Support for foreign students who newly visit Japan
“Advanced Education Program for Career Development of Foreign Students from Asia” targets foreign students who newly visit Japan for study with a will to work for Japanese companies. The industry-academia consortium which is based on the collaboration between universities and companies manages the project and provides the human resources development program by utilizing each consortium advantages including practical education programs developed by universities and industry, business Japanese language classes, Japanese business culture courses, internship programs and Career consultation.
Practical education programs developed by universities and industry, featuring this program, is based on a systematic curriculum to acquire skills and know-how meeting company’s needs. Practical and professional education including lectures by corporate engineers and on-the-job training are conducted at universities.
1. Intended foreign students
Intended for students with foreign citizenship, like Asian countries, who plan to advance to the third grade of Japanese universities or the first of master course or the second grade of doctor course (grade two years before graduation) of Japanese graduate school. (Applicants are required to have “a College Student” visa.)
2. Selection method
An adopted consortium consisted of universities and companies (see the right figure) conducts recruitment independently and mainly selects foreign students who newly visit Japan for study with a will to work for Japanese companies. Please contact each management agency for details.
3. Detail of support
・Offer national scholarship by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).
・Provide Practical education programs developed by universities and industry, Business Japanese language classes, Japanese business culture courses, Internship programs and Career consultation.
※To receive the development program in this project, foreign students are required to be enrolled at the project participating universities (see the right figure) and to be selected as government-sponsored foreign students by MEXT.
Fiscal 2009 List of organizations that adopted Program for Developing Highly-Specialized Foreign Students based on "Career Development Program for Foreign Students in Japan"
| Managing organization： | (National) Hokkaido University |
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| University name： | Same as the managing organization |
| Description of program： | Develop human resources to bear manufacturing industries with global competitive edge |
| Private companies participating in the program： | 31 companies including TOYOTA MOTOR HOKKAIDO,INC., DYNAX Corporation, Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd., Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd., Minebea Co., Ltd., Kimura Chuzosho Co., Ltd., Hitachi, Ltd., Oki Data Corporation, MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., DIGITAL PROCESS LTD., Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc., OBAYASHI CORPORATION, TAKUMA Co., Ltd., Toyo Engineering Corporation, ASAHI GLASS CO., LTD., NTT FACILITIES, INC., Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., Takasago Thermal Engineering Co., Ltd., etc. |
| Specialized field： | Manufacturing |
| Managing organization： | (National) Tohoku University |
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| University name： | Same as the managing organization |
| Description of program： | Lecturers from local IT companies give education on management skills etc. for overseas IT development. |
| Private companies participating in the program： | Ten companies including Hitachi East Japan Solutions, Ltd, Sendai Software Center Co.,Ltd., Kokusai Joho Co., Ltd., Cybersolutions Inc, NEC Software Tohoku, Ltd, ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. etc. |
| Specialized field： | IT |
| Managing organization： | (National) Yamagata University |
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| University name： | Same as the managing organization |
| Description of program： | Tohoku Monozukuri (Manufacturing) Industry Talents Relating to All-Asian Innovation ～ TOHOK-MITRAI Program ～ |
| Private companies participating in the program： | Tohoku Pioneer Corporation, Yonezawa Electric Wire Co., Ltd., etc. |
| Specialized field： | Manufacturing, IT |
| Managing organization： | (Public) The University of Aizu |
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| University name： | Same as the managing organization |
| Description of program： | Global IT Leader Development Program initiated from Aizu, "Global IT Nisshinkan" |
| Private companies participating in the program： | a total of 14 companies consisting of Nadis Co., Ltd., GClue, Inc., SYNC,Inc, ON Semiconductor Technology Japan Ltd., Spansion Japan Limited, Alpine Electronics, Inc., IBM Japan, Ltd., Altech Corporation, Witz Inc., MA Solutions Co. Ltd., Advanced Data Controls Corp., NextNinja Co., Ltd., ATOM PRECISION TOOLS CO., and Mechtec Co., Ltd. |
| Specialized field： | IT |
| Managing organization： | (National) Chiba University |
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| University name： | Same as the managing organization |
| Description of program： | Global Asia Design School structure Design School |
| Private companies participating in the program： | fifteen companies including Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization, KANDA GAIGO CAREER COLLEGE, Iris Ohyama Inc., Samsung Japan Corp., Sony Corporation, Sharp Corp., Toshiba Corp., Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Hitachi Ltd., Fujitsu Ltd., etc. |
| Specialized field： | Design |
| Managing organization： | The Circle for the Promotion of Science and Engineering |
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| University name： | (National) Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Description of program： | Identify, foster and support excellent foreign human resources under global environment |
| Private companies participating in the program： | Fifteen companies including Soken Chemical & Engineering Co., Ltd., TDK Corporation, IKESHITA SEKKEI CO., LTD. Kao Corporation, SANYO Electric Co.,Ltd., Fujikura Ltd., Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Yamatake Corporation., OMRON Corporation, etc. |
| Specialized field： | All fields of engineering |
| Managing organization： | Educational Corporation Rikkyo Gakuin |
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| University name： | (Educational Corporation) Rikkyo University |
| Description of program： | Tourism education Initiative |
| Private companies participating in the program： | A total of four companies consisting of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc., JTB Corp., Japan Airlines Corporation, and Tourism Industry Association of Japan. |
| Specialized field： | Tourism |
| Managing organization： | (National) The University of Tokyo |
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| University name： | Same as the managing organization |
| Description of program： | Special education program on technology management strategy for foreign students from Asia (abbreviated name: Asia technology management program) |
| Private companies participating in the program： | A total of seventeen companies consisting of NEC Corporation, Hitachi, Ltd., FUJITSU LIMITED, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., MITSUI & CO., LTD., Mitsubishi Corporation, Kanebo COSMETICS INC., Shiseido Co, Ltd., transcosmos inc., Nomura Research institute Ltd., Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Patent firms (Sasajima-naigai International Patent Firm, Shuwa, Sosei International Patent Firm, Taiyo International Patent Firm, and Riverflow International Patent Firm) |
| Specialized field： | MOT, Intellectual Property |
| Managing organization： | (National) Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
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| University name： | Same as the managing organization |
| Description of program： | Education Program of IT Engineers for Advanced Manufacturing |
| Private companies participating in the program： | a total of nine companies consisting of Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd., TOSHIBA CORPORATION, FUJITSU LIMITED, Hitachi, Ltd., NTT Advanced Technology Corporation, Ricoh Company, Ltd., JUSTSYSTEMS CORPORATION, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, and Precision System Science Co., Ltd. |
| Specialized field： | IT |
| Managing organization： | Educational corporation Katayanagi Institute |
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| University name： | (Educational Corporation) Tokyo University of Technology |
| Description of program： | Practical education for global contents bridging human resources for the next generation |
| Private companies participating in the program： | a total of four companies consisting of Premium Agency Inc., GDH K.K., OLM Digital, Inc., and TATSUNOKO PRODUCTION. |
| Specialized field： | Content |
| Managing organization： | (Educational Corporation) Tokai University |
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| University name： | Same as the managing organization |
| Description of program： | Program for developing highly-specialized foreign students in the field of atomic power generation |
| Private companies participating in the program： | TOSHIBA Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd., ITOCHU Corporation, and Mitsubishi Corporation |
| Specialized field： | Nuclear energy |
| Managing organization： | (National) Gunma University |
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| University name： | Same as the managing organization |
| Description of program： | Community-based, global scale Development of advanced, high-level manufacturing leaders program |
| Private companies participating in the program： | Fourteen companies and four groups including MITSUBA Corporation, Sanden Corporation, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., NIDEC SERVO CORPORATION, OGURA CLUTCH CO., LTD., Ogihara Corporation, MIYAZU SEISAKUSHO CO., LTD., Yamada Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Yajima Industry Co., Ltd., SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., SHIGERU Co., Ltd., TOHO INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., and GUNMA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. |
| Specialized field： | Manufacturing |
| Managing organization： | Ishikawa IT Human Resource Development Center Co., Ltd. |
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| University name： | (National) Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
| Description of program： | Strategic Human Resources Development Program for Highly Dependable Embedded System Technologies |
| Private companies participating in the program： | eleven companies consisting of I-O DATA DEVICE. INC., RB Controls Co.,ltd., KOMATSU ELECTRONIC CO.,Ltd, COM-ONE. Ltd., SHIBUYA KOGYO CO.,LTD., Takamaz Machinery Co., Ltd., TSUDAKOMA Corp., NEC Software Hokuriku, Ltd., PFU LIMITED, MITANI SANGYO CO., LTD., and LINEAR CIRCUIT inc. |
| Specialized field： | IT |
| Managing organization： | Ishikawa Sunrise Industries Creation Organization |
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| University name： | (National) Kanazawa University |
| Description of program： | Development of foreign students of science, technology and pharmacy by utilizing resources in Hokuriku area for industry-academia- government collaboration |
| Private companies participating in the program： | 32 companies including Komatsu Ltd., Mitani Sangyo Co., Ltd., Komatsu Industries Corp., PFU Ltd., Shibuya Kogyo Co., Ltd., Kanazawa Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Takamatsu Machinery Co., Ltd, Nakamura-tome Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Nikkiso Co., Ltd., and Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp., etc. |
| Specialized field： | Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Science and Engineering, Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Biology, Material Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Managing organization： | Chubu Productivity Center |
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| University name： | (National) Nagoya Institute of Technology |
| Description of program： | Program of cultivating super-engineers in automobile industry |
| Private companies participating in the program： | 38 companies and one organization including TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, AISAN INDUSTRY CO., LTD., AISIN SEIKI CO., Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems LTD., Daido Steel Co., Ltd., TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, TOYOTA AUTO BODY Co., Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION, DENSO CREATE INC, Japan Auto Parts Industries Association., etc. |
| Specialized field： | Automobiles |
| Managing organization： | (National) Kyoto University |
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| University name： | Same as the managing organization |
| Description of program： | Industry-Academia Global Engineering Human Resource Development Program |
| Private companies participating in the program： | 44 companies including TOSHIBA Corp., NEC Corp., Panasonic Corp., Shimadzu Corporation, Sumitomo Corporation, Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd., Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Keihanna Interaction Plaza Incorporated, etc. |
| Specialized field： | Materials, Environment, IT, Energy |
| Managing organization： | The Ritsumeikan Trust Ritsumeikan University |
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| University name： | (Educational Corporation) Ritsumeikan University |
| Description of program： | Scheme of Industry-University Cooperative IT Management Human Resources Development Program |
| Private companies participating in the program： | A total of eight companies consisting of Uchida Yoko Co., Ltd., Omron Corp., Nichicon Corp., Panasonic Corp., FUJITSU SOCIAL SCIENCE LABORATORY Ltd., Murata Machinery, Ltd., The Kyoto Center for Japanese Linguistic Studies, and Tempstaff Co., Ltd., |
| Specialized field： | IT |
| Managing organization： | (National) Osaka University |
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| University name： | Same as the managing organization |
| Description of program： | Program under industry-academia cooperation for the development of advanced human resources for the manufacturing with consideration of co-existence with the environment |
| Private companies participating in the program： | a total of seven companies consisting of Panasonic Corporation, IHI Corporation, Komatsu Ltd., SHARP CORPORATION, KANEKA CORPORATION, SUNTORY LIMITED., and MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
| Specialized field： | Manufacturing |
| Managing organization： | (National) Hiroshima University |
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| University name： | Same as the managing organization |
| Description of program： | Cultivating program for overseas students in engineering major with Japanese manufacturing-style |
| Private companies participating in the program： | a total of nine companies consisting of SATAKE CORPORATION,FUMAKILLA LIMITED,NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., ＬＴＤ.,Hirotec Corporation,SHIGIYA MACHINERY WORKS LTD.,KITAGAWA SEIKI CO., LTD.,Ishii Hyoki Co., Ltd.,FURUKAWA MFG.CO.,LTD,SIGMA CORPORATION |
| Specialized field： | Manufacturing |
| Managing organization： | (National) Kagawa University |
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| University name： | Same as the managing organization |
| Description of program： | “Food Safety in Japan” Human Resource Development Program |
| Private companies participating in the program： | a total of nine companies consisting of AJINOMOTO FROZEN FOODS Co., Inc.,ISEMARU-SHOKUHIN K.K.,Ohbun Co. ,Ltd ,KATOKICHI.CO.LTD.,Nichirei Foods Inc.,Nihon Shokken Co., LTD.,HAMADA Foods System Co.,Ltd, and White Foods Co.,Ltd |
| Specialized field： | Food |
| Managing organization： | (National) Kyushu University |
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| University name： | Same as the managing organization |
| Description of program： | Partnership Program for Human Resources Development for Energy and Environmental Technologies |
| Private companies participating in the program： | a total of twelve companies consisting of Toyota Motor Kyushu, Inc., Asahi Kasei Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., TOTO, Ltd., Hitachi, Ltd., ULVAC, Inc., Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., YASKAWA Electric Corporation, Hirata Corporation, KROSAKI HARIMA Corporation, Daiichi Institution Industry Co., Ltd., and ASO Juku Educational Foundation. |
| Specialized field： | Energy, Environment |
| Managing organization： | (Educational Corporation) Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University |
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| University name： | Same as the managing organization |
| Description of program： | Global business leader development program |
| Private companies participating in the program： | a total of fifteen companies consisting of Autobacs Seven Co., Ltd., Kawasumi Laboratories, Inc., JTB Corporation, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Daikin Industries, Ltd., Toshiba Corporation, Nichicon Corporation, Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd., Panasonic Corporation, Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd., FAST RETAILING CO., LTD., Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Fujitsu Ltd., Meidensha Corporation, and Yamatake Corporation. |
| Specialized field： | International management |
| Managing organization： | Kitakyushu Foundation for the Advancement of Industry Science and Technology (Abbreviated name: FAIS) |
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| University name： | (Educational Corporation) Waseda University, (Public) The University of Kitakyushu, (National) Kyushu Institute of Technology |
| Description of program： | Program for developing highly-practical foreign students at Kitakyushu Science and Research Park |
| Private companies participating in the program： | 25 companies including AQUA TECH CO., Environmental Technology Service Co., Ltd., Kyushu Techno Research Inc., TOSHIBA CORPORATION, TOTO LTD., TOYOTA MOTOR KYUSHU, INC., Nippon Steel Kankyo Engineering Co., Ltd., Hitachi, Ltd., FUJITSU LIMITED, YASKAWA INFORMATION SYSTEMS Corporation, YASKAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Yokogawa Solutions Corporation, etc. |
| Specialized field： | IT, Environment |
