KYUDAI NEWS KYUSHU UNIVERSITY CAMPUS MAGAZINE Spring 2014 No.25

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Ekenechukwu : I would like to mention some other activities of SCIKyu that are not being managed by any particular subcommittee. Last year, there was a visit to universities in Tokyo region, during which SCIKyu had a Talk Forum at Waseda University. This time, we are planning to visit G30 Universities in Kansai region in January 2014. We are also planning a workshop for students of G30 universities in February 2014.Dr. Fujiki : The discussion organized by SCIKyu in Waseda University was highly appreciated by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. I was very proud to learn that SCIKyu is the only one doing this in the Global 30 program.Ekenechukwu : SCIKyu has some targets. One is to create awareness in every student about the internationalization and bridge the interaction gap between interactions through extracurricular activities. We also endeavor to internationalize clubs and circles by increasing participation of foreign students and developing strong ties with these clubs so that in future we can easily coordinate between these clubs when there are situations where foreign students need consultation about clubs or vice versa. Finally, we look forward to remaining the true voice of students through which students’ opinions are made known to the university about important issues concerning internationalization of the university.Dr. Fujiki : That is great. We really need to expand Kyushu University’s internationalization so this is very important, and I am very grateful.Nanda : Some academic institutions have a three-minute video on some topics about Japan - food, business, and festivals - and interview of foreign students, which is posted on YouTube. The main objective would be to provide periodical updates; people like to watch videos these days and this medium could allow them to learn about SCIKyu. Anyone in the world can watch it.Francis : Internationalization is a long-term goal, and there is the “open campus” collaboration with schools in other countries. I know Kyushu University has relationships with universities in Egypt and collaboration with them. If there was an open campus extended to other sub-Saharan countries it would encourage more students from that region of the world to come to Kyudai. I know in Nigeria we have many British universities coming to introduce their programs. If Kyudai can do this in other parts of the world, showcasing what we have, we can broadcast Kyushu University to the wider world. Although this is a long-term and capital-intensive matter.Dr. Fujiki : JICA is involved in similar activities in Africa, and we are also well connected in Thailand and South East Asia. Last month 11 university delegates from Japan visited Oxford University to learn about making tighter connections there. We are making new forays into Asia, Europe and Africa, aiming at Asian or African, Mongolian countries primarily, and also Brazil. The SCIKyu community can help with this.Dr. Ogata : I should also mention the shorter open campus program. We currently have 2,100 foreign students, but if you think about short term students, we have 2,600-2,700 students every year. We have many short-term student exchanges from South East Asian, American and European countries and this trend is expanding.Kyudai News No.259We are making new forays into Asia, Europe, and AfricaROUND-TABLE DISCUSSIONTOWARD INTERNATIONALIZATION OF KYUSHU UNIVERSITYAdeyemi Francis Gabriel (Francis) : Doctoral, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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