Chaucer College

Chaucer College Canterbury is an independent college for Japanese University and High School students. It was founded in 1992 by Mr Hiroshi Kawashima, the Head of the Shumei Foundation, and is located in a prize-winning building featuring a combination of western and oriental architectural styles on the campus of the University of Kent at Canterbury. The Chaucer College group also includes Kingsgate College, near Broadstairs, which dates from the turn of the twentieth century and welcomes Japanese High School students. All students are recruited by the Shumei Foundation, and many are drawn from its educational establishments in Japan, consisting of a small private university and three very successful independent high schools (Shumei Kawagoe, Shumei Eiko, Shumei Yachiyo). The College now also offers English Language Courses at both its sites for European and International students. This is in keeping with the founding principles that 'World peace in both political and economic spheres depends upon international exchange and understanding'.HistoryThe college was founded in 1992 by Mr Hiroshi Kawashima, the Head of the Shumei Foundation.CampusChaucer College, as a purpose-built academic institution and self-contained campus, contains over 200 single study bedrooms, leisure facilities, full catering facilities, a large, well-equipped lecture theatre, an excellent Library and a score of classrooms. Kingsgate College has similar teaching, catering and leisure facilities and 30 bedrooms .Organisation and administrationThe College’s Senior Management Team consists of the Chancellor, the Director of Academic Programmes, the Dean of Students, the College Manager, and the Facilities Manager. There is a full complement of well-qualified academic staff, all of whom have university degrees, and many of whom hold higher qualifications. Most are highly experienced and qualified in the teaching of English as a second language.