Featuring nine faculties, five graduate schools, two professional schools, two research institutes and a university hospital, Niigata University is a large-scale university covering a comprehensive range of academic fields-including humanities and social sciences, natural sciences, medical and dental sciences and much more. Niigata University endeavors to promote distinctive, world-class research within each of these various fields.
In addition, Niigata University strives to cultivate students’ global competence, and develop students who possess both the high-level expertise and refined sensibilities needed to tackle 21st-century challenges while playing an active role in a wide range of fields throughout the world. Thus, Niigata University actively promotes independent and creative studies for our students while also striving to be an international base for research and education, constantly improving the level of our post-graduate education while promoting collaborative research with overseas universities and institutes.
A premier university in Asia, the Singapore Management University (SMU) is internationally recognised for its world-class research and distinguished teaching. Established in 2000, SMU’s mission is to generate leading-edge research with global impact and produce broad-based, creative and entrepreneurial leaders for the knowledge-based economy. It is known for its interactive and technologically enabled pedagogy of seminar-style teaching in small class sizes.
Home to over 8,300 undergraduate and postgraduate students, SMU comprises six schools: School of Accountancy, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, School of Economics, School of Information Systems, School of Law and School of Social Sciences, offering a wide range of bachelors', masters' and PhD degree programmes in various disciplines.
With an emphasis on generating rigorous, high-impact, multi-disciplinary research that addresses Asian issues of global relevance, SMU faculty members collaborate with leading international researchers and universities from USA, Europe, China and India as well as with partners in the business community and public sector through its research institutes and centres. SMU’s city campus is a state-of-the art facility located in the heart of downtown Singapore, fostering strategic linkages with the business and wider community. www.smu.edu.sg
The University of Ulsan (Hangul: 울산대학교) (UOU) was founded on February 1969 as the Ulsan Institute of Technology. The University was promoted to a full-fledged University on March 1, 1985. The university is located in Mugeo-dong, Ulsan, South Korea. The University currently has approximately 10,500 students enrolled.
The city of Ulsan has been recognized as the Korean city which was built around the corporate base of the multinational Hyundai conglomerate. Thus, the Hyundai Conglomerate announced its plan to give 40 billion won to assist a variety of university-industry cooperation projects.
This corporate relationship has helped turn the University into one of South Korea's top rated institutions for graduate job placement, as well as increasing its reputation more broadly as one of the top private universities outside of Seoul.
Nagasaki University is located Nagasaki City which is one of the most historically significant cities in Japan with its international background. The University consists of nine faculties and schools, six graduate schools, two research institutes, and a number of educational and research facilities. 9350 students, including international students, are currently enrolled. Nagasaki University has research centers abroad, and is vigorously promoting personnel and academic exchange with 143 overseas universities and research institutes. Campuses are separated into three different locations: Bunkyo Campus, Katafuchi Campus, and Sakamoto Campus. Most of the faculties, graduate schools, and research facilities are concentrated on the Bunkyo Campus. Liaison Center for International Educatin is also situated on the Bunkyo Campus where many international students from various countries are learning Japanese language and culture. Katafuchi Campus contains the Faculty of Economics, Graduate School of Economics, and the Research Institute of Southeast Asia, while Sakamoto Campus contains School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, and University Hospital. Dr.Osamu Shimomura, who won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is a Nagasaki University graduate. Nagasaki University always works to contribute to the world's leading research and continues to develop as a "Center for the transmission of intellectual information," which is indispensable for the world.
