Japanese for Australian-style community colleges


In Australia, community colleges are non-profit institutions that provide
courses, often in the evening or on weekends, that run at most for a couple of
months. [This](https://www.cityeastcc.com.au/) is the one I started learning
Japanese at.

How would I describe such a college, or the courses it runs, in Japanese?




If the courses offered at Australian "community colleges" are accredited and
the credits earned at those schools are transferrable to other "normal"
universities, then Japan does **_not_** have a counterpart for such schools.

If the courses offered at such schools are **_not_** accredited in Down Under,
then we have at least somewhat "similar" schools (even though we do not
consider them to be real schools).

The names differ from one town/area to another, but those are commonly called
「[生涯学習]{しょうがいがくしゅう}センター」、「[文化]{ぶんか}センター」、「文化サロン」、「コミュニティーセンター」, etc. Many are
publicly run and some are privately run.

To be honest, I have little knowledge of Down Under myself, but I have a
feeling that your "commuinity colleges" might probably be more "serious"
and/or "academic" than the places in Japan for which I just introduced the
names.

When you want to talk to Japanese-speakers about your community colleges, I
might suggest that you use 「コミュニティー **カレッジ** 」 and add a little explanation.
In your explanation, you might want to say something like
「日本でいう『生涯学習センター』のようなところです。」. That way, you could best avoid misunderstanding.




If the courses offered at Australian "community colleges" are accredited and
the credits earned at those schools are transferrable to other "normal"
universities, then Japan does **_not_** have a counterpart for such schools.

If the courses offered at such schools are **_not_** accredited in Down Under,
then we have at least somewhat "similar" schools (even though we do not
consider them to be real schools).

The names differ from one town/area to another, but those are commonly called
「[生涯学習]{しょうがいがくしゅう}センター」、「[文化]{ぶんか}センター」、「文化サロン」、「コミュニティーセンター」, etc. Many are
publicly run and some are privately run.

To be honest, I have little knowledge of Down Under myself, but I have a
feeling that your "commuinity colleges" might probably be more "serious"
and/or "academic" than the places in Japan for which I just introduced the
names.

When you want to talk to Japanese-speakers about your community colleges, I
might suggest that you use 「コミュニティー **カレッジ** 」 and add a little explanation.
In your explanation, you might want to say something like
「日本でいう『生涯学習センター』のようなところです。」. That way, you could best avoid misunderstanding.

