School of foreign languages (old education system) is a group of higher education schools that were, among those specialty schools under the old education system that existed until the school system reform was conducted after the end of World War II, dedicated to learning of foreign languages and renamed 'foreign affairs college' (or foreign language college) during World War II (which are therefore different from schools of foreign languages established as vocational schools).
ここでいう旧制外国語学校とは、第二次世界大戦後に学制改革が行われるまで存在した旧制専門学校のうち、外国語の専門教育を行うものであり、戦時期に「外事専門学校」（もしくは語学専門学校）と改称された一群の高等教育機関を指す（したがって各種学校として設立された外国語学校とは異なる）。