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This April, as junior high school students across Japan enter high school, a new type of specialty institution will open its doors. Dubbed “Esport High School” in English, the school is called Esports Koutou Gakuin (eスポーツ高等学院). Here is the school’s official site.
Esports high school is outfitted with 40 Galleria XA7C-R37 gaming PCs with an Intel Core i7-11700, and outfitted with Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 graphics cards. While the school’s site doesn’t list what exact games students will play, the genres listed are what you’d expect: FPS, Third-person shooter, RTS, and MOBA.
The teachers are esports players and industry types, who will provide their expertise to the high schoolers.
Students won’t just study video games, but also learn the standard Japanese high school curriculum. There is also an individual study program for those who have struggled with standard instruction.
The high school’s website lists an array of careers for future graduates, including VR creator, game writer, 3DCG designer, game designer, special effects creator, and programmer. Some of these choices might need further education at either a specialty school or university. Other career options include streamer and esports pro.
The school is supported by telecoms giant NTT’s esports outfit, as well as the esports team owned by Tokyo Verdy, the Japanese professional soccer team.
The School will open in the Spring while being located at Tokyo’s Shibuya area.
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Esports high school is outfitted with 40 Galleria XA7C-R37 gaming PCs with an Intel Core i7-11700, and outfitted with Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 graphics cards. While the school’s site doesn’t list what exact games students will play, the genres listed are what you’d expect: FPS, Third-person shooter, RTS, and MOBA.
The teachers are esports players and industry types, who will provide their expertise to the high schoolers.
Students won’t just study video games, but also learn the standard Japanese high school curriculum. There is also an individual study program for those who have struggled with standard instruction.
The high school’s website lists an array of careers for future graduates, including VR creator, game writer, 3DCG designer, game designer, special effects creator, and programmer. Some of these choices might need further education at either a specialty school or university. Other career options include streamer and esports pro.
The school is supported by telecoms giant NTT’s esports outfit, as well as the esports team owned by Tokyo Verdy, the Japanese professional soccer team.
The School will open in the Spring while being located at Tokyo’s Shibuya area.
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