your previous Japanese experience. It is possible to start from zero and reach a very accomplished level over 4 years. Each level covers a variety of courses. Elementary courses are Basic Japanese and Basic Applied Japanese. Intermediate courses are Intensive Japanese and Superior/Advanced courses cover skills.
All GIGA students are nominated as GIGA certificate candidates on enrollment. Attaining a Japanese level equivalent to N2 of the JLPT is one of the requirements for attaining the GIGA certificate on graduation.
Japan is known as a good place to live with its low crime rate. Even if you misplace something, it will be returned to you most of the time. Japan's public transportation system boasts of its on-time departure and arrival and helps you reach your destination safely and securely. SFC is located about 90 minutes from central Tokyo. With a well-established health insurance system, students living in Japan can receive advanced medical care when you fall ill with only a small fee.