List of Partner Institutions

https://www.shizuoka.ac.jp/

Shizuoka University was inaugurated on June 1, 1949, following approval on May 31 of the same year for the university's establishment through the unification of five educational institutions: the former Shizuoka High School, Shizuoka Normal School and Shizuoka 2nd Normal School , Shizuoka Normal School for Youth and Hamamatsu College of Technology.

Subsequently, the university absorbed Shizuoka Prefectural College of Agriculture , moved to its present Shizuoka and Hamamatsu Campuses, and by undertaking the reorganization and enlargement of its faculties and other educational departments, assumed its present form. In the years to come, the university will continue to make efforts to upgrade and enrich its structure.

Tokushima Bunri University

https://www.bunri-u.ac.jp/

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In 1895, the 28th year of the Meiji period, Sai Murasaki founded a private vocational institution. Presently, Tokushima Bunri University and its affiliated Junior College consist of 9 faculties and 26 departments making it one of the largest post-secondary

institutions in Western Japan.

The University has two campuses: Tokushima Campus in Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture and Kagawa Campus in Sanuki City located east of Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture.

The undergraduate program of the Tokushima Campus consists of six-year courses in School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and four-year courses in Faculty of Human Life Sciences, Health and Welfare, Policy Studies, and Music.

There is also a one year postgraduate course in Human Life Sciences, Music or Midwifery, as well as Master’s Degree and Ph.D courses in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Human Life Sciences, and Policy Studies Course as a Professional Degree Program.

Tokushima Bunri Junior College has twoyear programs in Commerce, Language and Communication, Life Science, Child Care, and in Music at the Tokushima Campus.

At the Kagawa-Campus there are four-year programs at the Faculty of Health and Welfare, Literature, Science and Engineering, as well as a six-year program in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

There are also Master’s Degree and Ph.D courses in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Literature, and Engineering.

Nowadays, Tokushima Bunri University and Tokushima Bunri Junior College along with a kindergarten, an elementary School, a junior-and senior-high school, make up the Murasaki Gakuen Educational Foundation.

The founding motto of Tokushima Bunri University is “Independence and Cooperation” and the academic environment in any of its programs reflects and promotes this phrase through professional faculty and staff, and up-to-date research facilities.

Tottori University

https://www.tottori-u.ac.jp/

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Kwansei Gakuin University

https://www.kwansei.ac.jp/

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Kwansei Gakuin, as a learning community based on the principles of Christianity, inspires its members to seek their life missions, and cultivates them to be creative and capable world citizens who embody its motto, "Mastery for Service," by transforming society with compassion and integrity.

By describing Kwansei Gakuin as a “learning community,” we understand that education and research are collaborative endeavors. KG was founded on “the principles of Christianity,” and these principles continue as the core of its existence. This refers to learning about the theological and cultural aspects of Christianity, including the significance of Jesus Christ, but it also means that all the goals and values of this community are firmly rooted in Christian ideals.Human rights, peace, respect for nature, social justice, and cross-cultural understanding are prime examples of such values that guide our studies and life together.