Projects/initiatives The major initiatives of the Government of Japan for the internationalization of higher education include: Top Global University Project (スーパーグローバル大学創成支援事業) The Top Global University Project is a funding project that aims to enhance the international competitiveness of higher education in Japan. It provides support for world-class and innovative universities that lead

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

Trends Results of annual surveys on international students in Japan conducted by the Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) are available here.

A search can be conducted for all recognized higher education institutions in Japan here. Descriptions of each type of higher education institution are provided here.

In accordance with the School Education Act, the following two systems comprise the quality assurance approach for higher education in Japan: Each higher education institution conducts autonomous and independent quality assurance (internal quality assurance) on education and research activities. In addition, there are public quality assurance systems in place which

NIC (National Information Center for Academic Recognition Japan) The National Information Center for Academic Recognition Japan (NIC-Japan) was established on September 1, 2019 as Japan’s official NIC within the National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education (NIAD-QE). It aims to ensure the credibility of Japanese higher education

The list of higher education qualifications, their awarding institution types, and further accessible education levels are shown below. NIAD-QE awards degrees in two schemes: (1) for graduates of Junior Colleges and Colleges of Technology, who have accumulated credit hours to a certain level of learning (such as a bachelor’s degree);

There is no legal definition on the scope of HEIs in Japan. The scope of higher education institutions (HEIs), subject to the Asia-Pacific Regional Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education (known as the Tokyo Convention) is defined by the “Guideline on Recognition of Higher Education Qualification – Asia-Pacific

Pre-school education includes kindergartens (幼稚園 yochien), day care centres (保育所 hoikusho), and “centres for early childhood education and care” (認定こども園 nintei-kodomo-en). In relation to elementary and secondary education, typical institutions include elementary schools (小学校 shogakko) for elementary education and lower secondary schools (中学校 chugakko) and upper secondary schools (高等学校 kotogakko) for secondary education. There are also