Founded in 1887, Toyo University is a large-scale comprehensive university comprising 11 faculties and 44 departments, with approximately 30,000 undergraduate students enrolled at four campuses in and around central Tokyo. Standing at the forefront of Japan’s drive toward globalization in education, Toyo offers international students virtually unlimited opportunities to experience real Japanese culture, learn the Japanese language, and take academic courses in English while living in one of the most exciting cities in the world.

manaba is a cloud-based collaborative learning system developed by ASAHI Net, Inc. and used by more than 200 educational programs globally. manaba fosters fruitful interaction among students, instructors, program officers and the surrounding learning community and allows them to store and share their work online. International educators implement manaba for the accumulation of learning evidence and artifacts, assessment of learning outcomes, and mutual learning and collaboration to enhance the quality of students’ international experiences.

As the first national women’s university of Japan, Ochanomizu University has produced countless women graduates who have gone on to play active roles in pioneering fields. In promotion of exchanges with overseas students and career development of the students, summer programs in English and Japanese are offered. As part of our university’s globalization strategies, we aim to promote mutual exchanges of students and development of global human resources.

Tokyo Institute of Technology continues to cultivate principled world leaders in science and technology, open up new frontiers in research, and contribute to the betterment of society and the world, as a technological front-runner among universities in industrial nations.

Okayama University, one of Japan’s leading universities, is situated on an extensive campus and has 11 faculties and master’s and doctoral courses embracing humanities, social, natural, environmental and life sciences, and pedagogics. Approximately 13,400 students, including 500 international students, currently enjoy life at this university, and 2,600 staff are engaged in educational and research activities and university management.

Osaka International University (OIU) is a four-year private coeducational university located in Osaka, Japan, founded in 1988. OIU has three faculties for undergraduate programs: Global Business, International Liberal Arts, and Human Sciences. The Faculty of Global Business will introduce English-taught courses in fall 2016 for convenience of international students. OIU has more than 70 international partners and currently accepts exchange students for Japanese studies.

The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) offers a flexible academic program for PhD candidates. With more than half of our students and faculty coming from abroad, OIST offers the highest level of graduate education in a truly international environment. Nearly 50 cutting-edge laboratories conducting wide-ranging research form the hub of the OIST Graduate University. Based on a foundation in the basic sciences, we promote a highly interdisciplinary education.

Ideally located in the heart of Japan near Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, and Osaka, Osaka Gakuin University (OGU) is a private university with seven departments ranging from law to hospitality management. For international students, OGU offers semester/yearlong exchange programs and short-term experience programs (2-3 weeks). The hospitality, caring staff/faculty, and friendly atmosphere of the campus make OGU the most attractive university in Japan to study Japanese language and subject-based courses in English.

Osaka University of Commerce (OUC), a private university founded in 1949 , is widely recognized for its commitment to quality teaching economics and business administration, with rigorous professor-student interaction. OUC is located very close to downtown Osaka prefecture, the second largest prefecture in Japan. OUC offers comprehensive education utilizing the locational advantages towards our mission of "nurturing individuals who will benefit the world.