Japanese at SOAS Language Centre

SOAS Language Centre in central London provides language tuition in Japanese at Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced levels for University of London students and for the general public. We cater for the language learning needs of individuals, companies, private and public organisations and government departments. Study Japanese with us in on weekday evenings, Saturday daytimes or join our full-time year-round Japanese course and gain a widely recognised SOAS, University of London Certificate or Diploma.

Certificates and Diploma Programmes

•  Certificate/Diploma in Communicative Japanese (Full-Time)

Short Courses for 2018-2019

10 weeks, 2 hours per week

• Beginners
• Elementary
• Pre-Intermediate
• Intermediate
• Upper Intermediate
• Pre-Advanced
• Advanced
• Proficiency

10 weeks, 4 hours per week

• Accelerated Stage 1

 Summer Programme 2019

Essential Japanese 1 (22nd - 26th July)

Essential Japanese 2 (29th July - 2nd August)

Essential Japanese 1 (5th - 9th August)

Essential Japanese 2 (12th - 16th August)

Japanese Language Proficiency Test

• The Proficiency Test

Tailored Tuition

We can also provide individually tailored courses and executive language training. 

Awards & Activities

• The Hagio Prize
• The Japanese Speech Contest

Student Projects

• See our pages of project work carried out by students of our Japanese language courses.