Center for Strategy of International ProgramsUniversity of Aizu, JAPAN

2005/12

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UoA’s Center for Strategy of International Programs (C.S.I.P.) took off in July, 2005

One-and-only Prefectural University nationwide to be chosen for national project Advisory Committee giving long-term directions and advise

Center for Strategy of Int’l Programs

President

Foreign Personnel Advisor, Y. Nagashima

Manager, K. OfujiDirector, Prof. H. Sagawa

Manager, Y. Kesen

Advisory CommitteeProf. Mineo Nakajima –President, Akita Int’l Univ.

Prof. Wei Prof. V.Ryzhii

Prof. OkaDirectors, University Administrative

Established July, 05

In-house Advisory Members will be responsible for establishing tieswith overseas universities in respective areas of world.

Prof. Yoshihito OsadaV.P. Hokkaido Univ.

Assoc. Prof. Guo

Assoc. Prof. Bhalla Assoc. Prof. Shin

Will serve as one-stop international center for inside and outside affairs …

C.S.I.P. organizationCares foreign faculty● faculty advisors care academic life● assists faculty hiring plans● helps provide dorms● assists immigration services● assists bilingual operation of administratives● provides Japanese classes

Assists Int’l conferences● assists conference operations ● plans hosting opportunities

Cares foreign students● student advisors care campus life● assists immigration services● helps search for housing● helps search host families for short-exchanges● provides Japanese classes

Exchanges students● promotes credit transfer● negotiates for tuition exemption● sends research grad students● accepts grad students

C.S.I.P. StaffPresident

Foreign Personnel Advisor Nagashima

Manager, Ofuji

Assists joint researches● corresponds w/ univ’s overseas● plans research conferences● studies recent trend in

computer science Outside-UoA

Inside-UoA

Advertises worldwide● builds / maintains CSIP Homepage● facilitates alumni networking● facilitates ex-faculty networking● advertises to prospective students● advertises to prospective faculty

Director Prof. Sagawa

Consistent, promptOne-stop services

Will work closely with University administrative

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Manager, Kesen

Will work closely with University administrative

CHINA● Shanghai University (Undergrad) ■ Fudan University■ Graduate School, Shanghai University ● Peking University, Joint Center for Nuclear Physics■ Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology, Wuhan▲ Hubei University ▲ Liaoning Normal University

RUSSIA● Moscow Inst. of Physics and Tech.● Moscow Inst. of Radioengineering,

Electronics and Automation● St. Petersburg State Univ. of Info.

Tech., Mechanics and Optics● St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical Univ. LETI■ St. Petersburg State University

TAIWAN ■ Tamkang University

UNITED STATES■ Stanford University■ Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech.

KOREA■ Korea University ■ Pusan University■ Ulsan College of Science and Technology

GERMANY■ FH-Duesseldorf

Proactively building international ties …

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● Agreement in place■ Agreement in discussion▲ Researcher exchange in progress

Talks with Joint C. for Nuclear Physics, Peking Univ. (Jul, 05)

Talks with MIPT, Russia (Jul, 2005)

Also working on …daily care on academic life of international faculty and

students building C.S.I.P. Homepages to appeal to inside and outside

audience

Assisting application to competitive research funds (J/E translation and documentation)

Staff training JAFSA training Translation skill-up

Tours to regional offerings

.. and more ! C.S.I.P. WebpageWelcome party (by SAISUA)(Nov, 05)

Tours to local sights (Oct, 2005) Ni-Hao! Chinese Classes (Oct – Nov. 05)

We need your support for …Increasing awareness of int’l activities within UoA

Quantitative evaluation of achievement of C.S.I.P. initiatives

Planning and implementation of int’l joint research projects

Skill-up training of staff for int’l activities

Making use of Japanese-language lesson offersAustralia, 1

Vietnam, 1

Bulgaria, 1Canada, 1

Egypt, 1

Swizterland,1

Germany, 1

India, 2

Korea, 2China, 8

Russia, 8U.S., 10

Japan, 55

Over 40% of Faculty is international, enriching UoA’s potentials for international joint projects

Joint display with Tamkang Univ.(Taiwan) for E-Learning Fair, (Jul, 05)

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We appreciate your support and suggestions!

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