A Semester in Tokyo

Since early September, our student assistant Charlotte Schaal has been studying at Keio University in Tokyo—a partner university of the University of Siegen—as part of the Keio International Program (KIP). Her stay will last until early February and is funded by a PROMOS scholarship from the DAAD. Her course schedule ranges from philosophy and gender studies to courses on Japanese culture and society. The courses are taught in English. She is also taking two additional language courses to learn Japanese.
Charlotte lives in a student dormitory in Kawasaki, a city neighboring Tokyo. In her free time, she attends karate and Zumba classes. On the weekends, she explores the country, preferably on hiking trips.
She particularly appreciates being able to experience a culture previously unknown to her firsthand while also engaging with it in an academic setting. She also finds the exchange with students from all over the world and from a wide variety of disciplines to be a great enrichment.