〜 Working with you to reach the world 〜Vol. 4

DIVISION FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION (DGE*)

2021.11

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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.

RENEW(Jun. - Aug. 2021）(Sep. - Nov. 2021）

END・Liaoning University（China）

・Hanbat National
University (Korea)

・Institute of Biophotonics, National Yang
Ming Chiao Tung University(Taiwan)

・Graduate School of Culture Technology, Department of Industrial Design,
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Korea)

116 overseas partnerships from 30 countries/regions as of Nov.1, 2021 (77 institutional level & 39 department level)

For more details see: https://www.naist.jp/dge/

August 4

August 7“Lessons learned from my journey through UC Davisadministration: advice for future academic leaders at NAIST”

The Online International FD Seminar was held as anopportunity for all stakeholders, including faculty andstaff who will be responsible for future university
management, to participate in the process ofdeveloping a plan for the future of the university andrealizing the vision. The lecturer was Dr. Kenneth Burtis(Professor Emeritus, School of Biosciences) from the
University of California, Davis (UC Davis).
In the first half of the seminar, Dr. Burtis shared his own
experiences on university
leadership lessons learned at
UC Davis, and in the second
half, all seminar participants
practiced the exercises ingenerating ideas and opinions
Lecture by Dr. Burtis
to formulate a strategic plan.
S t u d e n t
Recruitment

NAIST established its first overseas educational
collaboration office, the Indonesia Office, in April
2016 at the Alumni Hall of IPB University (inBogor, West Java). To commemorate the office’s
6th Anniversary, NAIST held an online
Greeting speech
symposium with the aim of sharing our efforts
by IPB President
to strengthen education and researchcollaboration with our partner universities inIndonesia.
The Symposium was followed by an Indonesian
NAIST Alumni Association (INAA) Reunion andalumni of our 8 partner universities madepresentations of their current research activities.
NAIST Indonesia Office
Both events ended as a great success with
6th Anniversary Symposium
more than 250 participants in total.
participants

ACTIVITIES(09/12-14)

International student ambassadors Wassapon
Watanakeesuntorn (D3, Software Design and AnalysisLab) and Prom Kantuptim (D2,Applied Quantum Physics Lab)gave webinar-style presentations
and held the Q&A session at theconsultation booth.

Consultation booth（10/5-8）
In order to give South American students a concreteidea of campus life, we asked for help from senior NAIST
students from Latin America: Barbara Teixeira (D3,Photonic Device Science Lab), Mario Aburto (D2,Mathematical Informatics Lab), andAndres Gomez (D2, Cybernetics andReality Engineering Lab) responded
to a wide range of questions inPortuguese and Spanish.
Barbara Teixeira answering
visitor’s questions（10/09）The fair opened with a video message from President Kazuhiro Shiozaki and was followed byan overview of NAIST presented by DGE. Prof. Keiichi Yasumoto, Prof. Taku Demura and Prof.
Yohichiroh Hosokawa gave original presentations including introductions of prominent research
outputs, laboratory mapping, etc. to effectively describe NAIST‘s research pursuits. In theconsultation booths, participants directly talked with NAIST faculty and international students
Prof. Yasumoto introducing
to learn about each division's research fields, admissions, scholarships, etc. Roughly 110
the student room in his laboratory
students from various countries participated in this event, which was an exceptional
opportunity for NAIST and prospective students to meet virtually.
In addition, we participated online in the Study in Japan Fair for Russian students (June 29) and the Study in Japan Fair
for Uzbekistan (August 19). DGE will continuously engage in active recruiting/PR activities in a diverse range of countries
and regions with NAIST international students.
Shimamoto UEA
King UEA
Waiting international students
are slowly coming to NAIST.
We will hold pre-departureorientations to help them getstarted!
Division for Global Education (DGE)
Nara Institute of Science and Technology

I can't wait to go abroad.

Ishikawa UEA
I wish we could go abroad very soon！

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