100% English Speaking Campus
100% American Degree
100% Tokyo
Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ) is the oldest and largest foreign university in Japan. Founded in 1982, TUJ is the first institution to be officially recognized as a Foreign University, Japan Campus by Japan's Ministry of Education. It remains the only university in Japan to offer comprehensive programs in English for degree and non-degree students, and where students can earn American bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees without leaving Japan.
Studying in Japan
Photography by: Ryan S. Brandenberg, Temple University
TUJ students study towards their college degree in English while immersing themselves in the culture, language and history of Japan outside the classroom.
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An American Education
TUJ is an international campus of Temple University in Philadelphia. TUJ students receive the same credits, degrees and transcripts as students at Main Campus in Philadelphia. As an American university, TUJ offers flexibility in enrollment, transferability of credits, and focused majors built on a liberal arts foundation.
About Main Campus in Philadelphia
Temple University is a large, well-known, highly respected state-related university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1884, one of the nation's leading centers of professional education. Temple University's accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education includes Temple's campus in Japan and assures that the university maintains high-quality academic programs internationally.
*Exchange rate 145 yen (3 mo avg, Jul-Sep 2023), excl. matriculation fee
**Data from the Trends in College Pricing 2022, College Board
Average annual tuition and fees at TUJ is about 59% less than out-of-state tuition and fees at a public American university and about 71% less than at a private American college or university.
Student Centered
Small classes of around , evolving facilities, services as a support system, and unique student activities are just a few examples of all things that make student experience at TUJ exceptional.
International Campus
As of Fall 2024
A multi-national student body from approximately countries and regions.
Career Development
TUJ students have opportunities to undertake prestigious internships, and TUJ graduates have gone on to careers with many of the world's leading corporations, non-profit organizations and governments, or have gone on to start their own businesses.