Center for Strategy of International Programs

Yuko Kesen Associate Professor	Tsutomu Hashida Assistant Professor	Tatsuki Kawaguchi Assistant Instructor



Inbound

• Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTEC), Korea
  
  
• Nanjing University, China
  
  
• University of Porto, Portugal
  
  
• Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
  
  
• Chunbuk National University, Korea
  
  

As for achievement in FY 2009, new general academic exchange agreements were concluded with 6 universities in Korea, Russia, India, Portugal, Taiwan and USA. The total number of academic exchange partner universities has increased to 47. Also, practical activities based on these agreements were proactively conducted, for instance, research collaboration, promotion of the Dual Degree Program (DDP) and International Credit Exchange Program (ICEP), organization of international conferences and exchange activities among faculty and students in cooperation with partner universities. As specific exchanges, two students are accepted for DDP and sent/hosted the short-term / longterm overseas study abroad programs, which strengthened activities for promotion of international exchange. CSIP events and activities reports were also posted through the Center ’s website. For the purpose of promotion of strategic and sustainable international exchange at the University, a guidance model for conclusion of exchange agreements with universities abroad and a map for strategies of international programs were created, and evaluations of frequency and actual exchange activities with current partner institutions were also implemented. To make a better strategic activities, The CSIP advisory board are held in March, 2010 with consisting of 2 external members and 8 members from within the University to evaluate the university ’s activities related to international exchange from various perspectives, and summarized the international activities of CSIP for the past five years as“Strategic Fund for Establishing International Headquarters in Universities” supported by MEXT ended in FY 2009. Major activities in FY 2009 were as follows:

Conclusion of Exchange Agreements in AY2008 Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Russia Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India University of Porto, Portugal National Chi Nan University, Taiwan Taylor University, U.S.A.

Student Exchange with Partnership University in AY2009 Outbound University of Porto, Portugal University of Rome, Sapienza, Italy Shanghai jiaotong University, China Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, U.S.A. Taylor University, U.S.A.

International Conferences and Workshops held at the University of Aizu in AY2009 19th Intelligent System Symposium and 1st InternationalWorkshop on Aware Computing International Workshop on Physics and Modeling of Terahertz Plasmonic Devices 12th International Conference on Humans and Computers ISSM’09-’10: Tenth International Symposium on Spatial Media 6th International Workshop on Database in Networked Information Systems 2010 (DNIS 2010)

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