Kobe City University of Foreign Studies

Kobe City University of Foreign Studies (神戸市外国語大学), KCUFS (神戸外大) for short, is a municipal university in Japan. It is located in Gakuen-higashimachi, Nishi-ku, Kobe City.

History
It was founded in 1946 as Kobe Municipal College of Foreign Affairs (神戸市立外事専門学校), a coeducational college with a three-year curriculum. Kobe City was heavily damaged in World War II, and it founded the college to help restore the port city.

The college had five departments: English and American Studies, Russian Studies, Chinese Studies, Spanish Studies, and International Relations. The first campus was located in Daikai-dori, Hyogo-ku; the school buildings were those of Daikai Elementary School, which had few pupils at that time. In 1947 the college moved to Onogara-dori, Fukiai-ku (Chuo-ku now).

In April 1949 the college was developed into Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, a four-year university under Japan's new educational system. A new campus was opened on a hill called Kusu-ga-oka (楠ヶ丘) in Nada-ku.

The latter history of KCUFS is as follows:
 * 1953: Evening courses (Department of English and American Studies) were added.
 * 1962: Department of Spanish Studies was added.
 * 1967: Master's courses were added.
 * 1986: KCUFS moved to present-day "Academic Town" Campus (in Nishi-ku).
 * The former Kusunoki-ga-oka Campus is now the campus of Shinwa Junior & Girls' Senior High School.
 * 1987: Department of International Relations was added.
 * 1996: Doctoral courses (International Cultural Studies) were added.

Undergraduate courses

 * Department of English and American Studies
 * Department of Russian Studies
 * Department of Chinese Studies
 * Department of Spanish Studies
 * Department of International Relations
 * Evening Courses (Department of English and American Studies)

Graduate schools

 * Master's courses
 * Division of English Language Studies
 * Division of Russian Language Studies
 * Division of Chinese Language Studies
 * Division of Spanish Language Studies
 * Division of International Relations
 * Division of Japanese and Asian Languages and Culture
 * Division of English Education


 * Doctoral courses
 * International Cultural Studies

Institutes

 * Academic Information Center (Library)
 * Institute for Foreign Studies
 * Institute for the professors
 * Institute of the main office
 * Institute for students (Cafeteria)