The Japan Student Services Organization has announced the results of a survey on the status of study abroad for Japanese students in 2016.
This survey is conducted during FY2016 (April 2016, 4 to March 2017, 3) for the purpose of education or research, based on agreements * regarding student exchanges between universities in Japan and universities in other countries. A survey of Japanese students who started studying abroad * at overseas universities (until the day).
According to the survey, the total number of students studying abroad from less than one month to more than one year is 1. The number increased by 1 compared to 60,643 in FY2015.By region, the number of students studying abroad in Asia was the highest at 54,455 (6,188 in 21,605), followed by North America at 2015 (18,086) and Europe at 18,915 (17,807).
By country, the United States had the highest number at 13,085 (12,383), followed by Australia at 6,208 (5,363), Canada at 5,830 (5,424), South Korea at 4,604 (3,713), and China at 4,091 (3,836). Continued.By major, the humanities students accounted for the largest number at 35,761 (32,605).This was followed by social sciences 5,800 (4,945) and engineering 4,836 (4,070).
In addition, Kansai Gaidai University is a private university with a large number of Japanese students dispatched based on agreements, etc., and the number of dispatched students is 1,812.Ritsumeikan University has 1,585 students, Waseda University has 1,469 students, Kwansei Gakuin University has 1,313 students, and Shibaura Institute of Technology has 964 students.Looking at national universities, Chiba University had the largest number with 793, followed by Hokkaido University with 684, Hiroshima University with 661, and Nagoya University with 643.
* The "agreement, etc." in this survey is not only the official documents exchanged between the presidents of both universities and the deans of the faculty, but also the office documents related to student exchange exist at the universities, etc. even if they are not exchanged as official documents. , An agreement or memorandum with a track record of exchange.
* “Study abroad” in this survey refers to activities such as education or research at overseas universities, learning activities that allow students to earn credits without the purpose of obtaining a degree, and hands-on acquisition and research of cross-cultural experiences and languages. Participation in various programs related to overseas educational institutions (or affiliated institutions), such as activities to receive guidance.
* Numbers in parentheses are the number of Japanese students in 2015
