Since it was founded in 1889, Nihon University has developed students who form the core of Japanese society. The institution is Japan’s largest private comprehensive university with 22 graduate schools, 14 colleges, 87 departments, and a junior college. Under the educational principle of "independent creativity," Nihon is actively engaged in education globally competent people with diverse views by virtue of international academic exchange agreements with 136 universities and institutions all over the world.

Nagoya University of Foreign Studies (NUFS),established in 1998,is a private university with a student population of approximately 3,500. NUFS is renowned as being one of the most internationalized universities in Japan. Its mission is to cultivate internationally minded students who can play a role in a cross-cultural environment. To ensure this, not only do our courses dovetail language and culture with theory and application, but we provide a range of diversified international programs.

Founded in 1877, the University of Tokyo (UTokyo) is the oldest national university in Japan. It is a comprehensive research university that engages in education and research at the cutting edge of knowledge across the full range of human endeavor.
More than 40 degree programs in English are provided in most of the graduate schools. UTokyo plans to accelerate international collaboration with a variety of prominent universities and institutions.

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.