Kinjo College
Department of Early Childhood Education Overview
Students of our department obtain the national Daycare Worker Qualification and Kindergarten Teacher Type 2 License in just two years. We offer a unique special enhancement program, KINJO Tokka, in which students enrich their expertise.
Students explore early childhood education in one of the following four fields: Health & Environment, Human Relationships, Words & Creativity, and Body & Music. We nurture specialists of particular fields who can make immediate and valuable contribution to their worksites. Established in 1976, our department has a long history with many graduates working in daycare facilities and kindergartens in the Hokuriku region. When combined with the university’s Department of Early Childhood Education and Care, we are currently Ishikawa’s largest training school of early childhood education and care providers. With an affiliated kindergarten on campus and an affiliated certified childcare center nearby, this desirable environment enables students to immerse themselves in comprehensive learning about early childhood education and care.
Department of Art Overview
Among the two-year colleges in the Hokuriku region, we are the only one with a fully established art department. The department offers seven courses: Oil Painting and Japanese-Style Painting, Design and Business, Fashion Stylist, Cartooning and Character Design, Games and Video, Dyeing and Pottery, and Interior Coordinate. Each day, students of all courses dedicate the entire morning to creative work. While immersing themselves in creative pursuits, students also actively engage in community service and industry-academia collaboration including company visits, shop employment, and commissioned projects. In this enriching environment, students gain the skills and abilities to utilize art and molding in society.
Department of Business Administration Overview
Our department offers five courses: Digital Communication, Food Business, Comprehensive Business, Medical Administrative Assistant, and Hotel and Tourism. Students of all courses first gain basic business skills such as interpersonal skills and other business etiquette fundamentals, bookkeeping and accounting, basic computer operation skills, and English conversation skills. They then move on to taking the classes on specialized knowledge and skills of their course for nurturing specialists with advanced abilities. As the pioneer in the Hokuriku region to implement the Cafeteria Style Class Registration System, we have enabled our students to freely choose classes, just like choosing items from a café menu, allowing them to acquire specialized skills that match their career direction. This system enables you to design your future as you wish: Every step you take leads to becoming who you want to be.
Preparation Program for Foreign Students
The Preparation Program for Foreign Students is designed to give students a detailed education in Japanese to enable them to progress into Kinjo University or Kinjo College. In addition to Japanese language skills, students will also learn about Japanese culture, manners, customs, and more, through a year of comprehensive study of Japan as a whole. Classes are kept small and matched to students' individual Japanese language levels, providing friendly, easy-to-understand personal instruction.
In addition, in order to ensure that foreign students can enjoy their lives as students, we offer plenty of foreign student support, whether it’s help for classes or help with everyday life, or even help with scholarships. Students of the Preparation Program for Foreign Students also receive the opportunity to come together for activities like setting up shop stands at the school festival. Our highly international staff speaks English, Chinese, and more, and has lots of experience with international travel, allowing them to provide multilingual support and help our foreign students feel at home in their everyday lives.
