Quarterly TOP gj

FEATURE: New Program to Support University Internationalization

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Roles of Program Actors

Twenty Pilot Universities
Advance institution-wide international activities by strengthening the functions of their "international strategy headquarters."
Examples:

  • Establish within their organizations international strategy headquarters, and strengthen the program planning and implementation functions of these headquarters
  • Systematically strengthen their support systems for foreign researchers and students, including those for enhancing their living environment as well as facilitating education and research
  • Secure and train university faculty and staff who can carry forward internationalization initiatives
  • Collect and disseminate pertinent information; build networks

JSPS and JISTEC

  • Develop strategic models for university internationalization
    - Conduct comprehensive evaluations of the pilot universities' internationalization activities, and extract good practices
    - Survey international strategies and internationalization activities of universities and other institutions both in and outside Japan
  • Provide advice on internationalization activities to pilot universities
  • Provide funding to support such activities
  • Disseminate good results to other universities

University International Strategy Council
Provide advice to JSPS regarding overall program operation

MEXT

  • Select 20 pilot universities (selection made by evaluation working group within the Committee on International Affairs under MEXT's Council for Science and Technology)
  • Conduct interim project evaluations (at 3-year juncture) and post-project evaluations

List of Twenty Pilot Universities

Institutions Name of strategy headquarters
Hokkaido University (national university) International HQs on "Sustainable Development"
Tohoku University (national university) Global Operations Center
The University of Tokyo (national university) Division for International Relations
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (national university) International Strategy Headquarters
Tokyo Institute of Technology (national university) International Planning Office
Hitotsubashi University (national university) International Headquarters
Niigata University (national university) International Headquarter and International Academic Support Office (IASO)
Nagoya University (national university) International Exchange and Corporation Headquarters
Kyoto University (national university) The Organization for the Promotion of International Relations (OPIR)
Osaka University (national university) International Affairs Board
Kobe University (national university) Office for the Promotion of International Exchange
Tottori University (national university) Headquarters for Planning and Promoting International Strategies
Hiroshima University (national university) Organization for Promotion of Strategic Internationalization
Kyushu University (national university) Organization for the Planning and Coordination of International Affairs
Nagasaki University (national university) Center of International Collaborative Research, Nagasaki University
The University of Aizu (prefectural university) Center for Strategy of International Programs
Keio University (private university) Organization for Global Initiatives
Tokai University (representative), Kyushu Tokai University,
Hokkaido Tokai University (private universities)		 Head Office of International Affairs, Tokai University (HIAT)
Waseda University (private university) Office of International Research Promotion, Waseda University
National Institutes of Natural Sciences
(inter-university research institute)		 International Strategic Headquarters
- Carried out by the Overseas Fellowship Division
  JSPS Quarterly No.13 2005