W-04 Student’s International Activities in Two Decades in Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University

Abstract

In 1996, when the Faculty of Engineering of Niigata University, Niigata Japan first set up its international student exchange program with Otto-von-Guericke-University, in Magdeburg, Germany, few students showed an interest in studying abroad. Twenty years later, the students’ attitudes have changed. The number of students who express a desire to study abroad and have experienced the international conference has increased markedly. In this article, two directions of opportunities for students to start studying abroad are presented; one is short-term summer school program as a subject of general education to remove the students’ barriers to go abroad, and the other is research-oriented students’ exchange program.