International College of Cooking & Confectionery (Food)

Study Restaurant Management and Store Sales in food-rich Niigata! Comprehensive training on how to bring smiles to people’s faces with food!
This vocational school has three specialized campuses in the center of Niigata City, where students can learn cooking, confectionery, and bread-making. International students are accepted in three departments: the two-year Chef Department, the two-year Pastry Chef Department, and the one-year Chef Department.
In the Chef Department, students learn Japanese, Western, Chinese, and group cooking. Following upon graduation, they can obtain a Japanese “Chef” license. In the Pastry Chef Department, students study confectionery and bread-making. In their second year, they take the national examination to obtain a Japanese “Confectionery Sanitation Teacher” license.
Open campus and daily classes are available only in Japanese.

Many of the international students who have enrolled so far have achieved N2 or N3 on the JLPT Japanese Language Proficiency Test. Those who have obtained N2 or higher may receive a partial tuition waiver for the first-year tuition. We also offer tuition payments in installments and apartment placement services.

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Support Program

If you have obtained N2 or higher on the JLPT Japanese Language Proficiency Test, you will receive a partial tuition waiver for the first year.
We also offer consultation on payment of tuition in installments and apartment introductions from affiliated real estate companies.