Interactive Exchange Program Will Enable Even Those

　 Project for the international Cooperation on Higher Education Quality Enhancement By the Consortium of Universities in Kyoto Aiming at improvement of quality of education, enhancement of international competitiveness and helping students fostering global view

★Aims  Guarantee and improvement of the quality of higher education among universities in Kyoto and their enhancement of international competitiveness.  Implementation and assessment of International Standards and Guidelines on Education by introducing staff and faculty exchange programs and promotion of effective programs for FD and SD to foster students take part in global community.

★ Aims  Implementation of International Standards and Guidelines on Education of university evaluation and promotion of programs for internationally guaranteed quality of education.  Fostering and develop human resources who take active roles in global community with international view and creativity.  Acquire excellent international students and researchers from overseas.

★Effect ①Improvement of overall academic level by introducing International Standards and Guidelines on Education in developing educational content. ②Encouragement in changing in the way of thinking on higher education among Faculty and Staff through exchange programs as well as their effective developments. With such development, establishing a framework which provides supports to design internationally viable curriculum. ③To play a foundational role of Quality Assurance on Higher Education over all as well as promotion of unique feature of each universities and junior collages by this cooperative program between us.

★Effect ④Possibility of further development of the program to “Double-Degree System” which enable students to acquire more than one degree in each institution. ⑤Improvement of the cost effectiveness of the studying abroad programs by combining such courses as “Preliminary courses”, and “Follow-up Programs” before and after the programs along with the “Study Abroad Programs” and “Exchange Programs” themselves. At the same time, interactive exchange program will enable even those who don’t (are not able to ) study abroad to build international view by communicating with exchanged students. ⑥Create and expand more educational opportunities to more students by developing a simple exchange

★Plan 【 The first year 】 　 ① Planning and Studying “Short-Term study abroad programs” 　 ② Investigation of “Educational program” and “Credit exchange system” of the cooperation university 　 ③ Planning and Studying FD and SD programs including Staff and Faculty exchange programs

【 The second year 】 　 ① Recruitment and execution of “Short-Term study abroad programs” ②Studying and consultation of the terms and conditions for developing the programs to medium – and long- term study abroad programs and Exchange Programs (Continuance matter to third year)

★Plan 【 The third year 】 　 ① Execution of “Faculty and staff training (exchange) program” 　 ② Study on the implementation of International Standards and Guidelines on Education of university evaluation 　 ③ Study and consultation on implementation of a “Double-Degree” program

★Forward Planning • Introduction of overseas case study of university evaluation and international guideline of evaluation 　　 ⇒・ Guarantee of the quality of higher education and enhancement of international competitiveness 　　　 ・ Creation of attractive education (guarantee of the quality of higher education of global standards) • Promotion of faculty(researcher) exchange 　　 ⇒・ Rethinking to education and execution of effective FD 　　　 ・ Improving of the quality of education (maintenance and 　　　　　 improvement of bachelor‘s level in international society) • Use of “e-learning System” and examination of

★Forward Planning • Creation of various overseas study programs 　　 ⇒・ Promotion of going to study abroad of suitable for needs of various students and gain the excellent international student from foreign countries 　　 ⇒・ Promotion of more student global views • The international student's acceptance promotion (Acceptance by various programs) 　　 ⇒・ An increase in foreign students and promotion of exchange 　　　 ・ Establishment of education that has global competitiveness (Each university)

★Functional Image

“The quality of education” and “Global competitiveness” improves ・ Evaluation figure ・ Research of Faculty and Staff development ・ Reform of curriculum

Ability improvement of teacher and staff (Faculty Development Program and Staff Development Program ）

The student’s growth

（ International Exchange and Overseas Study Program of Programs ） Intercollegiate cooperation

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