Acquiring language skills and knowledge of foreign cultures

Showa Boston has been attracting the attention of the public.

Under the full sail of women's culture on our long voyage at sea" (from the school song), having inherited the school's founding spirit, Showa opened its satellite school in Boston in 1988 to help students cultivate an international perspective and acquire language skills and knowledge of foreign cultures.

The city of Boston has been, for hundreds of years, an American center of culture and academic studies, especially literature and the fine arts, but more recently it has also become a hub of technological research. Both in the city itself and in its surrounding vicinity, there are numerous places of historical, cultural and literary interest. The Boston Symphony is considered one of the finest symphony orchestras in the world; the well-known Boston Museum of Fine Arts is also located not far from the campus. While in Boston, Showa students have ample exposure to many types of cultural activities.

The Showa Boston Institute for Language and Culture is located on Moss Hill, in a quiet residential area on the outskirts of Boston. Commanding a view of downtown Boston and the bay, the campus covers 166,000 square meters (41 acres). There is a three-floor classroom building. There are also ten dormitory wings, guest quarters, a library, language laboratory, computer room, Japanese tea house, indoor heated swimming pool, tennis court, fitness gym, cafeteria, and many other facilities. The institute can accommodate up to 300 students. A staff of professional security officers safeguards the campus twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Some university students and university graduates from the Boston area live in the dorms together with the students from the Tokyo campus. The credits acquired by Showa English majors during their four-month stay in Boston are transferred to Tokyo and count toward graduation.

Students who are not majoring in English may attend the 30-day summer session, which is conducted annually at Showa Boston and teaches students about American society and culture through curricula connected with their own majors. Showa Boston, which has educated more than 8,000 students for over 15 years and enjoys a close relationship with its surrounding community, has achieved a strong reputation as a Japanese Women's University which has taken root in the USA.

Showa Boston has partners with
the following colleges:

St. Michael's College
Regis College
Mt. Ida College
Newbury College

and has student exchange programs with :

Emmanuel College
Simmons College
Wheelock College
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Massachusetts College of Art

Standing on this rise, Moss Hill,
we have a view of the wide world.
On this hill,
we will learn about this land, America.
On this hill,
we will strive for the future of Japan.
On this hill,
we will use our human potential
to join East and West, Japan and the world.
Become women who dedicate yourselves gladly
to the progress of humankind.

April 3, 1988

Kusuo Hitomi
Chancellor of Showa Women's Institute Boston

Showa has study-abroad programs in addition to the Boston program. Qualified students from the university and the junior college are now able to study abroad for up to one year on a leave of absence. If the school the student attends has a special contract with Showa, she can graduate within four years if enrolled in the university and within two years if enrolled in the junior college. Furthermore, the student does not have to pay tuition to the foreign school.
Now Showa is expanding the program in different countries. The existing program includes contracts with the following universities:
The Australian National University
Seoul Women's University
Han Yan Women’s University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Vietnam National University
Royal University of Phnom Penh