Learn Chinese in Kyoto

7 places in Kyoto teach Chinese: 5 universities, 1 Confucius Institute and 1 language school. 1 is an official HSK test centre.

1. 
   Bukkyo University, Department of Chinese Studies (Faculty of Letters) University For adults · on site

   A Chinese Studies department, renamed in 2004 from Chinese Language and Literature, which can also be studied by distance learning.

   BA Chinese Studies (Faculty of Letters) · Correspondence course in Chinese studies

2. CIR
   Confucius Institute at Ritsumeikan University Confucius Institute Level A2 to C2 · on site · HSK test centre

   The first Confucius Institute in Japan (2005), with classrooms in Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo and online; next HSK sitting is 13 December 2026.

   Chinese language classes (elementary to advanced) · Current-affairs Chinese · Chinese culture lectures · HSK/HSKK preparation

3. 
   Kyoto Sangyo University, Chinese Major (Faculty of Foreign Studies) University For adults · Level A1 to C2 · on site

   Part of the Asian Languages department, with an overseas Chinese training period at a university in China.

   BA Asian Languages, Chinese major · Overseas Chinese training at a university in China · Judicial foreign-language programme

4. 
   Kyoto University (Faculty of Letters) University on site

   Chinese Language and Literature has been taught since 1906.

   Chinese Language and Literature (Faculty of Letters, undergraduate and graduate)

5. 
   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Department of Chinese University For adults · Level A1 to C2 · on site

   A four-year Chinese department in a foreign-languages university that also lists a two-language study option.

   BA Chinese (Department of Chinese, Faculty of Foreign Studies)

6. 
   Ritsumeikan University, Chinese Literature and Thought / Contemporary East Asian Language and Culture (Faculty of Letters) University For adults · on site

   The Chinese Literature and Thought major was renamed in 2016 and sits in the East Asian studies area of the Faculty of Letters.

   BA Humanities, Chinese Literature and Thought major · BA Humanities, Contemporary East Asian Language and Culture major · MA / PhD Chinese literature and thought

7. 
   Seifu Language Institute Language school For adults · Level A1 to C2 · on site

   An HSK-certified Chinese school on the HSK Japan Committee list, teaching group and one-to-one lessons.

   HSK preparation courses · One-to-one or private lessons · Group or semi-private lessons

Is your school missing or out of date? Add or check it, free.