Mobility of higher education students, institutions and programmes

Policies

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) promotes strategic bilateral exchanges in order to foster human resources who can play an active role in global society, and also to receive excellent students and researchers from abroad.

The diagram below explains Japan’s major policies on inbound and outbound student mobility.

Regarding inbound mobility, based on the “300,000 International Student Plan (留学生30万人計画)” formulated in 2008, ministries and agencies concerned have been working together from admission to employment in order to invite more international students to study in Japan. The goal of 300,000 was achieved as of May 1, 2019, with the number of international students reaching 312,214.