All first-year students of Kinki University's Faculty of International Studies (Higashi-Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture) have started studying abroad at 1 universities overseas. Programs for studying abroad from the first year are rare in Japan, and there is no other faculty where about 31 students study abroad at the same time.
The Faculty of International Studies started in April 1 as a rare faculty in Japan that requires a study abroad program from the second half of the first year to the first half of the second year.We have made advanced efforts such as utilizing external English exams for entrance exams, supporting pre-admission learning through Skype English conversation, and issuing student ID cards with Visa prepaid function that can be used for payment at study abroad destinations.After enrollment, as an advanced language education in partnership with Berlitz Corporation, we started a small-group language class for studying abroad six months later. At the end of April, the university to study abroad was decided.
By setting up study abroad in the first half of university life, from the second half of the first year to the first half of the second year, it will be a driving force for the globalization that the university is aiming for in specialized education after returning to Japan, and it is said that it will be possible to work on job hunting with plenty of time.
This time, about 1 first-year students, who are first-year students, will travel abroad. Starting with Liaoning University in China on September 1, it will depart for a total of 500 universities, including 9 universities in the United States, one university in Taiwan, and two universities in South Korea.
