Japanese campuses of foreign universities

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A Japanese campus of a foreign university (外国がいこく大学だいがくの日本にっぽん校こう, gaikoku daigaku no nihonkō) is an educational facility established in Japan by a foreign university outside of Japan whose accreditation is recognized by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology-Japan (MEXT).

Overview[edit]

Since the 1980s, some foreign universities, mainly from the United States, have set up their campuses in Japan. In the 1990s, there were approximately 40 Japanese campuses of foreign universities. Because almost all of them were from American universities, those campuses were often referred to as Japanese campuses of American universities.[1] Since then, the majority of the schools have withdrawn, and in the 2000s, several universities from countries other than the United States opened Japanese campuses, decreasing the ratio of American universities. Therefore, as of 2021, such campuses are generally lumped together as Japan campuses of foreign universities.

The Japanese campuses were not legitimate universities under the Japanese School Education Law because the main campus of these universities was an accredited university in its home country (foreign country outside of Japan), and the majority of their Japanese campuses provided a regular curriculum conforming to the laws and regulations of the home country. Therefore, their curricula were based on foreign education policies and not approved by MEXT. Furthermore, graduates of universities in foreign countries were generally eligible to apply for admission to Japanese graduate schools, but graduates of a foreign university’s Japanese campus were not eligible.[2] Because there were no special treatments under other laws and regulations, most of those Japanese campuses were treated as unaccredited.

Moreover, many campuses, especially American ones, had difficulty recruiting students because they could not gain the trust of parents due to the structure being so different from that of Japanese universities. For example, unlike in the Japanese system, it is easy to enter a school without taking examinations, but it is difficult to advance to the next grade. It is not unusual for students to drop out without being able to graduate. As a result, by the end of the 1990s, most of the campuses, except a few, had withdrawn and closed.

However, in the early 2000s, MEXT revised the legal status of Japanese campuses, including the admission qualifications for Japanese graduate schools. This revision improved the student recruitment condition.[3]

Still, Japanese campuses approved by MEXT are not approved as Japanese universities under the Japanese School Education Law. Rather, they are designated as providing the same quality of education as that of the corresponding university campus(es) in a foreign country.[4] Because the Japanese campuses are now stably positioned within the Japanese legal system, graduates of these campuses are allowed to enroll in graduate schools, transfer to Japanese universities, and transfer credits.

Student privileges[edit]

In addition, because these universities are conspicuously positioned in the law as foreign universities located in Japan, they have increasingly been treated in the same way as Japanese universities. The following are privileges commonly applicable to Japanese university students. Because Japan campuses of foreign universities have been designated as foreign universities in Japan, the enrolled students have also been eligible for the following:

  • Purchase of a student commuter pass for public transportation.[5]
  • Receive a loan-type scholarship from the Japan Student Services Organization, an independent administrative agency. Because they are foreign universities, they are eligible for the Type 2 Scholarship (Overseas).[6][7]
  • Special exception for student payment of National Pension.[8]
  • Issuance of Japanese student visas to international students from outside Japan.

List of Japan campuses of foreign universities[edit]

As of October 2, 2022, the Japan campuses of foreign universities designated by MEXT are as follows (the dates in parentheses are designation notification dates):[9]

The following campuses are closed:

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Even in the 1990s, there were Japan campuses of foreign universities other than from the United States. Examples include China’s Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Continuing Education Japan Branch, established in 1991, and Russia’s Far Eastern Federal University Hakodate Campus, established in 1994.
  2. ^ Article 105, Item 1 of the current Ordinance for Enforcement of the School Education Law states, “those who have completed sixteen years of school education in a foreign country” and “those who have completed a curriculum equivalent to graduating from a university in a foreign country” are eligible for graduate school admission. However, those who study at a foreign university’s Japan campus were ineligible because they do not complete the curriculum in a foreign country. Furthermore, because such schools are not accredited Japanese universities, graduates of Japan campuses of a foreign university were generally not allowed to enter Japanese graduate schools.
  3. ^ Torii, Atsuteru. "外国がいこく大学だいがく日本にっぽん校こうの将来しょうらい展望てんぼう: テンプル大学だいがくジャパンの事例じれい" [Future prospects of foreign branch campuses in Japan: Temple University Japan] (PDF). 国立こくりつ教育きょういく政策せいさく研究所けんきゅうじょ紀要きよう. 135: 135–181.
  4. ^ 文部もんぶ科学かがく省しょう 高等こうとう教育きょういく局きょく 高等こうとう教育きょういく企画きかく課か 高等こうとう教育きょういく政策せいさく室しつ. "「外国がいこく大学だいがくの日本にっぽん校こう」及および「我わが国くにの大学だいがくの海外かいがい校こう」に関かんする制度せいど改正かいせい案あんの概要がいよう". Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  5. ^ JRグループ. "文部もんぶ科学かがく大臣だいじんの指定していを受うけた外国がいこく大学だいがく日本にっぽん校こうに在籍ざいせきする学生がくせいに対たいする通学つうがく定期ていき乗車じょうしゃ券けん等とうの発売はつばいについて" (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  6. ^ 独立どくりつ行政ぎょうせい法人ほうじん日本にっぽん学生がくせい支援しえん機構きこう. "海外かいがい留学りゅうがくの対象たいしょうとなる学校がっこう・課程かていを教おしえてください" (in Japanese). Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  7. ^ 独立どくりつ行政ぎょうせい法人ほうじん日本にっぽん学生がくせい支援しえん機構きこう. "第だい二に種しゅ奨学しょうがく金きん（海外かいがい）制度せいど概要がいよう". Retrieved October 4, 2022. (in Japanese)
  8. ^ 日本にっぽん年金ねんきん機構きこう. "学生がくせい納付のうふ特例とくれい対象たいしょう校こう一覧いちらん" (in Japanese). Retrieved October 2, 2022.
  9. ^ 文部もんぶ科学かがく省しょう 高等こうとう教育きょういく局きょく 高等こうとう教育きょういく企画きかく課か 国際こくさい企画きかく室しつ. "外国がいこく大学だいがく等とうの日本にっぽん校こうの指定してい". Retrieved October 2, 2022.
  10. ^ "アリゾナ州立しゅうりつ大学だいがく サンダーバードグローバル経営けいえい学部がくぶ 広島ひろしま大学だいがくグローバル校こう". 7 September 2022. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
  11. ^ "Credit Where It's Due: In Japan". Teachers College - Columbia University. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  12. ^ "Teachers College of Columbia University". Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
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