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Registration for classes

Students should register for classes through the Acanthus Portal (Student Information Service) before the first lesson of each class.

Class details, such as instruction types, requirements, and maximum capacity, are written in the syllabus of each course. Please make sure to read the syllabus before registering for a class.

→ Kanazawa University Web Syllabus

For more information on the online registration process and the LMS, please refer to the IJLP website.

→ IJLP Website

To new students:

Upon entering the IJLP, students are required to take a placement test. The results of this placement test will determine your level and the classes you may take.

For more details about the IJLP Orientation and Placement Test, registration period, please refer to the following page.

→　2025 Autumn IJLP Orientation and Placement Test 

How to attend the first lesson of each class:

After you have registered for classes, you can access each class on the LMS (named “e-IJLP”).

All international students who wish to register for Japanese language classes must attend the first lesson on “e-IJLP.” The steps for participating in Japanese language classes are presented here:

1. Choose your classes by looking at the timetable and syllabi and decide which classes you would like to take.

2. Register for these classes through the Acanthus Portal by the day before the first lesson for each class.

* During the registration period, you can change your registration for classes anytime.

3. Log in to the e-IJLP and access the course that you want to join.

4. Read the course syllabus, course guidance, and course schedule available in the upper section.

→How to access to e-IJLP

Important Information for Course Registration

Numbering	Level
JPN0XX	Survival
JPN1XX	Elementary 1
JPN2XX	Elementary 2
JPN3XX	Intermediate 1
JPN4XX	Intermediate 2
JPN5XX	Upper-intermediate
JPN6XX	Advanced

Course Formats

IJLP courses will be conducted in the classroom (I.e., face-to-face classes).

An exception to face-to-face classes will be authorized for specific students. If approved, such courses will be conducted online through the “e-IJLP” (LMS, Learning Management System) and a web conferencing platform.

You can check the class format and eligibility by referring to the following sections in the syllabus:

Registration Rules

• Students are allowed to register for maximum of 5 courses per week for Japanese language program courses. (up to 5 credits per quarter).

<Examples of combination>
Ex.１）

Comprehensive Class (１)（Intermediate Japanese1：3credit, 3 lessons per week ）＋ Kanji & Vocabulary class (１)（Japanese Kanji & Vocabulary 3：1 credits, 1 lessons per week ）＋Skill Specific Class(１)（Japanese Intermediate Listening：1 credits, 1 lessons per week,）=5 credits(5 lessons per week）

Ex.２）

Comprehensive Class (１)（Elementary Japanese 1： 4credit, 4 lessons per week）＋ Kanji & Vocabulary class (１)（1 credits, 1 lessons per week）=5 credits(5 lessons per week）

Ex.３）

Skill Specific Class(４)（Japanese Advanced Reading 2A：1credit, 1 lessons per week+Japanese Advanced Reading 2B：1credit, 1 lessons per week+Japanese Advanced Grammar 2：1 credits, 1 lessons per week+Japanese Advanced Listening 2：1 credits,1 lessons per week+Japanese Business Communication 2：1 credits, 1 lessons per week）=4credits( 4 lessons per week）

• Students who are placed in “JPN7 XX”can take both “JPN6 XX” and “JPN7 XX” level of skill-specific class.
• Regarding Skill-Specific Classes, you may take a class of your current level or of a level that is one above or below your current level (only if the instructor permits it). The level of each class is written on its syllabus: ensure to check the class level before registering.
• If you passed last semester, you may advance to the next level this semester.

*[NOTE] Regarding Skill-Specific Classes, you may take a class of your current level or of a level that is one above or below your current level (only if the instructor permits it). The level of each class is written on its syllabus: ensure to check the class level before registering.

Grades will be available to view online through the Acanthus Portal by checking on Student Information Service after each semester ends (the date on which grades become available online differs depending on academic department).

Classroom

< Lecture Room >

　GEH：General Education Lecture Hall, Kakuma Campus（On the Map N4)

　NST：Natural Science and Technology Main Hall, Kakuma Campus（On the Map S1)

　HSS：Human and Social Science Lecture Hall 1, Kakuma Campus（On the Map N7)

   MED : Japanese Language Course Room, 1st floor, School of Medicine Hall F ( On the Map 21) , Takaramachi campus

< On-line course >

For students who are studying at the Takaramachi-Tsuruma campus, some remote learning IJLP courses will be offered, as follows:

-Survival Japanese 1A/B (Online Course)     (Tuesday & Thursday, 1st period, 8:45 -10:15 ) 

＊ Survival Japanese 2A/B is not on offer this semester. It will be in the 2026 Spring semester.

For more details, please refer to the timetable below, as well as the syllabi.

Time table (2025Q4)

Class name Course numbering Lecture room Teacher

 

Period	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
1st	Elementary Japanese 1B JPN101 GEH–A3 Noda	Survival Japanese 1B (Online Course) JPN001 ― Kawashima	Elementary Japanese 1B JPN101 GEH–A3 Yamanaka	Survival Japanese 1B (Online Course) JPN001 ― Kawashima	Elementary Japanese 1B JPN101 GEH–A3 Tsurumachi
	Elementary Japanese 2B JPN201 GEH–A2 Gotoh	Elementary Japanese 1B JPN101 GEH–A3 Tsurumachi	Elementary Japanese 2B JPN201 GEH–A2 Noda	Kanji & Vocabulary 3B JPN311 GEH–A4 Yamanaka	Elementary Japanese 2B JPN201 GEH–A2 Gotoh
	Japanese Rapid Reading B JPN421 GEH–B8 Ota	Elementary Japanese 2B JPN201 GEH–A2 Noda	Intermediate Conversation B JPN331 GEH–A4 Tsurumachi	Kanji & Vocabulary 4B JPN411 GEH–A2 Kawachi	Advanced Reading 2B JPN722 GEH–D3 kojima
	Intermediate Writing B JPN341 GEH–B6 Fukagawa	Upper-Intermediate Listening B JPN551 GEH–A4 kojima	Academic Listening B JPN651 GEH–B7 Ota
	Academic Writing B JPN641 GEH–B2 kojima	Academic Japanese B JPN691 GEH–B8 Ota
2nd	Intermediate Japanese1 B JPN301 GEH–A4 Okuyama	Intermediate Japanese 2B JPN401 HSS1-206 Okamoto	Intermediate Japanese1 B JPN301 GEH–C2 Nakagawa	Kanji & Vocabulary 1B JPN111 GEH–A4 Yamanaka	Intermediate Japanese1 B JPN301 GEH–C2 Michihata
	Advanced Japanese B JPN601 GEH–C6 Fukagawa	Upper-intermediate Japanese B JPN501 GEH–E1 Noda	Intermediate Japanese 2B JPN401 GEH–D3 Michihata	Kanji & Vocabulary 2B JPN211 GEH–D6 Tanaka	Intermediate Japanese 2B JPN401 GEH–C3 Okamoto
	Upper-Intermediate Writing B JPN541 GEH–A2 Gotoh	Intermediate Listening B JPN351 GEH–D15 Nakagawa	Upper-intermediate Japanese B JPN501 GEH–A4 Tsurumachi	Kanji & Vocabulary 5B JPN511 GEH–A2 Kawachi	Upper-intermediate Japanese B JPN501 GEH–A2 Gotoh
			Advanced Japanese B JPN601 GEH–A2 Noda	Upper-Intermediate Conversation B JPN431 GEH–D1 Takahara	Advanced Japanese B JPN601 GEH–A4 Tsurumachi
3rd
4th				Japanese Pracrice(2) JPN399 GEH–C8 Ota
				Japanese Pracrice(3) JPN499 GEH–C8 Ota
5th		Survival Japanese 1B JPN001 NST–304 Takabatake		Survival Japanese 1B JPN001 NST–304 Takabatake
			Japanese Affairs 2 JPN671 GEH–B8 Fukagawa		Japanese Business Communication B JPN684 GEH–A3 Noda

*Foreign regular undergraduate students should refer to the subject number of GS(Japanese).

Registration Period

  Registration Period

Regarding novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) prevention

IJLP are taking measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as follows. Please refer to the following pages before class starts.

新型コロナウイルス感染症にかかる対応について／The University’s Response to Covid-19