〜 Working with you to reach the world 〜Vol. 3

DIVISION FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION (DGE*)

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*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.
NEWDFKI（The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence）
INTERNATIONAL
RENEW Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
ACADEMIC (Jun. - Aug. 2021）
Technical University of Munich
RENEW
Departmentof Statistical Science, University College London
PARTNERSHIPSRENEW Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University
RENEW School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Nanjing University
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Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

117 overseas partnerships from 30 countries/regions as of May 1, 2021 (77 institutional level & 40 department level)

For more details see:https://www.naist.jp/dge/On July 14, NAIST and Kasetsart University (KU, Thailand) held a master’s double degree
program agreement online signing ceremony. The ceremony was held extravagantly withparticipation of both universities’ faculty, administrators, and other guests being broadcast
live from KU and NAIST venues. At the opening, invited honorable guests, including ConsulGeneral of the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Osaka, delivered congratulatory speeches.
The university Presidents followed them noting how this new program is the result of morethan 10 years of academic exchange and research collaboration, and expressed
expectations for the program to promote ASEAN and Japanese student intercultural
collaborative learning. Both university Presidents then signed the Memorandum ofAgreement and the ceremony ended as a great success.
You can watch the video any time at the following site.
https://live.ku.ac.th/?p=8307
President Shiozaki'sto partner institutions

DGE organizes online courtesy visits to partner institutions tointroduce NAIST's new management and give updates on ourrecent developments including President's Vision 2030.
In July-August, we visited 3 Indonesian universities.
Jul. 26 University of Indonesia (UI)
Jul. 28 Gadjah Mada University (UGM)Aug. 4 Bogor Agricultural University (IPB)
Representatives of NAIST and partner institutions exchangedviews on collaborative education and research initiatives tosolve social challenges including SDGs.

May – July, 2021

5/15 Division for Global Education participated in Virtual Open Campus

DGE participated in the NAIST Virtual Open Campus for the first time, with morning andafternoon sessions. The morning session was for prospective Japanese students
interested in studying abroad and the afternoon was for prospective international
students. Despite the current pandemic, Japanese students showed interest in studying
abroad and many motivated international students were interested in studying at NAIST.
This event was successful and was an important opportunity for us to promote Japanese
students’ overseas achievements and to recruit international students.

6/2 Online NAIST briefing session for students in Uzbekistan
Dr. Shimamoto introduced our campus and laboratories to more than 20 attendees using
The volunteer peer-counseling Ambassador Program the 3D campus map at an online briefing session for Uzbekistan students hosted by theNagoya University Office in Uzbekistan.
started by the Center for International Students andThe Government of Uzbekistan has established aScholars to support students as they study has beenscholarship program to encourage students andexpanded to allow international students to actively
researchers to obtain degrees abroad. As we look forward
participate in various activities; student support
to the possibility of students from Uzbekistan coming toactivities for mental health and student life
Dr. Shimamoto
NAIST, DGE will actively continue PR activities targeting
introducing NAIST.
assistance, event organization to increase student
various countries and regions.
interaction and campus community development,
and recruiting/PR activities to reach talented newinternational students and spread the NAIST brandglobally. We will work with the current 14
Ambassadors todevelop the international community
and the invigorate
NAIST on-campusand abroad.

Senior Advisor of Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office

7/9 in Japan visit

Dr. Yu-Han Tsou, Senior Advisor of Taipei Economic andCultural Representative Office in Japan visited July 9.
After the courtesy visit, Dr. Tsou toured several labs andthe facilities and equipment in Division of Materials
Science, accompanied by Exec. Dir. Ohta. Dr. Tsou wasimpressed by the well-equipped facilities and outstandingresearch environment readily available to students.

The NAIST Indonesia Office 6thAnniversary Symposium
inAugust was a great success.
Global events are announced
regularly and we look forward toyour active participation!

Junko ISHIKAWA
Division for Global Education (DGE)
Nara Institute of Science and Technology

NAIST study abroad fair will
be held in October and an
online overseas FD training
program will be offered in
November. Join us!

Students, faculty and staff are
all experiencing coronavirus
stress. Try to relax and destress as we head towards thenew normal on campus

Masako SHIMAMOTORobert KING (CISS)

Email: dge@ad.naist.jp Phone: 0743-72-6243/6242
URL: https://www.naist.jp/dge/