Ritsumeikan University held an opening ceremony for the Faculty of Global Liberal Arts, which started this spring, at the Osaka Ibaraki Campus in Iwakura-cho, Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture.The College of Liberal Arts has completed the Australian National University and has a dual degree that allows it to obtain that degree, and Ritsumeikan University will develop world-class learning that has never been seen before.
According to Ritsumeikan University, at the opening ceremony, following the greetings of Yoshio Nakatani, President of Ritsumeikan University, and Tony Erskine, Vice-President of Australian National University, David Alan Lawson, Consul General of Australia in Osaka, said, "The two universities in Japan and Australia are cooperating and high. I want you to proceed with level education and research. "
Next, Takashi Shimizu, the representative of the freshman, said, "I want to gain the flexibility to come up with solutions to various problems in the world through studying at the College of Liberal Arts."
The Faculty of Global Liberal Arts started this spring with the first year of students, but it will be about 1 students including students enrolled in the fall.Students can complete both Ritsumeikan University and Australian National University and earn a degree.The Australian National University is always at the top of the world's university rankings, and the campus has a branch forest memorial international exchange center (tentative name) that functions as an international dormitory.
President Nakatani said, "The establishment of the College of Liberal Arts will be a turning point to take higher education in Japan to a different level. We would like to develop human resources who will create new value in the groundbreaking faculty."
reference:[Ritsumeikan University] Ritsumeikan University Global College of Liberal Arts Opening Ceremony Held
