Japanese

Nowadays, the study of Japanese language in India, which has been continuing enthusiastically, since its inception in the 1970s, is in its golden phase. In this age of globalization and intensification of the Indo-Japanese relations, a lot of opportunities for both students and scholars pursuing Japanese as both a career option and as a skill to reinforce their credentials.

Japanese in becoming a popular foreign language to learn among Indians, irrespective of age, profession and educational background. The Oxford of the East, Pune, has also become a major hub for Japanese Language Education in India. Since the establishment of a course in Japanese Language in 1977 by the University of Pune, the language has enjoyed increasing popularity.

Pune, being a city that has its own Information Technology base, is very well suited for Japanese language education, as the ties of the IT industry and Japanese bilinguals are very deep. Thus, the Japanese Section of the Department of Foreign Languages, Savitribai Phule Pune University is proud to show an intake of more than 350 fresh students every year. It has an excellent faculty that helps students not only learn the language but also enjoy it.

In the years to come, the Japanese Section of the Savitribai Phule University of Pune endeavors to carry out the work of promoting Japanese in Pune with zeal. We intend to provide to our students all of the facilities which will further nurture the study of Japanese language and open newer doors of opportunities for them.
 

The Japanese Section offers 1 year part-time courses of 180 hours at 4 levels namely:

• Certificate course
• Diploma course
• Advanced diploma course
• Special diploma course