HSI2025: Early Application will open from March 3

Since 2016, the Hokkaido University has started the Hokkaido Summer Institute (HSI), a summer program that brings together world-leading researchers with proven track records in education/research and Hokkaido University faculty members to provide educational experiences to students from across Japan and around the world.

For HSI2025, you can find over 154 courses at the undergraduate/graduate level in humanities, social sciences, science, engineering, agriculture, health, education, art and interdisciplinary studies.
There are courses for working adults to engage in re-leaning as well as the acquisition and development of expertise will be starting. Courses will be held not only in English but also in Japanese. Any student/adult interested in the program are welcome to apply.

Early(1st) Application for non Hokkaido University students, domestic and international, will be open from March 3 Monday 12:00pm (JST) and deadline is March 10 Monday 17:00 (JST), 2025.

For further details about applications, please check the HSI official website:
https://hokkaidosummerinstitute.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/en/

The School / Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences offers 5 courses below:

*10 Courses scheduled for HSI2020 were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Report from HSI2019

[Social Ecology] Principles of Invasion Ecology 2019
[Cultural Psychology] Frontiers in Cultural Psychology 2019
Sociology of Language: Language and Wellbeing in Japan 2019
[Oriental History] Modern Arab History
Coptic Culture and Language
Academic Paper-Writing Workshop for Cultural and Social Psychological Journals 2019
[Philosophy] Introduction to Enactivism: Moving to Know, Knowing to Move
[Regional Sciences] General Theory of Invasive Alien Species Management 2019
[Logic] Introduction to Logic 2019
[Contemporary Philosophy] Dynamic Epistemic Logic and its Applications 2019

Report from HSI2018

[Social Ecology] Principles of Invasion Ecology
[Cultural Psychology] Frontiers in Cultural Psychology 2018
[Seminar in Sociology] Sociology of Language: Language and Wellbeing in Japan
Academic Paper-Writing Workshop for Cultural and Social Psychological Journals 2018
[Ethics] Self in Phenomenology and Japanese Philosophy
[Regional Sciences] General Theory of Invasive Alien Species Management
[Logic] Introduction to Logic
[Contemporary Philosophy] Dynamic Epistemic Logic and its Applications

The School / Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences offers 5 courses below:

For Undergraduate Students:

For Students and Adults HSI extension / professional program in Japanese

Report from HSI2024

Report from HSI2023

Report from HSI2022

Report from HSI2021

Report from HSI2019

Report from HSI2018