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  1. Yamanashi Prefectural University welcomes the community and strives to contribute to vibrant advances through its "glocal" wisdom, which combines global and regional perspectives. As globalization expands rapidly, each local community today must tackle issues such as worsening environmental problems, diversifying market fundamentals, and deciphering technology's advantages and disadvantages from a global point of view. In a natural, industrial, and socially abundant environment like this, YPU is pursuing the university education "as a stronghold of glocal wisdom, can nurture future practical leaders, and is open to the community and faces local society," thereby trying to realize a future-oriented "promising and humanitarian" university for students and academic and administrative staff. In other words, it is our goal to cultivate the ability and skill of individuals who will give the full scope of their abilities in the long term to improve society for the better. To attain this goal, we have selected our teaching staff based on their career experience in the real world. Furthermore, we prioritize general education, which, in our opinion, helps students establish their dignity and self-formation. Also, we offer courses in foreign language communication and computer technology to improve their communication skills and broaden their networks. In professional training, students will learn current regional issues as well as problem-solving methods. They are expected to master expertise and, at the same time, recognize the importance of learning scientific methods and "seeing" the whole scheme comprehensively. Coursework for individual majors emphasize problem-solving strategies and incorporate scientific methods to manage current regional and practical life issues. We teach students to look beyond. Extra-curricular activities will also work. By attending voluntary activities, students are expected to elevate their independence and learn to take the initiative in society through collaborating with people of different backgrounds. At Yamanashi Prefectural University, we urge students to engage in extra-curricular activities. Through collaboration with people outside of the classroom, students learn life skills to succeed and a greater understanding of independence. For such occasions, we have established The University Center for Research and Exchange. The center coordinates the community's demand with the university's intellectual resources. The university has established strong support with residents of Yamanashi Prefecture. We work hard to fulfill people's expectations and contribute to Yamanashi's development; at the same time, we try to contribute from Yamanashi to the nation and beyond to the world. View full university
  2. Yamaguchi Prefectural University (YPU) is located in Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in the western part of Japan's main island between Hiroshima Prefecture and Fukuoka Prefecture. Yamaguchi Prefecture has easy access to Japan's main cities via bullet train, airplane, or car. It takes one and a half hours by plane or approximately five hours by bullet train from Tokyo to Yamaguchi. It is three hours from Kyoto/Osaka by bullet train. Yamaguchi is connected to Kyushu by a beautiful bridge crossing over the Kamon Straights and is only about half an hour from Fukuoka by bullet train. They are taught by 120 full-time teaching staff. The student-teacher ratio is low, and students can receive the utmost support from our teaching staff. We attempt to meet every student's needs, including overseas students, through a system of tutoring by both professors and peers. You will find a friendly atmosphere at the university, and we hope that Yamaguchi and YPU will become your second home. Many overseas students who had attended YPU have come back to Yamaguchi to study further or work on the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (the JET program). We hope you will expand your horizons through the study abroad program we offer. Do you dream about studying overseas in Japan? What type of cultural exchange programs would you like to participate in while you are here? The International Office is always ready to work with you to ensure you find the right program for you. In addition to regular classes offered to all Japanese students, Yamaguchi Prefectural University offers a unique program for students coming to Japan for the first time. Yamaguchi Abroad is a comprehensive curriculum that includes Japanese language study, courses in the traditional arts of flower arrangement and tea ceremony, English courses about Japanese culture and society, and four courses that make up our Yamaguchi Studies program. Yamaguchi Studies is a unique collection of four courses covering the history, culture, crafts, and Yamaguchi people. Our talented and knowledgeable faculty teach all courses in coordination with local experts and nationally renowned poets, artists, and scholars. Each course features a combination of in-class and on-location components, which gets you out of the classroom and literally "into" local culture and history. View full university
  3. Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Sciences (YPUHS) was initially founded in 1954 as Yamagata Prefectural Advanced Nursing School. In April 1997, the nursing school was reorganized to a 3-years system college for health professions, including registered nurses, public health nurses, midwives, physical therapists, and occupational therapists. The college was then expanded as a university of 4-years system consisting of the Department of Nursing, the Department of Physical Therapy, and the Department of Occupational Therapy in April 2000. A Graduate School of Health Sciences was also established in 2004. We will provide broad-based education, whole-hearted humanity, a high degree of expertise, and technical skill. We will return the results of our educational and clinical researches to the local region, as well as future foster leaders in the field of nursing, physical and occupational therapists who can participate and contribute to the health and welfare of the people of Yamagata, Japan, and the world. The educational program is designed to educate students with the professional knowledge and skills that will enable them to play a crucial part in the medical and social welfare systems. Based on the philosophy of education, we uphold the following six educational aims. To foster our students' moral understanding based on the dignity of life and society, and teach them to think and act flexibly, with comprehensive humanity. To foster the ability to morally act on the people by teaching professional knowledge and skills. To foster the ability to understand the role of professional health workers and respond with medical care through cooperation and collaboration with other specialists in health, medicine, and welfare. To foster the ability to develop health science through self-development and a willingness to do challenge unknown subjects. To foster the ability to understand our world's diversity, communicate with other cultures, and act with an internationalized field of vision. To foster the ability to understand local culture and develop the local region's standard of health and medical care practices. YPUHS aspires to foster diversification and sophistication to deal with complicated and advanced nursing care and rehabilitation, teaching a high level of knowledge and skill to offer the appropriate support towards safe and reliable care services and nurturing rich creativity real problem-solving qualities. Considerations have also been made to improve learning from others by having students of each field learn together to work together in the future, which is essential in today's interprofessional collaboration. We will be able to cultivate those basics to help students in one field understand the roles, health, and medical care issues in other fields to enhance cooperation in the real world of welfare. YPUHS is also concerned, as one of our educational objectives, to encourage students to perform on the international stage with a proper international perspective. Indeed, YPUHS has achieved academic and educational cooperation with both the University of Colorado (Nursing and Physical Therapy) and the Colorado State University (Occupational Therapy) in Colorado, the U.S.A, for over ten years. A beautiful grass lawn covers the park through which the clear waters of the Takase River flow that the salmon swim up to lay eggs in autumn. The university, built-in European style, lies to one side, while the Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, providing the majority of our practical training, borders the other side of this park. View full university
  4. We foster an "engineering spirit" that will allow you to rise to the challenges of the 21st century boldly. "Engineering spirit" contains the idea of pursuing engineering as a lifelong path. It also expresses the hope that young people will rise to meet today's challenges and tomorrow as engineers. In the 21st century, we will be called upon to create a sustainable society in symbiosis with nature while guaranteeing safety, security, and prosperity for all. Young engineers will be the driving force that ensures that we meet these lofty goals, with their passion for high technology and their inventive "engineering spirit." Toyama Prefectural University offers specialized knowledge and education in engineering disciplines, with six undergraduate study courses and a graduate school with 5-degree programs. At our University, we provide an excellent educational environment for research to awaken and foster our students' "engineering spirit." Toyama Prefectural University was founded in 1990, with a mission to: Contribute to the betterment of the Prefecture and its residents, Work toward a better future, Provide innovative education. Toyama Prefectural University (TPU) seeks to expand its range of vision, ethical sense of environment, and environmental literacy for a sustainable society. TPU offers an educational program to ensure that all university graduates are environmentally literate and have the awareness and understanding to be ecologically responsible citizens. The University Library is a circular two-story building, having a total floor area of 2,440m². The lower floor offers an open shelving stack room, carrels, and group study rooms; the mezzanine floors feature reading desks and tables. The upper floor has the entrance gate, the information counter, serial and reference collections, and a viewing room equipped with DVD players. Collaborative learning tables are provided in the study space in front of the entrance gate. The library houses approximately 167,000 volumes, 3,800 periodicals including electronic journals, and 600 multimedia materials. Natural science and engineering materials are featured, while literature and the social sciences are also held. Faculty members and students of Toyama Prefectural University can search books or journals on-site with librarians or online using the library database. The library is open to community residents as well. Over 36,000 people visit the library every year. Cooperation with the community and industry is one of the most important outreach activities of the University. Since its foundation, the center has worked as the gateway to the University for citizens and industry. The center has been supported by the "Kenkyu- Kyoryokukai" (The Society for the Promotion of Cooperative Research), which was also established in 2004. It now consists of 211 enterprises and 14 individuals. Toyama Prefectural University maintains one of Japan's top success rates in securing employment upon graduation. The Career Center promotes" broad-based life career education" to build in students a spirit of independence that supports effective decisions on career choices in collaboration with various organizations and business communities in the area. The University welcomes international students who wish to study in any of its programs. It also invites teachers and researchers from abroad who can work with its faculty and enrich its educational and research projects. Research resulting from such exchanges is reported at international conferences for academic and industrial advancement. View full university
  5. Since Saitama Prefectural University (SPU) opened the School of Health and Social Services in Koshigaya, Saitama, in 1999, it has been positioning itself to contribute to the promotion of social integration and the realization of an inclusive society in the fields of public health, medical care, and social welfare. To achieve this goal, we educate our students to be individuals who can act independently with a critical spirit, not only using their specialized knowledge and skills but also reflecting a well-rounded character, ethical principles, and lessons from our predecessors. Therefore, we emphasize fostering students’ resolution, intelligence, and communication ability to prepare them to face “unanswered questions” or “questions without answers.” At the undergraduate level, the School of Health and Social Services has five departments, including eight divisions that provide a wide variety of specialized courses relating to nursing, rehabilitation, social work, child science, behavioral sciences, laboratory sciences, and oral health sciences. Simultaneously, all students are required to take standard courses categorized in the cluster of liberal arts courses and the cluster of healthcare and social services courses to broaden their horizons and deepen their learning. Among these courses, those relating to interprofessional collaboration represent the educational mission of SPU. For example, in courses such as “Practicum: Human Care” in the first year and “Interprofessional Work Practicum” in the fourth year, our students are grouped into teams consisting of individuals with different majors, and they participate in problem-solving practicums at approximately 160 facilities throughout Saitama Prefecture so that they can gain hands-on experiences in interdisciplinary collaboration. Regarding postgraduate education, a master’s degree program was established in 2010, and a doctoral program in 2015. We emphasize the training of highly-skilled professionals and researchers. We have been disseminating to the rest of the world the results of our primary and clinical studies, our empirical studies, and studies for policy proposals regarding community health and social welfare. SPU also attaches great significance to international contributions and exchanges. Our students and faculty members have provided active humanitarian assistance to victims of overseas disasters and foreign residents in Japan. SPU offers exchange programs with universities in Europe, Australia, and China. Furthermore, SPU functions as a think tank in the practice and establishment of healthcare and social welfare policies. SPU has been contributing to communities in cooperation with the central, prefectural and municipal governments and various NPOs. SPU is also known for providing continuing education to healthcare professionals, supported by our research findings and distinguished faculty who have both academic and practical expertise. We are determined to continue our efforts in promoting interprofessional collaboration and integration in healthcare and social services in cooperation with our highly motivated faculty, researchers, and students to contribute to local communities. We appreciate your continuing support for our activities. View full university
  6. Our university was founded on the principle of the relentless pursuit of beauty: both the distinctive beauty created by Okinawan culture and humankind's universal beauty. By that principle, we are a comprehensive arts school consisting of a Faculty of Arts and Crafts, a Faculty of Music, graduate schools, a Research Institute, and a University Library and Arts Museum. The year 2016 marked our 30th anniversary. Thus far, approximately 3,400 graduates have completed their studies and flown the nest. They are now actively engaged in creative endeavors, some working as musicians and performers, artists, and much more. The elemental spirit underlying the Prefectural University of Arts's founding principles is the relentless pursuit of beauty, the distinctive beauty created in the Okinawan culture, and humankind's universal beauty. To achieve this, the uniqueness of regional culture must be made clear. The problems facing areas of traditional arts such as arts, crafts, music, and performing arts must be addressed directly and in a practical fashion, revealing each artistic endeavor's unique nature. At our Tonokura Campus and with Shuri Castle as our backdrop, we foster our particular academic traditions with various musical instruments ranging from the Ryukyuan Sanshin (shamisen) to the rugged western instruments. The sounds of those instruments and voices raised in song flow endlessly through our halls like a gentle breeze. Our new and spacious Sakiyama campus provides an educational and research environment for those in the fields of sculpture, design, and crafts in its free and open grounds. On each of our campuses, we value and respect the individuality of our students. Using small classes and individual tutoring, we provide an education that is both rich and deep. Besides, exhibitions and concerts performed both by the students and teaching staff are held throughout the year. Our university is truly overflowing with creative energy. Through educational initiatives such as summer schools, public courses, and our roving university program in the outer islands, we make ample use of the unique features and appeal of each major artistic discipline. We are also actively involved in providing opportunities to local children and younger students for engagement in art appreciation and promoting the revitalization of the arts and artistic exchange throughout the region. Taking advantage of our geographical position at the crossroads of East Asia and the Pacific region, we have entered into agreements for artistic and scholarly exchange with eleven universities in China, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Italy, Germany and the United States of America, and we actively encourage students to study abroad. Amidst the breathtaking scenery of Okinawa, where the weather is warm and the time passes at its own pace, students from all over Japan, bursting with artistic ambition and with an abundance of talent, are attracted to our university. Art allows us to look inside ourselves, refines our communication skills, and fosters lifelong wisdom. That is the very essence of the art education to which our university aspires. Okinawa's regional culture and traditions hold a unique place within the context of Japanese culture and hold important content in the search for the sources of cultures and traditions and understand the universal ways in which culture is generated. It must also be said that the questions of the continuation and creativity of this singular set of arts and culture, cultivated in the unique environment of Okinawa, are an essential challenge, both in terms of the overall state of Japanese culture and of the state of Okinawa Prefecture itself. The fostering of human resources to address these challenges serves an essential purpose as a bridge into the far future. We at the Prefectural University of Arts, located at the southernmost point of our country, will focus on the Pacific cultural area, with East Asia and Southeast Asia region as our axis, and aim to uncover the realities of the various arts and cultures and pursue our research into our connections to and uniqueness from these regional cultures and traditions, as well as investigate their expansion. Our objective is to create a unique research and educational institution, focusing on the Pan-Asian cultural arts' distinctive characteristics. View full university
  7. Students, graduates, and faculty are susceptible to local health needs and community expectations. They participate actively in redefining governmental and community health services. OPCN graduate students redefine communication with governments for localities, which results in highly responsive, well-coordinated health services the populations served. Faculty are building an excellent record of obtaining competitive funding from national sources for research and student support. Contributing to local, national, and international society is uppermost, as is interdisciplinary cooperation. International inquiry with the United States, Australia, New Zealand, China, and South America is actively encouraged. Nurses, midwives, and physicians from such developing countries as Cambodia, Laos, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea are continuously supported in OPCN training programs and technology transfer exercises. OPCN students and instructors believe in taking the initiative. They are proactive. OPCN uses state of the art electronic communication technology. Graduates do new things! Our College is a center of excellence. Quality assurance is continuous. We believe we should ensure high-quality health programs, and we follow through with this belief in our actions. The Mission of OPCN is to train qualified people who practice nursing scientifically with an understanding of the geography, history, culture, demands of the society, and the present condition of nursing in Okinawa. They are also expected to know people's health needs throughout the world in this day and age. They should also understand the needs and demands of undergraduates and graduate school students. At the same time, we contribute to the nursing field through education, research, and instilling in our students the principles and training needed to succeed. Our Educational Principle is to train people who deeply respect the sanctity of life and develop good qualities based on those established by OPCN. Educational Goals: Develop good qualities and ethics which respect the sanctity of life. Develop creativity and improve intellect and empathy. Develop problem-solving judgment, and acquire the knowledge, techniques, and attitude needed for professional nursing. Develop the ability to assume a professional nursing role and share ideas about health, nursing, and welfare in cooperation with other occupations. Develop habits of lifelong study and the ability to reflect on one's actions. Develop the ability to practice health nursing rooted in the local community while understanding people's situations, both geographically and culturally. Contribute to nursing development through health nursing activities and maintaining an inquisitive mind obtained through the study. View full university
  8. Okayama Prefectural University is located in Okayama Prefecture, founded in 1993. Okayama Prefecture boasts several nationally renowned tourism assets against a backdrop of its temperate climate, nature, and history. Countless tourists visit the many sites within the prefecture utilizing its extensive public transportation network. Furthermore, thanks to its temperate climate, Okayama is known as a fruit kingdom, with many fruit varieties known nationwide harvested within the prefecture. Okayama Prefectural University develops and supports the career formulation of professionals engaged in society and possesses deep educational cultivation, high specialization, and a great sense of humanity. This University was opened in 1993 and currently consists of the Faculty of Health and Welfare Science, the Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, and the Faculty of Design. In recent years, with globalization's progression, declining birth-rate, and aging population, Japan's environment has changed drastically. To respond to these societal changes appropriately, the University is unceasingly reviewing our education and research nature. In addition to adopting academic study experiences and interactive classes, it has also established a system to check the teaching methods and classes' content. Okayama Prefectural University will implement our specialized education based on the foundation of these principles. Okayama Prefectural University seeks applicants with the following qualities: Students who wish to broadly study humanity, society, and nature and explore the relationships among them. Students who wish to thoroughly learn the practical sciences to contribute to society in a wide range of fields both within Japan and overseas. Students who are motivated to create new technologies and knowledge communicate with the region and world by sharing information. It is possible to borrow and return literature owned by other facilities at the university library by utilizing the cooperative system established with Okayama Prefecture libraries. Furthermore, electronic blackboards and whiteboards are installed in the entrance hall, and these boards can be used for group work and other activities. The International Exchange Center, opened in October 2014, conducts the planning and operation of language & culture training courses and study tours at international academic exchange partner universities for students of Okayama Prefectural University, and Japanese language and culture training courses for international students, as well as running an English Language Village, Korean Language Village, and Skype English. Students can experience history and culture and deepen their understanding of different cultures while building practical language skills through the language and culture training courses implemented in cooperation with overseas academic exchange universities such as the Bangor University of the United Kingdom and the University of Adelaide in Australia. During the study tours, in cooperation with partner universities and other on-site international organizations, students interact with local university students, visit Japanese firms in the country, carry out observations in the city, and work on topics students discover by their initiative in addition to tourism. View full university
  9. We strive to educate prospective nurses who can explore the role of nursing and contribute to improving human health and welfare in a variety of settings in our modern society. Based on the dignity of life and the science and art of nursing, we intend to contribute to the development of nursing and its related disciplines. One primary goal of nursing is to help people achieve “a satisfying life in good health with a peaceful mind.” Our university hopes that our students may now lead their patients to live wholesome, healthy lives by sharing with them the joy of nursing from the heart. So, why not come and learn about nursing with us? That will make your happiness grow. You will surely be impressed with the technical skills you will learn to help others and the humbleness of being a human being who can share the joy with the people around you. Educational Goals: To develop a deep understanding of others as well as moral values. To cultivate compassionate hearts that can share other’s pleasures, sadness, and sufferings. To find the needs and solutions for each person through basic scientific knowledge and nursing techniques so that all patients, regardless of their kind or level of illness, receive the best professional care possible. To cultivate cognitive abilities in broad areas and perspectives in topics related to nursing, society, and culture, and nature in general related to our ever-changing political and environmental surroundings. To instill the professional pride and responsibility required from all nurses and explore further possibilities in the nursing profession and develop interdisciplinary coordination in collaboration with other health care professionals. Based on our institution’s educational philosophy and goals, we are seeking applicants satisfying the following qualifications: Individuals who are conscious of health and lifestyle and are prepared to live independently Individuals who have a positive attitude toward interpersonal communication and are willing to listen to others as well as logically express their ideas and opinions Individuals who are appreciative of others, have trust in themselves and others and have a desire to grow together Individuals who have a curiosity about the unknown and the flexibility to accept change and adapt Individuals who possess sufficient fundamental academic skills and a positive attitude toward learning independently Based upon the nursing theory of Florence Nightingale, our curriculum, pursuing learning and practice for the health of all people, is designed to foster nurses who value life, improve patients’ vital power, reach others’ hearts, and assist in patients’ self-care and independence. It is our goal to nurture a scientific perspective while cultivating an understanding of nursing science in addition to practical skills through personal experience as offered General Education Courses encompassing the natural, social, and cultural environment to cultivate a better comprehensive understanding of the world, a broad enrichment of individual humanity, and the judgment to respond when necessary. Basic Professional Educational Courses to consider in detail the human body, mind, and social relationships and gain a better understanding of internal anatomy. Professional Educational Courses to comprehend both nursing subjects as an individual leading his/her lifestyle as a family member in the community and nursing expertise as part of the local healthcare network. Clinical Nursing Practice and Integrated Courses for continued development based on the given curriculum using practical experience interacting directly with others after each educational stage and monitoring personal growth through self-evaluation. View full university
  10. This college opened as the first Nursing College (Faculty of Nursing, Department of Nursing) in Mie Prefecture in 1997, to serve as a base for nursing education and research in the prefecture. Furthermore, in April 2001, we opened the first nursing-related Graduate School (master's course in nursing studies) in Mie Prefecture, putting in place the foundation of an institution for higher nursing education. This year we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the opening, during which time we have produced more than 1,500 graduates as nurses, public health nurses, and midwives. A nursing university conducts research activities to establish new knowledge about nursing science, transmits currently established knowledge of nursing science to students, and explores nursing phenomena that have not yet been elucidated. Although nursing phenomena can be pursued from various viewpoints, a faculty of nursing will explore nursing from working nurses' viewpoint. Therefore, studying at a faculty of nursing corresponds with acquiring the skills necessary for a nursing career. Our college has achieved an educational environment where students learn not only the specialized knowledge and skills of nursing but also how to understand people with diverse ideas and various backgrounds, a broad range of cultural knowledge to facilitate communication, an attitude to keenly pursue the kind of nursing that accords with the current situation and health needs of society, the ability to analyze accumulated information, the abilities required to build teams and to work in teams, etc. Our college, founded by Mie Prefecture, is obliged to develop human resources to improve the prefecture's health level. To that end, our mission is to train high-quality professionals with universal knowledge who can contribute to the development of nursing and the improvement of health, medical care, and welfare in the global society beyond prefectural and national borders. The nursing scene is continuously faced with new issues due to advances in medical devices and techniques and societal changes. Their solution depends on nursing professionals and medical welfare workers, and above all, on whether users can share know-how and develop and utilize new technologies and mechanisms. This is where the significance of a nursing university establishes new knowledge of nursing through research. Please use our college as a nursing base that can progressively overlay primary education, graduate school education, and continuing education. We aim to offer an education based on high-minded humanity and a broad outlook, which will provide our students with the knowledge and skills needed to answer all the nursing care needs of people, to improve their lives from the beginning to the very end. We also aim to endow our students with the comprehensive skills required in nursing practice so that they can operate over a broad spectrum of society to improve people's health, medical care, and welfare. Furthermore, we endeavor to foster nursing educators and researchers who can make substantial contributions to nursing research and scholarship advancement. Educational Aims: To promote the capacity to think and act flexibly with a real understanding of people, firmly based on an ethical view of life's dignity. To impart the specialized knowledge and skills needed to answer people's nursing needs over the entire range of their lifespan. In health and welfare areas, to foster the ability to respond effectively as nurses to community health care needs, in collaboration with other occupations. To promote the ability to practice nursing in a way responsive to local needs by understanding the community's cultural life and history. To encourage a spirit of self-development and research, which will help to systematize and develop nursing science. To facilitate action from an international perspective through the enhancement of intercultural understanding and communication. The rapidly aging population, changing health care environment, and transformation in the content and scope of nursing activities have led to a requirement for nurses to have and their specialized knowledge and techniques, pragmatic skills, and flexible decision-making abilities to deal with the fast-changing society. Mie Prefectural College of Nursing contributes to the improvement of health care and welfare through its role as a center of research and education by positively promoting nursing education and research tailored to its region, training high-quality nursing staff who answer the needs of society in many areas. View full university
  11. The Kyoto Prefectural Public University Corporation was established in 2008. The university now consists of three faculties: the Faculty of Letters, the Faculty of Public Policies and the Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, and three graduate schools: the Graduate School of Letters, the Graduate School of Public Policy the Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences. With the reorganization of our university to an independent administrative corporation in April of 2008, we enacted the "Philosophy of Kyoto Prefectural University" in which all the university members will share, and based upon that, we enacted the "Charter of Action of Kyoto Prefectural University." In the preamble of the charter, we stated: "Kyoto has a long cultural tradition, and we respect the history of our university, having acted as a seat of learning with the support of our citizens for more than 110 years. We endeavor to continue carrying out this mission in concert with our students. Also, making efforts to realize coexistence with nature, we contribute not only to the development of the communities and improvement of Kyoto citizens' life, but also human happiness by cultivating talented individuals who have a strong awareness of academics, an advanced level of intellect and sophistication, and a high sense of expertise and ethical judgment, all based upon a spirit of autonomy and independence cultivated through the promotion of original state-of-the-art research." Therefore, we proposed these guidelines and themes from which our university's members will work to achieve these aims. One of the defining features of Kyoto Prefectural University is its modest scale, which spans the fields of human sciences, social sciences, and natural sciences, and is comprised of the three faculties and the three graduate schools mentioned above. With 153 full-time tenured faculty members for its capacity of 1,683 students, we regard it as advantageous as it enables us to provide instruction in smaller groups and educate individuals who will serve as the backbone of society in these fields. The faculty, office personnel, and students also share close relationships and work in unison to grapple with creative educational opportunities and scholarship. We are proud of our solid academic tradition and the tone of our academic community. In the same manner as national and private universities, public universities also assume a joint mission in higher education, which is the quest for truth and the development of character. Moreover, Kyoto Prefectural University, in its capacity as a public university, has a specific goal. It contributes to the improvement of the regional community and the quality of life in Kyoto as a seat of learning. To accomplish this goal, we established both the Community Corporation Center and Kyoto Policy Institute, which conduct research and make policy recommendations on regional issues in cooperation with the local community, citizens, and the entire prefecture. We also develop various projects to meet the citizens? Desire to enhance their lifestyle, and opportunities for lifelong education. View full university
  12. Our school offers a beautiful natural environment and is equipped with excellent teaching staff and a state-of-the-art training facility. Furthermore, we are offering small group seminars and clinical internships to enrich learning opportunities for our students. We wish to develop our students into trustworthy and sympathetic healthcare providers through the educational blend of highly specialized and knowledgeable teachers, practical experience, and a sense of humanity. As our school is a prefectural university, we wish to work closely with the regional communities and institutions to expand our educational and research activities and focus on regional healthcare needs. As a medical institution, our main task is to function as a center of knowledge in health science and contribute to regional welfare and healthcare services. We want to develop sophisticated healthcare professionals with international perspectives that respect life's dignity and have a deep sense of humanity. These healthcare professionals will then fulfill their social mission as health care workers through lifelong exploration and research, using the scientific thinking and creativity and the broad knowledge and technological expertise they acquired during their studies at Kagawa Prefectural University of Health Sciences. Furthermore, graduates will provide lifelong learning to people and health workers in their communities to contribute to the improvement of health care in their region. Educational goal: The development of highly educated personnel with a developed sense of ethics and broad knowledge can act according to the dignity of life and human rights based on their deep sense of humanity. Development of health care personnel with professional knowledge and practical abilities as well as comprehensive judgment skills. Development of health care personnel with scientific thinking, based on creativity and curiosity, striving for livelong improvement of their abilities and can adapt to advanced medical care technologies and changes in the social environment. Development of health care personnel who contribute to society by attaching great importance to health care and welfare and cooperating with other professionals. Development of health care personnel who understand and respond to demands characteristic of the region and its various healthcare and welfare needs. Development of personnel able to solve healthcare and welfare problems with an international perspective. We aim to foster a high sense of humanity, based on respect for the dignity of life in our candidates and teach them professional knowledge and skills in order to meet social needs. We want to develop specialized nurses with a deep understanding of their healthcare and welfare system's role. We aim to teach our students the ability to warm-heartedly share human joy, pain, and suffering based on respect for the dignity of life. Furthermore, we want to foster a rich sense of ethics and humanity to act following human rights. To solve health-related problems, students will learn to develop intellectual power, the ability to judge, and the ability to adapt to certain situations by studying to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills. We aim to develop nursing practice abilities based on the understanding of humans as individuals, parts of groups, families, or communities. We want to develop an understanding of nursing as part of the healthcare and welfare system and foster students' ability to contribute to local and international communities. We want students to develop the ability to improve themselves and become specialists in practice, education, or research. View full university
  13. Iwate Prefectural University is located on magnificent land with a view of Mt. Iwate and Mt. Himekami as well as Kitakami River flows alongside. In hopes of creating a new era of harmony among men, nature, and science, we provide an education that fosters independence, knowledge, and highly specialized skills which contribute to the enrichment of humanity and society. It was established in 1998 with "In the hope of creating a new era of harmony among nature, science, and mankind, we provide an education that fosters independence, sound knowledge, rich sensibility, and highly specialized skills which contribute to the enrichment of humanity and society." as its founding principal. On March 11, 2011, Iwate prefecture's coastal areas were hit by an extraordinarily giant tsunami and received extensive damages. Right after the disaster, our students and faculty, and staff immediately participated in various restoration and reconstruction activities and continue to play a significant role in the earthquake recovery volunteer efforts among students from all over the country. Besides, various sports and cultural club activities are becoming increasingly active each year, they have been successful and won many prizes in various competitions and contests. As you can see, our university is filled with young people heading into the future with a positive attitude towards their studies, social activities, and extracurricular activities. From now on, as globalization progress intensifies, you would have more opportunities to face the world. To do so, please make sure you do your best at your assignments, no matter how small they are. Making every effort will give you a sense of achievement and confidence. Since we aim to be "a university that increases student motivation", our programs include a solid education in liberal arts, meant to foster the students' understanding of human nature, as well as specialized education that stimulates active learning. Moreover, by providing volunteering opportunities and programs for developing work skills, we emphasize nurturing vigorous, independent individuals who can identify and solve problems. Based on its fundamental principles of "student-centered education" and "research and local contribution efforts that vitalize the region", Iwate Prefectural University aims to educate human resources key to local businesses, and contribute to the vitalization of the local community. The prefectural university has a policy of "University with the Community" and engages in educational and research activities and the community. In order to advance this even further, we started the "Regional Involvement Program" in 2014, mainly for freshman and sophomore students, as a pre-stage of promoting the educational activities facing the community. This is for students to learn about the community through the overnight field-work by visiting various prefecture areas. The purpose is to create the opportunity for voluntary and active "Learning" by experiencing each community's current situation and problems and considering the solutions to the problems. As a "hub of knowledge," IPU performs various activities to vitalize the local community, such as creating new assets through Industry-University-Government Collaborations, strengthening its function as a think tank for local issues, and providing learning opportunities to the citizens of the prefecture. Furthermore, as part of its efforts towards reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, IPU has been engaged in support activities and reconstruction research which fully utilizes our intellectual resources and academic specialties. Through such efforts, we aim to gain the local community's confidence to an even higher degree. View full university
  14. Ishikawa Prefectural University is still a relatively young university nine years since its establishment. Nevertheless, it has already been making considerable achievements on both the educational and research fronts. This is also evident in the university website, which has become even further improved this academic year following its redesign in November last year. It contains information on the teaching staff, including lists of accomplishments reflecting their research activities. Ishikawa Prefectural University consists of a single faculty known as the Faculty of Bioresources and Environmental Sciences. We are conducting education and research to develop applied technology and explore the principle of putting bioresources to use while seeking harmony between people and the environment. The three departments that the faculty is comprised of - Bioproduction Science, Environmental Science, and Food Science - are all grounded in bioscience, biotechnology, or agriculture and enable academic research and student education to be undertaken. Education and research conducted in our Graduate School further enhance the quest for truth in such disciplines and their subsequent practical application, cultivating people capable of contributing to the welfare of humanity. The education, research, and regional contribution of our Graduate School speak for themselves. At Ishikawa Prefectural University, we do not merely inherit conventional knowledge but conduct advanced and specialized education and research. For example, we develop new areas of research by making progress in unique areas of academic research. At the same time, we are always conscious of the growth of specialized areas and developments on the international stage. We conduct advanced and specialized education and research as part of the practicums at our on-site farm. The Research Institute for Bioresources and Biotechnology – a place for the advancement of unique academic research and new research areas. We attempt to educate promising individuals to open the way to the future – individuals who have the skills to identify issues and find solutions, individuals who have the foreign language skills and information processing skills to deal with an international/information society, and those who have advanced expertise, abilities, and skills. Language education with native speaker teachers to nurture global individuals capable of speaking other languages. Our university is equipped with comprehensive information processing equipment to nurture advanced expertise, abilities, and skills. Through interaction and collaborations with the local community, we both revitalize education and research and reiterate the importance of local intellectual activities. Furthermore, through cooperation with local companies and the creation of innovative technologies and new industries, we contribute to the local community's sustainable development/economy. The potential for the creation of innovative technologies and new industries through industry-academia partnerships. The potential for the creation of innovative technologies and new industries through industry-academia partnerships. We contribute to the global society by using the research results obtained through the active promotion of the exchange of education/research information and academic exchanges to solve global environmental problems and create common intellectual assets for the human race. Our primary role as a university is to nurture leaders for the next generation to take responsibility for a renewable society. Our research results can help solve global environmental problems and help create common intellectual assets for the human race. View full university
  15. Since its establishment in 2000, Ishikawa Prefectural Nursing University (IPNU) has enjoyed an increasing reputation for excellence in education and research activities. It is accredited by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan and is also one of the top national recipients of research funding from the Ministry. In concert with our recent foundation of the Graduate School of Nursing and our long-lasting and unique contributions to the community through various educational programs, we are becoming an outstanding center for the advancement of nursing science. Our University is located near Kanazawa, a historical old city full of traditional and modern cultural treasures. Also surrounded by the abundant natural beauty of the Sea of Japan and highlands that lead to holy Mount Hakusan, the University offers an excellent environment for fruitful academic life, as well as extracurricular activities. This year marks 14 years since Ishikawa Prefectural Nursing University (IPNU), and many qualified nursing personnel has now been sent out into Ishikawa Prefecture. Based on the University's bright, open, and free atmosphere, we place great importance on education that extends each student's personal qualities. Students gain all the necessary skills and knowledge for the nursing profession from the enthusiastic nursing staff. At the same time, we place importance on the foundation of knowledge and skills. Students study a range of meaningful topics from teachers in charge of Health Science who encourage logical thinking, and from teachers in charge of Human Science. The latter teaches the knowledge necessary for objective understanding when helping others. The teaching staff's passion for the students raises their awareness of nursing as a specialist profession. It nurtures feelings of warmth and empathy towards the sick and those in difficult situations. Also, while the University has collaborated with the local community to conduct a range of activities and research projects, it has an exchange program with the University of Washington, U.S.A... It provides support for JICA activities in South American countries. In this way and others, the University provides many opportunities for students for unique and valuable experiences. Through four years of study, students grow into workers who can provide nursing care truly appreciated. We aim for our graduates to become personnel who can be future leaders and contribute to nursing science development. In Japan, there are increasing expectations placed on those who have studied the profession of nursing at University. We hope our University appeals to you and that you will consider learning with us. View full university
  16. Modern-day medical settings witness a wide variety of health professionals working together as teams. These situations are often described using terms such as inter-professional collaboration, inter-professional cooperation, and team-based medicine. But a common requirement of all professionals in such settings is advanced skills, and such skills and professional knowledge are learned by students in the Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Radiological Science departments of our School of Health Sciences. A thorough grounding in science is also a prerequisite to building this professionalism, combined with understanding and communicating with professionals of other disciplines in the medical workplace. Besides, a great sense of humanity is called to understand the ill and infirm. The Center for Humanities and Sciences and Center for Medical Sciences provide the foundations that support the acquisition of a broad understanding of liberal arts and science that underpins medicine. Practical education is also vital, and the University Hospital supports this from an early stage in the undergraduate curriculum. After graduation, as they build their medical settings experience, various questions will arise for these health professionals. They will have a mind to resolve those questions through research and applying the latest knowledge. More than 3,000 students have graduated from the School of Health Sciences, the Graduate School of Health Sciences, and the Graduate Program in Midwifery. They are active as health professionals in Ibaraki and throughout Japan. In this low birth rate, rapidly aging society, well-qualified medical practitioners' role with leadership skills becomes increasingly important. As your first step to a purposeful and fulfilling career, we invite you to follow in their footsteps and pursue your studies at Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences. View full university
  17. Gunma Prefectural Women's University was founded to provide students with a broad cultural background and specialized knowledge to enable them to make an active contribution at every level of society at every level both here in Japan and throughout the world. Gunma Prefectural Women's University is one of only four public women's universities in Japan and is the only one located in eastern Japan. Since its foundation, its mission has been to make full use of its unique status as a women's University to develop women who can be leaders in their communities and internationally in a new era of internationalization. At its foundation in 1980, the University consisted of one department with three faculties: Japanese literature, English literature (now English language, British and American Cultures), and Aesthetics and Art History. In 2005 the faculty of International Communication was created to develop women who would flourish in the international world. In 2009 the faculty of Liberal Arts was established to produce women with a broad vision and culture. The University now has two departments and four faculties. In 1994 a graduate course in the Humanities was added, followed in 2009 by a graduate course in International Communication. These graduate courses show our University's strong commitment to developing students who possess high research skills and specialist knowledge. As part of its remit to make a substantial contribution to the whole of society, the Foreign Language Research Institute was created in 2001 to act as a catalyst to improve English education in Gunma prefecture. In 2004 a series of symposia under the title of 'Gunma Studies' was created to foster a more comprehensive and diverse understanding of Gunma. In April 2009, the Center for Gunma Studies was set up. In 2012 the Center for Japanese Language Education was created to help foreign residents gain the Japanese skills to play a full role in the community. Our University has shown itself firmly committed to meeting the challenges presented by our changing society and has continued to make an essential contribution to society both in humanities and social studies. Beginning in April 2018, the University will become a public corporation. It will continue to raise the next generation of female leaders and to be a resource to help Gunma develop and cope with the rapidly changing world. We will strive to ensure that the knowledge and experiences that students gain here will help them make a smooth transition into society and constitute a rich resource for their whole lives. The University is currently host to international exchange students from universities (including Huron University and Soochow University), which have student exchange agreements with GPWU. These students play a full and active role in the academic and social life of the University. Each exchange student is assigned two home students ('tutors') to help them with their Japanese and any problems that may arise in their daily lives. In 2007, a new Japanese language course for exchange students was established. View full university
  18. Gunma Prefectural College of Health Sciences opened in April 2005 through a reorganization of the Gunma Prefectural Medical Junior College with high hopes that it would “achieve the dream of a healthy lifestyle” for the residents of Gunma Prefecture. The school aims to foster nurses, public health nurses, and radiology technicians who will serve as health and medical care professionals capable of maintaining and improving the residents of Gunma Prefecture and the people who live in different regions throughout their lives. As such, it established graduate school master’s courses in April 2009. The College of Health Sciences cultivates health and medical care professionals furnished with well-rounded characters and advanced knowledge and skills who respect human dignity, consider health and medical care from various aspects, and make decisions and act independently. Also, it contributes to further improving the health, medical care, and welfare environments for prefectural residents by having the research results contribute to the local community. Gunma Prefectural College of Health Sciences fosters nursing personnel and radiology technicians as health and medical care professionals who strive to provide medical practices that are grounded in scientific evidence-based on advanced, systematized, and specialized knowledge and techniques while preserving the human dignity of the patients, as well as work always to achieve optimal health conditions. It also produces research results that can be used in the future within Gunma Prefecture and internationally. What is more, the college takes part in the creation, development, and dissemination of evidence-based practice (EBP) of the highest caliber within Japan. It lays a foundation of human resources that can contribute to technological innovations in health, medical care, and welfare settings. The educational objectives of Gunma Prefectural College of Health Sciences are to have its students learn how to contribute to maintaining and raising the level of health of the various people who live in different regions throughout their lifetimes through the lifestyles and cultures of the residents of Gunma Prefecture, where the college is located. Through this process, it cultivates in them a well-rounded character. It has them undertake their roles within a changing society and deepen their understanding of and interest in the people who live their own lives while coexisting with nature and fostering a distinctive culture, It also instills in them specialized knowledge and skills that are backed by scientific evidence and excellent faculties for logical judgment. Our teaching faculty possess both an abundance of practical experience and strong research capabilities. In line with our “next generation-oriented curriculum,” which aims to educate every one of our students so that they are capable of adapting to changes in society, our teaching faculty provide instruction that consolidates a scientific basis for nursing and radiological technology studies to support the systematic study of specialized knowledge and skills. What is more, the school offers specialized foundational courses that underpin scholarship in these fields and standard courses that cultivate the ability to work together as a team, which is indispensable for the health and medical services that contribute to society. Thus the school provides an education that is consistent with the real world in which there is no divergence between theory and practice. Moreover, regarding liberal arts education, the school offers academic foundational education courses with unique individual character. It prepares every one of our students to set up plans for taking courses following their intellectual pursuits or academic interests as independent scholars. One goal that we aim for about our college students is that you all can think and make decisions with a sense of autonomy. Until yesterday, you were taught the basic knowledge for getting by in life, whereas now in college, you have become students who will learn independently. You are students who learn by thinking on your own. My heartfelt desire to see you refine your sensibilities and craft a productive student life here with us in Gunma, which is filled with ponds and greenery that are suffused with scenic beauty. View full university
  19. Situated in the western part of Japan and comprising two faculties (the Faculty of Integrated Human Studies and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Nursing) as well as a graduate school with two distinct graduate courses, Fukuoka Prefectural University has long been a focal point for education and research and has played a pioneering role in the fields of healthcare and public welfare. In response to the challenges of the 21st century (such as Japan's rapidly aging society, advances in medical technology, and shifts like medical care), Fukuoka Prefectural University underwent a thorough renewal process in 2006. In recognition of technological developments and the dynamic nature of education, Fukuoka Prefectural University has recently embraced e-learning as a means of making itself more accessible to society. As a result, the conceptual distance between teacher and student has narrowed considerably, thereby empowering the individual and revealing self-study and self-teaching opportunities. This emphasis on individual study and exploration is complemented by the highly specialized and nationally-recognized professional training programs offered by the Faculty of Integrated Human Studies and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Nursing. It is perhaps here that our commitment to producing the leaders and innovators of tomorrow is most apparent. Our graduates commonly go on to become, for example, exemplary social workers, mental health welfare professionals, nurses, teachers, childcare workers, and government officials. Our location at the foot of the Hikosan mountain serves as a constant reminder of our close relationship with nature and the local community. An enduring spirit of cooperation and friendship empowers our students and encourages them to contribute, wherever and whenever possible, to local citizens' welfare. Our students have a well-deserved reputation for being enthusiastic volunteers on a local level and play an active role in developing the global society. To this end, the university offers some exciting exchange programs and study-abroad programs, and linguistic training in English, Korean and Chinese. Furthermore, and as part of our commitment to utilizing society's full potential, Fukuoka Prefectural University has established several on-campus institutions designed to nurture previously untapped sources of talent. These institutions include our Life-long Welfare Research Center, the Health Promotion Education and Research Center, and the School and Child Support Center for School Refusal. At the heart of this network of philanthropic and research-based institutions is the Social Contribution and Volunteer Support Center, which specializes in promoting exchange and cooperation with the local community and offering various interdisciplinary study projects. Fukuoka Prefectural University's role in promoting the local region received worldwide recognition with the inclusion of Yamamoto Sakubei, depicting Tagawa's coalmines, into UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. This accomplishment is in many ways representative of our university ethos, emphasizing as it does not only the close relationship between the university and the surrounding community but also between individuals. This, I believe, is the essence of Fukuoka Prefectural University's charm. I will make every effort to develop our campus and educational and research facilities so that all who come here, whether as students or citizens, will feel privileged and glad. View full university
  20. Fukui Prefectural University has a spirit of exploring the truth, a broad perspective. Rich creative skills as a base to promote the advancement of academic culture that responds to the development of the times quickly, to provide talented persons with advanced and professional knowledge and skills In addition to cultivating, developing advanced scientific research and technology, opening up academic information to the community, we aim to contribute to the development of industries and culture of Fukui Prefecture, as well as Japan, so that humanity The mission is to contribute to the improvement of the permanent welfare. The Three Core Principles of Fukui Prefectural University are: Advanced education and research in line with cutting-edge progress in technological innovation, information systems, internationalization, and rapid development in science and technology. Introduce new education methods and small-class settings through an adaptable curriculum that can respond flexibly to changes in society. Opportunities and facilities to learn about research outcomes open to the public and to promote collaborative relationships among industry, government, and academia, including research related to the unique features of local areas. A career is a life or lifestyle built on professional experiences. Career education is the area that leads individuals to an understanding of how they want to live and work and to help them design their future career through the study of their self and society. The university has created its own original Career Design Notebook, which is distributed to new students. The Career Design Notebook consists of two parts: Expository texts with specific themes, such as the importance of university learning, the meaning of work, and abilities required in society, and a notebook for students to fill in their ideas. This notebook helps students discover many things and build a better vision of their future. The university invites guest teachers from various companies and organizations to provide special lectures. Students can envision their future and learn about actual society through these lectures and practical classes that conduct communication workshops and provide workplace visits. The Career Center provides opportunities for self-analysis, future direction research, work experience, and guidance seminars, in addition to advice from center staff. Detailed and useful information is offered, essential to those students seeking future opportunities and support for their job-hunting activities. The university has formed partnerships with ten universities in different countries, including China, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Mongolia, and Peru. It sends and accepts exchange students and conducts friendship exchanges and research exchanges among teachers. The university has developed some foreign exchange programs, based on international academic exchange agreements, with overseas universities, including Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics (China), Jilin University (China), Gangneung-Wonju National University (Korea), Chonnam National University (Korea), National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology (Taiwan), National Ilan University (Taiwan), University of Social Sciences and Humanities of Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), and Foreign Trade University (Vietnam). In this program, students live and study overseas in the long term, learn a foreign language, and enhance their specialized area knowledge. View full university
  21. Chiba Prefectural University of Health Sciences is an up and coming public university, continually adapting to the changing issues in health sciences. Chiba Prefectural University was established in April 2009 due to the groundbreaking merger of the long-established Chiba College of Health and Science with the former Chiba Prefectural College of Allied Medical Sciences. The current four-year undergraduate university has since celebrated six classes of outstanding students, boasting an enrollment of 740 students at its two fully-equipped campuses. We are committed to foster skilled professionals to promote the health and well-being of the communities we serve. We aim to foster those who have mastered professional knowledge and the highest level of trained skills. We value nurturing well-rounded individuals to become the best human resources in the field, with an ethical standard to adapt and actively contribute to the healthcare system in a changing global atmosphere. Our selective program only admits 190 students per year, including ten candidates to the Nursing Department's third year. Chiba Prefecture is undergoing a drastic demographic shift resulting in rapid growth in the aging population. However, the number of healthcare workers trained to cater to local demands is insufficient. The university is committed to providing a service to the community by countering the healthcare labor shortage with the highest possible care level. In 2025, when the post-war baby boomers reach 75, nearly 20 percent of the population will be over 75 years old. We see it as part of our mission to play a significant role in educating and training skilled professionals to promote health and continued care to the elderly. Our students are the future of these new medical and care-giving challenges. We believe that they will be responsible and dependable in their mission to support the senior communities they serve, providing the highest level of care in treating their chronic illnesses. Our graduates will exercise their training in critical thinking and problem-solving skills while demonstrating their freedom of idea exchange to address patients' individual physical and mental needs thoughtfully. The Faculty of Health Sciences aims to prepare highly competent, well-rounded healthcare professionals with high ethical standards and excellent communication skills, providing thorough healthcare services with the most sincere and warm intentions. Furthermore, as an open and accessible university, we vow to collaborate and interact with people, to foster the willingness to serve the local community, including Chiba Prefecture as well as the lifelong learning system, in order to solidify our commitment to contribute to the advancement of healthcare in a global society. The university curriculum is challenging, with a heavy workload covering many topics and skills to reach a high academic standard. Upon completing the course curriculum studies and practical training requirements at Chiba Prefectural University of Health Sciences, the graduates will gain confidence in their abilities and feel pride in their dedication to their field and university. View full university
  22. Akita Prefectural University was inaugurated in 1999 with the philosophy of“Developing a new generation of leaders for the 21st Century” and“Contributing, as an open university, to the continued development of Akita Prefecture.”We continue to follow this philosophy as we celebrate our fourteenth year. Akita Prefectural University is a university of science and technology which consists of two faculties: Systems Science and Technology and Bioresource Sciences. This nationally top rank pedagogy leads the way in human resource development. It provides uniquely specialized individuals in engineering and agriculture, specialized fields indispensable for realizing a sustainable society. Educational emphasis is on achieving the ability to identify and to solve their problems. An example is a “Student Independent Research Program” which targets first and second-year students, allowing them a chance to select a research theme on their own, organize the group, then design and conduct the research. The University provides all the necessary aspects, including research space, equipment, funds, and exceptional supervisor advice to bolster student research. Yet, the main emphasis is on maximizing student potential. Akita Prefectural University has produced over three thousand graduates with a near 100% employment rate. Our graduates are active and contribute to the community in various essential roles. We request your continued support and cooperation for Akita Prefectural University. We aim to develop individuals who have the potential to respond to the new challenges of an ever-changing world and who also have the capacity for self-improvement. At Akita Prefectural University, we are therefore committed to educating and nurturing researchers and engineers who have both problem-discovering and problem-solving capabilities so that they can respond to the evolving scientific and technological needs of the future. To ensure that students can rise to these challenges and thereby improve their abilities, our education system places a priority on developing the students’ capacities to process information, to learn foreign languages, and acquire self-expression skills which, together with other necessary skills, will allow them to develop a culture of learning and so help them become independent-minded members of society. As a higher education institution, we are expected by the local community to educate and nurture highly-skilled professionals who will serve as invaluable human resources for the community. The greater emphasis placed on education and research in our doctoral program ensures that we raise highly-trained researchers that can be employed in more advanced and specialized professions. Our collaborations with public experimental and research agencies, which reinforce local industrial technology expertise and competitiveness, enable us to provide our students with a broader and deeper level of education and research experience. With the increasing numbers of undergraduates and members of society throughout the country seeking admission into postgraduate education programs, we are actively responding to the requirements of Akita Prefecture, which is faced with the need to develop its science and technology base through collaborations between industry, academia, and government. View full university
  23. Radical changes have ensued in the wake of ever more rapid globalization. In response, the university actively advocates “Connect with people and tie in with the world.” This means making frequent close face-to-face contact with people. Naturally, we reach out to people within Aichi Prefecture and Japan, but we also seek close ties with people worldwide. Working hand in hand with others, through knowledge and action, we can help make the world a better place in myriad small ways. Connect with people with different cultures and extend active links to localities across the globe. Rich cultural diversity exists both in Japan and in other parts of the world. In current times, marked by the rapid spread of nationalist sentiment, we urgently need to deepen mutual understanding through intercultural exchange. The year 2020 will witness several landmark events, including the Tokyo Olympic Games. Regarding this year as a milestone, the prefecture has formulated a policy known as Aichi Vision 2020. With the future in mind, during the six years starting 2018, we will lay the groundwork for deep and varied encounters with diverse cultures. To stimulate education: cooperation and collaborative research by the university’s five schools Cross-cultural exchange thrive in research and education. The university has connected research fields that had become compartmentalized and divided, and the five schools have joined to cooperate in collaborative research involving different disciplines. Rather than narrow collaborations of science with science, or literature with literature, now, in multi-disciplinary, multi-faceted studies, staff and students are fusing science and the humanities while working together to pursue an “anthropological approach to learning.” By studying about and inquiring into “life,” we take an “anthropological approach towards learning,” Through collaboration between the university’s five schools, we study about and inquire into “life.” Life is undoubtedly the one thing we all share as people, and it is granted equally to each of us. In Japan and overseas, the recognition of this fact is now under threat. To determine the reasons for this situation and find solutions for it, we have to face the challenge by intricately intertwining scientific, political, economic, cultural, and environmental studies. Aichi Prefectural University is steering the very practice of education and research in the direction of learning about life, that is to say, taking an “anthropological approach towards learning.” There are two campuses at Aichi Prefectural University. The “Nagakute Campus,” comprising the School of Foreign Studies, the School of Japanese Studies, the School of Education and Welfare, and the School of Information Science and Technology, is located in the hilly area overlooking Mt. Ontake in Kiso, beyond the mountain range of Seto. The “Moriyama Campus,” consisting of the School of Nursing and Health, is situated on Mt. Tougoku, where there is a fruit park famous for cherry blossom viewing, in the northeastern part of Nagoya City. Both campuses are located in landscaped areas, surrounded by fresh air and greenery. At these two sites, both undergraduate and graduate students and approximately 3,500 faculty members are always engaged in their studies. First-year students at the School of Nursing and Health are provided with lectures on the Nagakute campus. The modernized Aichi Prefectural University’s motto is “High-quality education, based on high-quality research.” Therefore, by not only building upon the traditions initiated by the Women’s Junior College and Aichi Prefectural Women’s College but by also taking advantage of offering both arts and science courses, Aichi Prefectural University now pursues academic education and research with the following vision: That, in the so-called “Knowledge-based society” of the 21st century, we aim to become a “Knowledge Hub,” where both researchers and students with a thirst for knowledge can enlighten one another. That, as a prefectural university meeting the growing demands for advanced education in an “Era of decentralization,” we will promote a high quality of education endorsed by quality research and will contribute to both regional and global communities through the accomplishments of our staff and students. That, focusing on realizing a “Developed co-existent society,” we intend to advance research, education, and regional partnerships, promoting the coexistence of nature, scientific technology, and people in diverse cultures of society. This vision comprises three priorities that are critical concerns for people inquiring about a human society living in the 21st century. View full university
  24. Aichi University of the Arts was founded on April 1, 1966, to create a distinctive cultural sphere in the middle part of Japan, the Chubu Region. This foundation was responding to the Region's industrial economic growth centering in Aichi Prefecture. Additionally, the university's graduate school for a master's degree was established four years later, on April 1, 1970, to enrich culture and society through advanced, in-depth research for cultural theory and application. On April 1, 2009, the graduate school began to offer a doctoral program. The Aichi University of the Arts invites artists from around Japan and overseas to its campus as Artists in Residence to collaborate on educational, performance, and creative activities. By inviting various working artists (both individuals and groups), we aim to encourage exchanges with our faculty and students that will result in fresh educational and research perspectives and invigorate our campus. Commonly found in universities, museums, and orchestras in the West, such residence programs provide the invited artists with a place to explore their creative practice in new contexts. The residence artists give workshops and present or recite new ideas and works that differ significantly from the university's regular curriculum. A significant feature of our university's Artist-in-Residence Program has shared spaces for daily activities, which encourages close exchange among artists, faculty, and students. Created and run by the Center for Promoting Fine Arts and Music, the Artist-in-Residence Program contributes significantly to the university's medium-term plan core objectives of international exchange, strengthening partnerships with other educational organizations, and enhancement of cross-disciplinary education at the university. AUA has a duty as a lighthouse for arts. Various ships traverse the open sea of art, confirm their present location, and chart a course by referring to the lighthouse's beacon light. Some ships may sail east; some may sail West, some may soar up into the sky or dive in deep water. There is no correct and exact answer in art as many new forms of art may be born as the number of aspiring artists. AUA watches over the birth of new art as it is. While aiming to nurture the art of the highest international standard, AUA is expected to continue its efforts to broaden the base for the arts and increase the number of art fans. To meet this requirement, AUA must promote artistic exchange and collaboration with various fields. When art is nurtured to be the best and utilized for society, the stimulus of utilization deepens art in one aspect. Although new stimuli, like a double-edged sword, are also accompanied by pain, such as the nature of creation. Just as this is the case in all healthy activities of the society, art is no exception. Art is an ongoing adventure where there are no new ideas; there are no fresh and attractive musical performances or artworks. Let us have the encouragement to knock on new doors and accept new challenges. View full university
  25. Yamaguchi Prefectural University (YPU) is located in Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in the western part of Japan's main island between Hiroshima Prefecture and Fukuoka Prefecture. Yamaguchi Prefecture has easy access to Japan's main cities via bullet train, airplane, or car. It takes one and a half hours by plane or approximately five hours by bullet train from Tokyo to Yamaguchi. It is three hours from Kyoto/Osaka by bullet train. Yamaguchi is connected to Kyushu by a beautiful bridge crossing over the Kamon Straights and is only about half an hour from Fukuoka by bullet train. They are taught by 120 full-time teaching staff. The student-teacher ratio is low, and students can receive the utmost support from our teaching staff. We attempt to meet every student's needs, including overseas students, through a system of tutoring by both professors and peers. You will find a friendly atmosphere at the university, and we hope that Yamaguchi and YPU will become your second home. Many overseas students who had attended YPU have come back to Yamaguchi to study further or work on the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (the JET program). We hope you will expand your horizons through the study abroad program we offer. Do you dream about studying overseas in Japan? What type of cultural exchange programs would you like to participate in while you are here? The International Office is always ready to work with you to ensure you find the right program for you. In addition to regular classes offered to all Japanese students, Yamaguchi Prefectural University offers a unique program for students coming to Japan for the first time. Yamaguchi Abroad is a comprehensive curriculum that includes Japanese language study, courses in the traditional arts of flower arrangement and tea ceremony, English courses about Japanese culture and society, and four courses that make up our Yamaguchi Studies program. Yamaguchi Studies is a unique collection of four courses covering the history, culture, crafts, and Yamaguchi people. Our talented and knowledgeable faculty teach all courses in coordination with local experts and nationally renowned poets, artists, and scholars. Each course features a combination of in-class and on-location components, which gets you out of the classroom and literally "into" local culture and history.
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