Faculties
The university currently has eight faculties: the Faculty of Literature, Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Law, Faculty of International Relations, Faculty of Business Administration, Faculty of Environmental Affairs, and most recently the Faculty of Sports and Health Science was founded in 2005. Each has its own distinctions. The Faculty of International Relations (founded in 1986) being perhaps closest to the original liberal foundation principles of 1923, as all students are required to learn one of nine Asian languages (Chinese, Korean, Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, Persian, Thai, Indonesian, Vietnamese) for at least two of their four years of undergraduate study, in addition to one year of English, and most students participate in school festivals celebrating Asian language and culture, such as Asia Week, and the Asian Language Speech Contest. Most years, over two-thirds of undergraduates participate in the Area Studies Tour (現地研修 げんちけんしゅう) where students visit one of nine Asian countries, studying at a local university for several weeks improving their language skills and cultural understanding.
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