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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?
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Japanese for Australian-style community colleges
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.
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