Kyushu U’s Top Global University Project
Wrap-up Symposium

Many faces of internationalization
at Kyushu U
The TGU initiative: Impact and strategic evolution

2024 3.19 TUE
I. Opening remarks

11:30

10:00

• To be held online for free!
• Simultaneous interpretation available!

10:00 ˃˃10:10

Kenji IWATA

Yosuke KOBAYASHI (To be confirmed)

Executive Vice President, Kyushu U

Counsellor, Higher Education Bureau, MEXT

II. Presentations: Four faces of Internationalization

Masahiko KABURAGI Vice President

10:10 ˃˃11:10

Johan LAUWEREYNS Senior Vice President

On Education: School of InterdisciplinaryScience and Innovation

On Governance: SIAG

Natalie KONOMI

Shuji SHIMIZU Vice President

Vice President

On Research: Development of StrategicPartnerships
III. Panel discussion

On Social Commitment: Q-AOS

11:10 ˃˃11:25

Facilitator

Panelists

Akira HARATA Senior Vice President
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PRESENTERS Masahiko, Natalie, Johan, Shuji
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～The TGU Initiative: Impact and strategic evolution～Four faces of internationalization: Synposes

On Education: SISI

Vice President Masahiko KABURAGIThe School of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation (SISI), established in 2018, has its origin in the"School of International Liberal Studies" as was conceived in our Global 30 application (2009), andwas laid out in detail in our TGU application (2014). Since its beginning, the SISI has been leading theinternationalization of undergraduate education at Kyushu U. It has inaugurated new initiatives likeoffering a number of classes for international students (who account for about 10% of the studentbody) and local students to learn together and making study abroad mandatory. In this presentation, I
will discuss in detail a unique form of education that the SISI provides, and take up issues we face in
the internationalization of education in the days to come.

On Research: Development of Strategic Partnerships

Vice President

Natalie KONOMI

Kyushu U is advancing the internationalization of research by promoting strategic partnerships withuniversities around the globe. Notably, collaborations with the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign (UIUC) and National Taiwan University (NTU), as well as the establishment of a trilateral
university center among UIUC, NTU, and Kyushu U, are developing new partnership models andadvancing the internationalization of research and education. Additionally, participation in international
consortia such as APRU, MIRAI, and RENKEI is strengthening our global network. Through thesestrategic efforts, we aim to enhance our position as a world-class hub for research and education. This
presentation will showcase specific examples to highlight the outcomes of our internationalization efforts.

On Governance: SIAG

Senior Vice President

Johan LAUWEREYNSSHARE-Q International Advisory Group (SIAG) is a strategic initiative by Kyushu U to involve
international faculty members in governance. SIAG operates as a thinktank formulating action proposals
to promote internationalization and works directly with the University Leadership to move fromproposals to implementation through project-based cooperation. The University Leadership further
facilitates this process by appointing international faculty members to senior management roles. SIAG
also organizes Faculty Development sessions in English on a broad range of topics relating to work atKyushu U and life in Japan. Thus, Kyushu U leads the way toward internationalization by applying aunique model of integration in governance.

On Social Commitment: Q-AOS

Vice President

Shuji SHIMIZU

The Institute for Asian and Oceanian Studies (Q-AOS) was created in 2019 back to back with the Platform ofInter-/Transdisciplinary Energy Research (Q-PIT) with President Ishibashi as the head. Q-AOS aims to achieve
the SDGs by engaging in interdisciplinary research that transcends departmental boundaries on site, and/oron demand, and on an international basis. Its activities include the Brown Bag Seminars which you can easily
access during lunch break, the Asia Week, which brings together all our Asia-related activities, and the Kyudai
NOW Forum, which showcases our latest research with our international alumni in mind.