Academic Schedule – Summer 2024
- June 6 (Thu), 7 (Fri)
- Placement tests & orientations
For the nights of June 6 and 7, HIF reserves rooms in the Hakodate Kokusai Hotel for all the participants.
- June 8 (Sat)
- Opening ceremony. Homestay starts.
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- First Semester
- June 10 (Mon)
- First semester starts.
- June 22 (Sat), 23 (Sun)
- Overnight group trip to Onuma Quasi-National Park
- July 4 (Thu)
- Final examination
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- Semester Break
- July 5 (Fri) - 8 (Mon)
- Semester break
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- Second Semester
- July 9 (Tue)
- Second semester starts.
- July 19 (Fri)
- HIF biblio cup (book review presentation)
- July 23 (Tue)
- Independent study fair
- August 2 (Fri)
- Final examination
- August 3 (Sat)
- Closing ceremony & farewell party
- August 4 (Sun)
- Move-out day
Participants must arrive in
Hakodate by noon of June 6, 2024 (JST). If your university operates on a quarter system and have a
schedule conflict with the HIF program, you must let the HIF Office know before you apply.
During the homestay period (June 8 - August 4), staying out overnight is prohibited even at another student’s host family’s house or at a hotel, except for the four-day semester break.
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