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June 2022

Vol.6

DIVISION FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION (DGE*)

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N*DGE plans and implements activities and programs related to NAIST's global network in areas including academic agreements and related student

exchange, double degree programs, studying abroad, international student support, overseas faculty development, international collaborative laboratories and NAIST overseas offices.

INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC
PARTNERSHIPS 2022.2.1~6.1
NEW▸Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical
University for Women (India)▸Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Joint Genome
Institute (U.S.A)
RENEWED▸The National Taiwan
University of Science &Technology (Taiwan)▸Faculty of Industrial
Technology, Sepuluh
Nopember Institute ofTechnology (Indonesia)▸University of Edinburgh(U.K.)▸Hasanuddin University(Indonesia)▸École Supérieured'Ingénieurs en
Électrotechnique etÉlectronique (ESIEE) Paris(France)▸Telecom Paris (France)▸University of Cagliari (Italy)▸University of Engineering &Technology, VNU (Vietnam)▸IPB University (Indonesia)▸École nationale supérieured'ingénieurs de Caen(ENSICAEN) (France)

Study Abroad & Global Career Seminar

The Study Abroad & Global Career
Systems), interning at DFKI (Germany)
Seminar was held online on April 22
talked about internship preparation andjointly by DGE and the Division for
introduced DFKI.
Career Development with 34 participants.
In the third part, guest speaker Prof.
In the first part, after a presentation
Jinsang Kim from the University ofon study abroad opportunities andMichigan (U.S.) encouraged students topossible funding, Shiho Katsumi (D2Photonic & Reactive Molecular Science),
a double degree student studying atUniversity of Paris-Saclay (France),Shunsuke Tamura (D3 Data-drivenChemistry) studying at University ofBonn (Germany), and Isidro Butaslac (D3Interactive Media Design), who studied
at University of Trento (Italy) through theErasmus+ ICM project, shared theirexperiences and the lessons they learned.
In the second part, after anexplanation of support for Japanese
students’ overseas pursuits and NAIST'sinternational internship program, Osamu
Yamada (D1, Ubiquitous Computing
Ms. Katsumi (Above), Mr. Butaslac (Below)

Overseas Crisis
ManagementTraining

111 overseas partnerships
from 29 countries/regions
as of June.1, 2022

Information
New NAIST Indonesia OfficeDirector Yasumasa Bessho

Professor Yasumasa Bessho(Gene Regulation Research)
was appointed the second
NAIST Indonesia OfficeDirector, succeeding the firstDirector, Professor Emeritus
Masashi Kawaichi, who served
6 years as Director since its
April 2016 establishment.
Director Bessho ‘s aspirations
as Director include
disseminating information
about NAIST’s new research
fields and strengthening
relationships with Indonesian
government agencies.

The Overseas Crisis Management
Training for NAIST Japanese Students
led by Shunsuke Sekine, a study
abroad & education advisor, was held
online on March 10 to help Japanese
students who may study or travel
abroad to recognize the importanceof overseas crisis management
individually and to learn how tominimize the problems they may face
while abroad. During the lecture, time
was set aside for group discussions to
exchange opinions on various topics

study abroad and build their career
paths globally. Seminar participants
were stimulated by hearing the senior
students’ international experiences
saying, “The seminar made us think
seriously about studying abroad.”

Mr. Tamura (Above), Mr. Yamada (Below)

and these were then shared with theentire group. While the training wasonline, it was very interactive, with Mr.
Sekine posing questions to promote
discussion.

Newly Launched NAIST Thai Virtual
Office with Student Assistants!
A new Thai Virtual Office was established
to continue promoting the NAIST Thai
office's activities under circumstancessuch as the COVID 19 pandemic. Thisvirtual format is the first of its kind atNAIST, and will be run by DGE staff andnewly appointed Thai student assistants.

Student assistants: Wassapon
Watanakeesuntorn, KundjanasithThonglek, Thanaree Treepetchkul,
Soratouch Pornmaneerattanatri,
Thanet Pakpuwadon, Kamolchanok
Sarisuta

Office hours: 2nd and 4th
Thursday of every month,
17:00-19:00 (JST)

Virtual Office HERE→

Diplomatic Delegation Visits to NAIST

the Cybernetics and Reality
On March 17, Mr. Clemens
Engineering and Appliedvon Goetze, Ambassador ofStress Microbiology
the Federal Republic ofLaboratories.
Germany to Japan, visited
NAIST. Following a visit withPresident Shiozaki where theimportance of STEAM
education and the need forthe fusion of natural andsocial sciences were discussed,
the German delegation visited

Comment from DGE Director

Shimamoto UEA

Over the past two years the COVID-19 pandemic has tremendously
influenced our international collaborations, but it has also allowed us tore-recognize the importance of face-to-face interaction. We aim tocreate the optimal model for international collaboration in education.
Professor Masashi Kawaichi

On April 12, Prof. Didier Marty- and had a lively discussion
Dessus, Counselor for Science with Profs. Kawai, Rapenne,& Technology of the Embassy Uraoka, and Yanagida about
academic/scientific exchangeof France in Japan, visited
with French institutions.
NAIST. At the courtesy visit,President Shiozaki discussed
topics with the delegationsuch as further double degree
program promotion and thenthe delegation visited theDivision of Materials ScienceIshikawa UEA

King UEA

Division for Global Education (DGE)
Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Email: dge@ad.naist.jp
Phone: 0743-72-6243/6242
https://www.naist.jp/dge/