is the oldest extracurricular college-preparatory school in Japan. It was founded in 1918 by Toshiharu Yamazaki (山崎 寿春 Yamazaki Toshiharu), a Japanese English Literature scholar and a graduate of Amherst College, Harvard College, and Yale University (Graduate School). Along with Kawai-juku and Yoyogi Seminar, it is one of the three largest groups of preparatory schools. Sundai Preparatory School is regularly ranked as first by the number of acceptances to the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University, both considered the most competitive universities in Japan. Admission is competitive, and students must receive satisfactory grades in national examinations to enroll.
Campuses Sundai Preparatory School
Headquarters (Ochanomizu, Tokyo) 1st building 2nd building 3rd building 8th building Kyoto Osaka Nagoya Yokohama Sapporo Fukuoka Kobe Hamamatsu Sendai Hiroshima
Sundai Center for International Education Singapore Malaysia Bangkok Jakarta Hongkong Shanghai Pudong Taipei Myanmar Tokyo New York New Jersey Michigan Düsseldorf
Departments These subjects are all required by top-tier universities in Japan. English Mathematics Contemporary Japanese Classical Japanese language Classical Chinese Physics Chemistry Biology Geoscience History of Japan World history Geography Civics
Affiliated institutions Sundai Michigan International Academy Sundai Ireland International School (closed) Surugadai University
Further reading "駿台予備校ジュニア失踪 豪州「大スキャンダル」が伏線 (ワイド特集 誰にも言えない由々しい話)." 週刊文春 42(45), 36-38, 2000-11-30. 文芸春秋. See profile at CiNii. "スクープ 駿台予備校学園長 長男に「遺産ゼロ円」って." 週刊現代 52(12), 162-165, 2010-03-27. 講談社. See profile at CiNii.
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