Program Overview

University Programs

The university offers several programs for students to develop their skills and gain international experience.

Engineers to Cross Borders Educational Program

This program is open to students at the Graduate School of Engineering and the Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation. It provides opportunities for participants to develop as global engineers who can function effectively overseas, particularly in Asian countries. Every year, the university dispatches around ten postgraduate students to spend a month at the plants and offices of Japanese companies that have expanded into Asia.

Special Educational Program in Collaboration with the JICA Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (Zambia Program)

This program is open to students at the Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, specifically those at the Division of Educational Development and Cultural and Regional Studies who hold Japanese nationality. Students are dispatched to the Republic of Zambia for two years, remaining enrolled at the university while serving as science and mathematics teachers. Participants continue to receive instruction from their course professors and work on their master's thesis based on their activities.

Explorers of International Cooperation Studies to Cross Borders (i-ECBO) Program

This program is aimed at students at the Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation and focuses on overseas internships. Participants are dispatched to countries including Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Kenya for periods of up to six months. The objective of the program is to provide participants with the design capabilities required to engage in research in the field of international cooperation studies.

Global Internship (G.ecbo) Program

This practical educational program is open to postgraduate students throughout the university. Students undergo training before the internship and conduct research after it. The program aims to cultivate researchers who can adapt to a diverse range of fields and new issues, practitioners who can provide leadership on the front lines of international cooperation and international aid, and high-level professionals from among the international students and trainees. The internships offered fall into the following categories:

• Overseas internships, in which Japanese and international students are dispatched to developing countries
  • Examples of countries include Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Vietnam
• Domestic internships, in which international students are dispatched to companies and organizations within Japan
• Third-party internships, in which trainees from developing countries gather in a third-party country and training is provided based on Japanese knowledge and experience

These programs provide students with unique opportunities to gain international experience, develop their skills, and contribute to global development.