In this study, we targeted multiple universities that conduct short-term study abroad in the field of sports using different methods in Japan, clarified the development process, and considered the ideal program to foster international sports human resources in Japan. The results indicate that in the current state of development of short-term study abroad in the field of sports, all three universities have the same idea towards “the credit of the short-term study abroad” and “the mechanism to reduce the financial burden on students participating in short-term study abroad.” Furthermore, it became clear that there are similarities and differences in the ways of thinking of management resources necessary for the development of short-term study abroad in the sports field. In addition, regarding the future of short-term study abroad in the field of sports, the training type of Sendai University and Teikyo University was recognized as the “Value discovery type” shown by Nakatsuka and Odagiri (2016), and the training type of the University of Tsukuba was “Exchange type.” It became clear that all three universities desired to evolve into a training type of “Problem-solving type” and “Knowledge sharing type” mentioned by Nakatsuka and Odagiri (2016) as well. In order to evolve the training type into “Problem-solving type” or “Knowledge sharing type,” it is important to have faculty members actively involved in the development process of the short-term study abroad while considering the students as the main body. And, instead of making the lecture one-sided or only inspecting the program, the necessity of the requesting side of the program to build a relationship that can be shared in both directions, such as creating new graduation research and joint research projects through the program, was indicated.
