８．Progress of initiatives (AY 2020)■ Common result indicators and targets[Keio University]

Internationalization-related○ Online short-term study abroad program

The "Understanding Japanese and Chinese Culture" lecture series was held with Fudan University
from September 21 to 25. A total of 10 lectures on cultural exchange between Japan and China were
held in English and Chinese on topics including "Keio University and Japan's Modernization,""Language exchange between Japan and China," "Occidentalism in Japanese Shojo-Manga," and"Cooking." A total of 945 students from Keio and Fudan University participated, and on the final day,an exchange event was held online for the students to interact directly with each other.
The Keio Short-Term Japanese Studies Program (KJSP) was held from February 24 toMarch 9, 2021. A total of 27 students participated from Keio and partner universities
including Chulalongkorn University in Thailand and McGill University in Canada.
A pilot version of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities' (APRU) Virtual Student
Exchange (VSE) Program was launched among APRU member universities, for which Keio
University also provided courses (11 universities provided approximately 80 courses).
Although unable to replace the experience of actually studying abroad, a new form ofstudent exchange program was realized whereby overseas students can be hosted andKeio students can take classes at other overseas universities online. Furthermore, this trial
revealed new possibilities for conducting exchange with overseas universities andinternational education online in the future. https://vse.apru.org/○ Opening of a new international student dormitory

The "Shonan Fujisawa International Dormitory" was completed on March 16, 2021. In addition tooperating as a mixed student dormitory, it will also function as a place where students from Japanand abroad can interact with each other, and it brings the total number of international student
dormitories at Keio to 10 (of which 7 are mixed dormitories). Until now, many of our international
student dormitories were located around Hiyoshi Campus, and it took students about an hour totravel to Shonan Fujisawa Campus; however, by establishing a dormitory on SFC campus itself, wehave created an environment where we can accept even more international students.

Governance reform-related○ Exchange of opinions with university presidents, etc., around the world

As part of the activities of the U7+ Alliance (an alliance of international universities established at the G7 Biarritz Summit in July 2019
centered around leading universities of G7 countries), our president and vice-presidents participated in 7 online meetings withpresidents, etc., of other leading universities around the world from May 2020 to March of the following year, where they discussed
ways to address the serious challenges the world is facing today including COVID-19 (coronavirus disease), racial discrimination,inequality, and threats to academic freedom.

At the APRU Senior International Leaders Meeting held from October 6 to 9, the vice-presidents concerned and other faculty and staff
members participated in online meetings with representatives of the 56 member universities under the theme of "Acting Together in theNew Abnormal" to discuss how international exchange should be handled as well as how each university is planning their international
strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The trial of a virtual student exchange program (see above) was also proposed.

○ Promotion of digital transformation (DX)

Along with the crisis management response by the Keio University Infection Response Center for COVID-19 (center director: president ofKeio) established at Keio on February 4, 2020, DX was promoted as a necessary measure to ensure the stable and safe implementationof online classes and events, various meetings, and the telework of administrative staff members, etc. As a part of this, corporate
contracts for online conference systems were expanded, common chat tools for faculty and staff members were introduced, and theinternal administrative approval system was made available online.

Educational reform-related○ Introduction of Canvas LMS
education support system

As part of internationalizing the academic affairs
system, we became the first Japanese university tointroduce and start operating Canvas LMS, alearning management system (LMS). It is used byleading universities in North America (Stanford,Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, etc.) and canbe easily set to work with external applications.

○ FutureLearn

Continuing on from previous years, through theonline education platform FutureLearn, we have
not only disseminated Keio University's research
and findings but also distributed information
focused on Japanese culture through the sharingof archives of rare books, works of art, etc.,
possessed by Keio. In AY 2020, we offered 10courses, an increase of 3 courses from theprevious year.

○ Center for Global Interdisciplinary Courses (GIC Center)

The GIC Center, which was established with the adoption of this project, provides a program in which courses are taught in English (orother foreign languages), and students who obtain a total of 40 credits or more from the courses that meet certain conditions by thetime of graduation will be awarded with a certificate of completion. Students can freely take the courses regardless of the faculty towhich they belong, and with many international students from abroad also taking these courses, the center is becoming a base fordeveloping international and interdisciplinary human resources. Various courses such as those in the sciences, environment, music,
bushido, poverty, and business are offered, and in AY 2020, 1,551 students took GIC courses.

■ The university's own result indicators and targets○ Placed in the top 100 for the QS Rankings by subject

In the QS World University Rankings by Subject, Keio was ranked in the top 100 worldwide in 7 research fields. Regarding the numberof fields ranked in the top 100, we ranked 6th among Japanese universities along with Tohoku University. The QS World University
Rankings by Subject ranks 51 research fields in the humanities, engineering and technology, life sciences, natural sciences, and socialsciences.

○ Cross-appointment through the Guest Professor (Global) system

Under the Guest Professor (Global) system, 52 people were appointed in 2020 (89 people in 2019). In the beginning, we wereplanning to appoint 71 people, but 19 appointments were cancelled due to the spread of COVID-19. In AY 2020, many GuestProfessors (Global) conducted instruction remotely online. Since we began this system in AY 2014, a total of 460 people have been
appointed.

■ Initiatives to increase international reputation○ Hosting international conferences and events

From June to July, the KGRI Virtual Seminar Series "Japan and the World in the Era of COVID-19:
Considering whether the new paradigm is a crisis or an opportunity" was held 4 times online (supportedby APRU). About 1,000 people participated (including 80 overseas participants), including university
students, researchers, senior high school students, and working adults. The 4 themes were as follows:・June 17 Health and Science & Technology・July 1 Economy and Work・July 15 Society and the Law
On September 30, we hosted the "1st MEXT Top・July 29 Summing Up
Global University Project Online Symposium
https://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/en/newsevent/070204.html

International Collaboration in Higher Education
during the COVID-19 Pandemic." Guest speakers
from Sciences Po and the Chinese University ofHong Kong were also invited to the symposium
held in English to discuss responses to andissues caused by COVID-19 as well as thepossibility of online study abroad. About 430
people participated from Japan and abroad.

https://www.keio.ac.jp/en/news/2020/Oct/8/48-75604/

On November 21, we hosted the Study in Japan Fair "Experience Japan Exhibition 2020
Online." The fair had been held every year in London, UK, since 2001, but due to the impactof COVID-19, it was held online for the first time. 20 universities and organizations from allover Japan, many of which were selected as Top Global Universities, participated in theevent, which provided information on the study in Japan programs of each university andthe scholarships that are available as well as stories from students sharing their experiencesof studying in Japan. By holding the event online, the numbers of exhibitors and attendees
were the largest ever. With 1,353 people participating not just from the UK but also from
Asia and Europe, the number of attendees greatly exceeding that for previous years (around500), and lively question and answer sessions, etc., were held.
https://www.keio.ac.jp/en/news/2020/Dec/1/48-76532/

The "APRU Population Aging Research Hub 2018‐2020 Summing Up Report" was published
Keio University took over as the host of the APRU Population Aging Program from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), andfor 3 years from 2018 to 2020, operated as the research base (hub) of the program, organizing the annual conferences and variousseminars. A report summarizing our activities over the 3 years was published, which is also available below:

https://www.global-sdgs.keio.ac.jp/wp-content/themes/Keio_University/assets/pdf/2018_2020FinalReport2021_finalversion.pdf■ Other○ THE World Reputation Rankings 2020

The THE World Reputation Rankings 2020 was announced and Keio University ranked between 151st and 175th, while in Japan, Keioplaced 9th overall and 1st among private universities. This ranking asks researchers from all over the world about the reputation ofuniversities in terms of research and educational capabilities and ranks universities based on the results.

○ Four researchers from Keio University were selected as Highly Cited Researchers 2020

Four members of the School of Medicine, Professor Kenya Honda (Department of Microbiology and Immunology), Associate Professor
Koji Atarashi (Department of Microbiology and Immunology), Assistant Professor Takeshi Tanoue (Department of Microbiology andImmunology), and Professor Toshiro Sato (Sakaguchi Laboratory—Department of Organoid Medicine) were chosen as Highly Cited
Researchers (HCR), who are selected by Clarivate Analytics every year. HCR are outstanding researchers who have published multiple
papers in the past year (2019) for which the number of citations fall in the top 1% in 21 scientific fields. In the 2020 edition, 6,167
people (from about 60 countries) were selected from across the world, with about 90 people being selected from Japan.