Select a study abroad destination with an attractive environment for students

The most important thing in studying abroad is where to study abroad (study abroad / stay).For example, if a student who wants to study city planning and architecture is studying abroad in a place where there are only deserts and mountains around him, the significance and results of studying abroad will be halved.Of course, students will not take the first step unless they are in a city where they want to go and live.

However, most of the study abroad programs at universities so far have been organized from the perspective of faculty-led perspectives, and the study abroad destinations are also universities with connections to faculty members (universities with acquaintance professors, universities conducting joint research, etc.). Was almost always chosen.Therefore, there were quite a few cases where the environment of the study abroad destination did not match the student's major and wishes.

In order to avoid such unmatches and give students the motivation and significance to "cross the sea first", in hybrid study abroad, program development from the student's perspective is the first priority, and study abroad destinations that can make use of the characteristics of each faculty are selected. ..

When selecting a study abroad destination, we actually visited the site and inspected the entire city.Not only the environment and location where students learn, but also the facilities necessary for living, hot spots, major means of transportation, and security conditions are checked in detail and picked up as manual information to be provided to students.We, the staff of the Global Strategy Department, are taking the lead in making preparations, including the selection and negotiation of partner universities and host families, and have adopted the following study abroad locations and target faculties (FY2017).

[British Hybrid Study Abroad / Canterbury, UK]

• The second half of the third year of the Faculty of Architecture (3 months)

The city of Canterbury, England, is dotted with world heritage sites such as the Canterbury Cathedral and buildings from the 12th and 19th centuries. The "City of World Heritage Sites with a history of 2000 years" is a perfect environment to hone your global sensibilities as an architect / designer, with the city itself as a teaching material.The four months of living in this city and touching the air every day will surely be a valuable experience and property for the students.

[American Hybrid Study Abroad / Seattle, USA, etc.]

• Faculty of Engineering 1 quarters (2 weeks) depending on 10 year
• Faculty of Advanced Engineering / Faculty of Informatics 2 quarters (2 weeks)

Seattle, USA, is known as the "City of Aviation, Manufacturing, IT, Logistics, and Pharmaceuticals," and is an exciting city that students of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Systems long to visit at least once.Headquarters such as Nintendo US, Boeing, Microsoft, and Amazon are located in the city, and fieldwork that allows you to tour the head offices and factories organized in the curriculum is valuable as an engineer scientist who is at the forefront of the world. It's a great opportunity.

Of course, care and safety confirmation in daily life are also indispensable.In the unlikely event of an emergency or accident in the field, the Global Strategy Department and local support members will respond promptly.As an official program carried out by the university, students and parents have evaluated it as "relieved" because they can take responsibility for backing up everything from travel to returning to Japan.

As for host families that accept students, we and our local affiliated schools have set their own standards, and while meeting those standards, we select reliable families that are willing to accept international students.