Having international physical mobility as one of the important cores for global education, higher education institutions in Japan and elsewhere have had severe impact on global education due to COVID-19 pandemic happened in early 2020. This paper discusses pedagogy and learning outcomes of on-line global study programs organized during Japanese academic year 2020–2021, with the total of 41 students participated. Content analysis, pre-and post analysis, text mining are the main methods for this study. It was found out that students joined the on-line programs as preparation of actual study abroad in the future and also for the reference for their future career. Throughout the process of on-line global study programs, students realized the necessary competencies to be developed during their university life. Such competencies include multicultural understanding/communication, as well as overall English communication skills.
