Japan Forum for Internationalization of Universities “Building a Network of ‘Strategic Partnerships’ to Strengthen International Competitiveness among Japanese Universities” Project Strategic Partnership Symposium: How to deepen the partnership in various aspects

The University of Tokyo proposed the “Building a Network of ‘Strategic Partnerships’ to Strengthen International Competitiveness among Japanese Universities” as a project for the Japan Forum for Internationalization of Universities and plan to widely disseminate information by sharing the challenges and good practices with other universities through the enhancement of horizontal cooperation. Through this project, the universities plan to enhance the recognition of Strategic Partnerships and the international presence of the universities of Japan.

This year's symposium will provide an opportunity to think about how to deepen Strategic Partnerships in various aspects including the exchange of people with different functions such as researchers, students or non-academic staff, or synergy between bilateral partnerships and other alliances, consortia and networks of higher education institutes.

From Kyushu University, Professor Konomi Natalie will speak on the topic of “Leveraging our network of partners—Strategic partnerships and Consortia” including Kyushu university's strategic partnership with the University of Illinois.