There was only one School of Foreign Languages (Foreign Affairs College) that became a vocational school (old education system) upon enactment of the Acts of Colleges, which was National Tokyo School of Foreign Language in Tokyo, and subsequently one national school in Osaka, one public school in Kokura and one pubic school in Kobe were founded, while private schools were established such as Tenri School of Foreign Languages.
専門学校令施行の時点で旧制専門学校となった外国語学校（外事専門学校）は、東京の官立東京外国語学校1校のみであったが、これ以後大阪に官立1校、小倉・神戸に公立各1校が設置、私立校としては天理外国語学校などが設立された。