Archive for 2019

Some 20 university students from Singapore visited Tohoku University on December 12, as part of the JENESYS programme, a nine-day friendship tour sponsored by Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Yuka Sakamoto, Specially Appointed Associate Professor
Global Learning Center
022-795-3750
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On December 4 (Wed.) 2019, a seminar titled "Renting Apartments for Beginners," was held at the International Exchange Building on Kawauchi Kita Campus. The seminar was aimed at international students who are about to leave their dormitories and rent apartments in Sendai for the first time.

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International Support Office
022-795-3773
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Nine more students have received the prestigious Global Hagi Scholarship for 2019, bringing the total number to 24. That is the highest number of recipients per year since the scholarship was established a decade ago.

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Student Exchange Division
022-795-7820
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20 Tohoku students participated in a Multiculturalism program at the UCR Extension Center from August 12 to August 30th. Besides learning about the variety of diverse cultures found in the US, they had opportunities to interact with other UCR students and learned exhaustively and comprehensively about all the coalescent traditions and norms built into the base of the culture itself. Tohoku University also invited UCR alumni who had studied on the TU campus, and they talked about how wonderful and unforgettable their study abroad experience was! This summer, a total of four UCR students participated in TSSP and TUJP, returning home with great academic and cultural experiences from Tohoku University! We hope all SAP participants had a great experience at UCR as well!

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Reiko Sato, Specially Appointed Associate Professor
University of California, Riverside, U.S.A.
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Have you ever thought that life should be about going on journeys and taking opportunities to learn? If so, it is time to get away from peaceful Sendai for a while and fly to Vietnam for a short-term exchange program at Foreign Trade University (FTU).

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Mai Quynh Doan, Coordinator
FTU-TU Cooperation Office
Foreign Trade University, Vietnam
tohokuoffice@ftu.edu.vn

Seminars explaining the Future Global Leadership Undergraduate Courses (FGL Program) were conducted at four high schools and one organization in Indonesia from September 22 to 28, 2019.

The program's first ever Internet-mediated "Introduction to the FGL Program and Q&A" was conducted in Jakarta and the Central Java city of Semarang. The attendees of two sessions were 30 families and 20 students, respectively. It was a very good method of explaining the program directly to the students' parents/guardians.

In Jakarta, in-person visitations were made to Indonesia's 1st and 3rd highest ranked high schools. Interest in studying abroad and the FGL Program was very high at both schools. There were 60 attendees at the top-ranked high school, and the seminar lasted some two hours. The other school held a Study Fair where Tohoku University had a booth, which nearly 300 people visited, including parents/guardians. At both activities, the video that we made to explain the FGL Program overall was extremely effective.

Internet-mediated "Introduction to the FGL Program and Q&A"
• Wardaya College (Jakarta), September 22
• SMP-SMA Semesta Bilingual Boarding School (Semerang), September 25

In-person promotional activities
• JASSO Japan Educational Information Center (Jakarta), September 27
• SMA Negeri Unggulan M.H. Thamrin (Jakarta), September 27
• SMA Kristen 1 Penabur (Jakarta), September 28

Future Global Leadership Program - Undergraduate degree courses taught in English -

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Yumiko Watanabe, Specially Appointed Professor and Coordinator of the FGL program

Global Learning Center

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Five students have been conferred the Tohoku University Professor Fujino Incentive Award for 2019. They received their certificates from university president Hideo Ohno at a ceremony held at the former lecture hall of Genkuro Fujino's most famous student, Chinese literary figure Lu Xun.

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Student Exchange Division
022-795-7817
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Orientation for new international students was held on September 30 at the Multidisciplinary Research Building on Kawauchi Campus. About 500 students attended the event that was held in English and Japanese. They included undergraduate and graduate students on both degree-seeking and exchange programmes starting this autumn.

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International Support Office
022-795-3247
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Tohoku University welcomed 25 new international undergraduates to the Future Global Leadership (FGL) programme at an entrance ceremony on September 26.

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Future Global Leadership Office
022-795-3242
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At a recent ceremony on Katahira Campus, 15 students received the prestigious Global Hagi Scholarship to study abroad, and 14 students were awarded the Tohoku University Global Leader certification.

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Student Exchange Division
022-795-7820
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The Tohoku University Japanese Programme (TUJP) continues to be a great way to have a cool summer. Throughout July and August, some 40 TUJP students attended two weeks of intensive language classes, as well as workshops on Japanese history, law and the economy.

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Global Learning Center
022-795-4818
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High school students, who won the first prize in the video competition ‘FGL Challenge in Vietnam’ last February, visited Tohoku University from July 29 to August 3.

The students were introduced to laboratories associated with 3 undergraduate English courses of the FGL: Future Global Leadership program at Tohoku University. They got first-hand experience of novel and cutting-edge research on ‘Advanced Molecular Chemistry’, ‘Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering’ and ‘Applied Marine Biology’.

The students also enjoyed the ‘Tohoku University Open Campus’ along with Japanese high-school students during their first two days. This introduced them to the wide-ranging fields of study conducted at the university.

During the last leg of their trip, they firstly visited the Sendai city waste treatment facility to understand the sophisticated process of waste management here in Japan. Waste management is related closely to the theme of their competition video.

Then the students paid a visit to the Arahama elementary school and also visited the Yuriage Factory to learn about novel techniques for growing seaweed. Both facilities were located at the forefront of the area affected during the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.

The students had a great learning experience and provided positive feedback about their trip. They shall return with a lifetime's worth of learning, memories and fresh perspectives.

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Yumiko Watanabe, Specially Appointed Professor and Coordinator of the FGL program

Global Learning Center
022-795-3245
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The FTU-TU Cooperation Office was set up three years ago on the campus of Foreign Trade University, Vietnam. Since then, it has been actively working to strengthen the tie between Foreign Trade University and Tohoku University especially in international student mobility. Here is an annual report from Hanoi.

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Mai Quynh Doan, Coordinator
FTU-TU Cooperation Office
Foreign Trade University, Vietnam
tohokuoffice@ftu.edu.vn

The 2019 reception for international students was held at the Westin Hotel on March 6, to say hello to the new members of the Tohoku University family, and to send off those who are graduating, or completing their course this spring.

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Student Exchange Division
022-795-7776
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The award ceremony of "FGL Challenge in Vietnam: Video Contest" was held at Foreign Trade University in Hanoi on Saturday February 23.

Tohoku University hosted this video contest to encourage high school students in Vietnam to develop some ideas that can help improve through sustainable and environmentally friendly development.

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Yumiko Watanabe, Specially Appointed Professor and Coordinator of the FGL program
Global Learning Center
022-795-3245
yumiko.watanabe.a5*tohoku.ac.jp (please replace the "*" with "@")

Thirteen students have been awarded the Tohoku University Global Leader certificate for Winter 2019.

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