Sending Universities

Juntendo, originally founded in 1838 as a Dutch school of medicine, has continued to develop education, research, and clinical care. Juntendo University is now the oldest surviving school of western medicine in Japan.

Currently, eight undergraduate programs in Medicine, Health and Sports Science, Health Care and Nursing, Health Sciences and Nursing, International Liberal Arts, Health Science (Physical Therapy/Radiological Technology), Medical Science, and Health Data Science. We also offer four graduate programs in Medicine, Health and Sports Science, Health Care and Nursing, and Health Science together make Juntendo University a health integrated higher education institution.

Kanda University of International Studies believes "Languages are the foundation to link the world in peace." Established in 1987, the private university aspires to create a pleasant and friendly world through respectful communication by pursuing excellence in international studies education in its four main departments: English, Asian Languages, Spanish and Portuguese, and International Communication.

Gangwon-do province's flagship educational institution, Kangwon National University is one of Korea's ten core national universities. It started life as an agricultural college, expanding over the years to include medicine and veterinary schools as well as one of Korea's officially approved cutting-edge law schools. To this day agriculture and forestry remain at the university's heart.

Established as a school for Western studies in 1858, Keio University was also the first of Japan’s universities to accept international students. Now, it has over 350 overseas partner institutions, numerous well-respected double-degree programs with top universities abroad, and over twenty degree programs taught entirely in English. Keio is one of Japan’s prestigious Global 30 Project universities and ranks in the top 100 universities worldwide. Alumni include prime ministers, astronauts, Olympians and Paralympians, and actors, musicians, and CEOs of Fortune 500 companies.

A school founded in 1592 on the teachings of Buddhism, Komazawa University was officially inaugurated as a university in 1882. One of the oldest universities in Japan, its mission to nurture Buddhist teachings continues both in its Museum of Zen Buddhist Culture and its Faculty of Buddhism. Now with numerous faculties, departments, and research institutes, Komadai, as it is known, works to maintain the highest standards in cultural and social sciences on its peaceful, tree-lined campus.

Konan University is a university at the foot of Mount Rokkō in Kobe, Japan. Konan is private university and was founded in 1951. The university traces its origin to 1918 when Konan Gaku-en Middle School was founded in Okamoto, Kobe, Japan. Hachisaburō Hirao, the founder and a former minister of Education, based the formation of the school on the ideals of character building, physical fitness, and respect for the individual. Konan University offers a variety of programs to students, as well as international exchange.

The Hirao School of Management focuses on the study of economics and organizational management. The School works to strengthen the ability of students to learn independently and in cooperation with others thus equipping students with perseverance and fortitude.

Konan Women's University is a private women's college in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. Since its founding in 1920, Konan Women's University has strived to realize its founding spirit - in accordance with its educational policy of "education for the whole person, respect for individuality, learning with an independent and creative spirit" - and it has graduated a large number of well-informed and confident women, thereby earning the trust and meeting the expectations of today's society. The school motto - "be pure in heart, be truthful, be kind, and be strong" - expresses their philosophy of humane education and reflects their wish that the students the school serve develop the ability to serve others and contribute to world peace and the welfare of humanity.