The Top Global University Project at Keio University in AY2015-2016
Project-wide Performance Indicators and Target Goals
International Initiatives
Establishment and Operation of All-English Global Interdisciplinary Courses (GIC)
The Global Interdisciplinary Courses Program started in earnest across undergraduate faculties and graduate schools
in AY2015-2016. As of May 1, 2016, A total of 1,162 students are enrolled in 75 core courses established within theGIC Center. This total increases to 8,337 students enrolled in 471 courses when all other GIC courses (internationalcenter courses, research courses, etc.) are included. We expect even higher enrollment with the incoming class in FallSemester. The GIC Program is Keio’s first university-wide curriculum conducted almost entirely in English and isavailable to students across all of Keio’s undergraduate faculties and graduate schools. It functions as a platform for
English-language courses that allows more students to graduate entirely in English.

International Student Dormitories
Keio has gradually added international housing with the increase in international
student numbers, and in March 2016 the university opened the doors to theOkurayama Dormitory, the university’s newest housing complex designed withinternational students in mind. In March 2017, Hiyoshi International Dormitory*, theuniversity’s first attempt at a truly international dormitory, is slated to open.
Additionally, Keio has plans to open another international student dormitory at
Tsunashima Sustainable Smart Town in Yokohama by March 2018.

Increasing International Partner Institutions

3D rendering of Hiyoshi International
Dormitory* (*Name tentative)

In 2014, the total number of partner institutions at Keio University was 261. This number includes both departmentlevel and university-wide partnerships for academic exchange and joint research. As of May 1, 2016, this number has
increased to 310. As partnerships continue to thrive and grow, Keio has placed particular emphasis on increasing thenumber of exchange students through university-wide agreements by partnering with selective institutions abroad,which are limited to the most selective universities in the world. Partnership agreements are signed only after
confirming real possibilities for exchange, and, as a result, we have experienced a steady but incremental net increasein student exchange numbers. Moreover, Keio is committed to strengthening its relationships with current partners byrevisiting former agreements and negotiating increased student quotas.

Governance Reforms
Development of a Medium-Term Plan
Keio has raised objectives and guidelines for a medium-term plan, which formed the basis for individual policies
established as short-term measures. Keio’s selection for the Top Global University Project made the institution reflect
on what Keio should look like by the end of the project in 2023 and resulted in the Keio Vision for 2023, which divides
the years up to 2023 into three periods. First unveiled in 2015, the plan is in the midst of the first of these periods.
This first period, dedicated to the promoting the Top Global University Project at Keio, focuses on communications,internationalization, and personnel system reform. Keio has committed to a proactive communications strategy inorder to better convey its interdisciplinary, international strengths in advanced education and research, which arefirmly rooted in the three initiatives of Longevity, Security, and Creativity.

Academic Reforms

Development of Short-Term Programs
The development of short-term programs is underway to increase the number ofinternational students who come to Keio. Thesis@Keio, a program geared towards
graduate students, began in 2015. Graduate students at the master’s or doctoral level
who are accepted to the program are allowed to conduct research at Keio and gain
access to university resources. They may conduct fieldwork and interviews and receive
advisement from Keio faculty members for their research. This new system provides
students from other universities direct access to Keio academic faculty in order tofurther their research while Keio benefits by building an international academic networkwith talented graduate students and early-career researchers from abroad. Additionally,Keio Short-Term Japanese Studies Program
numerous new programs are slotted for Summer 2016 and beyond across manydifferent faculties and graduate schools.

PEARL Applications BeginThe Faculty of Economics began accepting applications for the “Programme in Economics for Alliances, Research andLeadership (PEARL),” a brand-new economics program offered entirely in English. The university has received a large
volume of applications from students of various backgrounds from Japan and abroad. As of June 2016, inauguralapplicants are finishing their final admissions procedures.

University-specific Performance Indicators and Target Goals
Improving and Increasing Overseas Research Hubs
Keio is dedicated to building an environment that makes it easy to deliver world-leading research findings andpromote international joint research. The university is enhancing collaboration with research hubs abroad to improve
its visibility abroad and increase its number of internationally co-authored publications. Since 2014, Keio has
increased its number of research hubs abroad from four to sixteen. The university will continue to increase these hubs
in both quality and quantity and provide the high degree of mobility essential to successful joint research.

International Partnerships (As of May 1, 2016)
Australia

University of New South WalesSingapore

Keio – Nus CUTE Center

Australia

University of Sydney

Switzerland The European Organization for Nuclear ResearchAustria

University of Vienna
The Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies

USANational Institute on Aging
Intramural Research Program

Austria

University of Vienna
The Faculty of Psychology

USABroad Institute of MIT and Harvard

FranceThe Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

USAGeorgia Institute of Technology

FranceCommissariat à l énergie atomique et aux énergiesAlternatives

FranceThe ITER International Fusion Energy Organization

USA

University of California, Berkeley
Precision Manufacturing Center in the Department ofMechanical Engineering

India

Indian Institute of Technology HyderabadKorea

Yonsei UniversityCenter for Information Technology and Governance

USAWashington University in St. Louis
School of Medicine

Visiting Research Co-Advisor Scheme in Full Swing
The university commenced full operation of its cross-appointment scheme toemploy researchers from abroad as visiting research co-advisors to advise
doctoral candidates at Keio. In AY2015, Keio welcomed a total of 60 coadvisors. Just as the year before, all parties involved—main research advisors,
visiting research co-advisors, and doctoral candidates—expressed a highdegree of satisfaction with the scheme. Several joint research and co-authoredpapers have been or are currently in the process of being published. Theuniversity expects their contributions will have a positive impact on citation andranking indices.

Expanding Global Visibility
Communicating Keio Research Better Than Ever

A visiting research co-advisor meets with aPh.D. candidate

In November 2015, Keio implemented Pure, a researcher information system made by Elsevier, to announce thefindings and contributions of Keio research to the world. The research findings of full-time academic faculty recordedon Scopus, the world’s largest abstract and indexing database of research information, are released on Pure. Makingthis information readily available to other institutions and researchers, especially those abroad, joint research.

Keio Ageing Week
Keio Ageing Week was held from Sunday, October 4, to Friday, October 9,2015. Organized by Keio University with the collaboration and cooperation ofvarious organizations, including the World Economic Forum (WEF), the World
Health Organization (WHO), and Osaka University, the week consisted of aninternational conference and various events including lectures focused onhealthy ageing, or more specifically, exploring solutions to challenges related
to an ageing society. World-leading researchers convened to discuss issues
related to a super-ageing population and cognitive decline as part of Keio
University’s ongoing research on longevity, one of Keio’s global initiatives anda field in which Keio has long had a strong reputation. This meeting provided
new insights needed to spark joint research on building a society that can copewith an ageing population through ongoing interdisciplinary and international
research.

International Conference on Cognitive Decline and its
Economic Consequences Co-hosted by Keio Universityand the World Economic Forum