Student Life
Experience Life, Learn Together: Inside TCU's Unique Campus Community
TCU believes that Christian education extends to living as well as to thinking. Therefore, the university considers dorm life a part of education in International Christian living. With less than 200 students, TCU’s dorms are close-knit families with internal responsibilities and events.
Events
Spring Retreat
Once a year, we go on a three-day, two-night "retreat" away from campus.This is a time to relax, deepen your friendship with faculty and students, and take in the fresh air of nature.It is also a time to reaffirm our founding spirit and devotion, pray together, and have fun together.
Summer Mission Trip
Every year, during the week of summer vacation, we team up to evangelize in churches around Japan. We prepare for the mission by contacting host churches, exercising wisdom, and praying about what we can do in the limited one-week timeframe.
Zion Festival
This is an annual school festival.The festival is very lively with lectures, concerts, various presentations by clubs (puppet shows, live performances, exhibitions, etc.), a parade of international students, and many stalls.
Club Activity
TCU has a variety of clubs called circles, including athletic, cultural, and evangelistic clubs. There is no separation between circles, and students are free to join any circle they are interested in.
- Basketball Circle
- Volleyball Circle
- Futsal Circle
- Softball Circle
- Tea Ceremony Circle
- Dance Circle
- Puppet Circle
- Wawawa Club (children's mission circle)
- FUM FAM FARM (gardening circle)
- World Mission Prayer Circle
- Sign Language Circle
- Japan-Korea Prayer Circle
About Part-time job
Students in the E-track program are permitted to work while at TCU. The Japanese government allows the holder of a “college student” status of residence to work up to 28 hours per week. Permission to work part-time requires an additional application to the government. The university will assist the student in making this application. Part-time work may be off-campus. Since the primary purpose of the E-track program is to educate students, the university normally places additional restrictions on the number of hours an E-track student may work, typically no more than ten hours per week when the university is in session.
However, job opportunities are very limited before the student gains reasonable Japanese communication skills. The university does not function as an employment agency, and students must find part-time jobs on their own. That being said, E-track students who want part-time work have normally found it, especially after acquiring “reasonable Japanese communication skills.” Some of the jobs international students have found include newspaper delivery, dish washing, and teaching English.
Insurance
TCU requires all international students to register for Japanese National Health Insurance. The university will help the student through the registration process. This is excellent insurance with a very broad and high level of coverage. Please note, however, that coverage is limited, for all practical purposes, to Japan. If for any reason, the student travels outside Japan, it is the student’s responsibility to find and purchase adequate health insurance during that travel.
No alcohol or smoking is allowed on campus or at activities sponsored by the university or by any student group. Although it goes without saying, students should note that illegal drugs and other substances are banned.