Kansai International University has recently been selected for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology FY5 University Education Revitalization Strategy Promotion Fund ``Project to Strengthen Universities' Global Expansion Capability'' - Support for the formation of exchanges between universities with the United States and other countries.Heisei27It is the only private university that has been selected as a representative applicant university for two consecutive years since 2.
| Business Name | Building a safe and secure social infrastructure and developing hospitality business in the next-generation DX environment |
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| Business purpose | We will realize international collaborative education using COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning), with the central issue of our international collaborative program being the construction of a safe and secure social infrastructure through tourism hospitality, disaster prevention, and crime prevention.In addition, participating studentsAIStudents will learn fundamental themes such as data science that are relevant to the times, and will utilize them in SSHM (Safety and Security & Hospitality Management) international collaboration programs.The fields of tourism hospitality, disaster prevention, and crime prevention are areas where both Japan and the United States are facing a shortage of human resources and the need for more sophisticated and digital operations, and there is a need to cultivate human resources with a global perspective and entrepreneurial spirit. It is beingThrough industry-government-academia collaboration, including university networks, we will develop international collaborative programs targeting a wide range of students. |
| Main contacts | USA/Canada/Malaysia |
| Partner university etc. | College of the Canyons (USA), College of the Desert (USA), University of Hawaii Kapiolani Community College (USA), California State University Fullerton (USA), Vancouver Island University (Canada), Utara Malaysia University (Malaysia) |
What is the Project to Strengthen the Global Expansion of Universities?
The project to strengthen the global expansion capabilities of universities aims to develop global human resources who can play an active role internationally and strengthen the global expansion capabilities of university education, while ensuring the quality of higher education. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology aims to support international educational collaboration efforts with universities in target countries and regions that strategically accept students.2011(Heisei23) This is a project that started in XNUMX.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science website
Quoted from “Project to Strengthen Universities’ Global Expansion Capability” https://www.jsps.go.jp/j-tenkairyoku/
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology website
"'Project to Strengthen Universities' Global Expansion Capabilities' - Support for Forming Inter-University Exchanges with the United States, etc. - Project Overview" https://www.mext.go.jp/content/20220220-mxt_kotokoku01-000027716_1.pdf
