On Tuesday, March 18, 2025, the Advisor Council for International Relations was held for the first time, bringing together the three advisors for international relations newly established with the reorganization in April 2024, full-time and adjunct faculty members of the Institute for International Relations, and coordinators for international relations to exchange opinions on the state of international exchange at Ehime University. Advisor Council was held for the first time.
The OIST has appointed the following people as advisors for international collaboration, with three slots for national, regional, and foreign experts in international affairs, in order to hear opinions from experts outside the university who have extensive knowledge and experience in international collaboration and to help improve and review OIST’s initiatives.
| National Scale | Etsuko Katsu Professor, School of Political Science and Economics, Meiji University |
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| Region | Mr. Minoru Kadota Chairman of the Board, Kadota Shoten Corporation; Secretary, Ehime Association of Corporate Executives |
| Foreigner | Mr. Sigit Widodo, President of Fukusuke Kogyo Indonesia, Secretary General of Ehime University Alumni Association Indonesia Branch |
After a report by Kazuhiro Mitsunobu, Director of the Institute for International Relations, on the activities of the Institute for International Relations in FY2024, the advisors gave their opinions and advice on the significance of sending students abroad, how students should be supported to study abroad, and the true meaning of internationalization, based on their own perspectives on issues at the university and other issues they see. The advisors gave their opinions and advice on the significance of sending students abroad, how students should be supported to study abroad, and true internationalization.
In the latter half of the Council, there was a lively exchange of opinions on issues and suggestions for improvement that the faculty members felt they could make to better support students, the feeling that more and more students are learning English in Asia, participation in overseas study programs that include sports and other activities in cooperation with Matsuyama City, planning programs that are attractive from the perspective of the university and society, the Corona Disaster and the lack of transmission from seniors regarding study abroad, and other issues and suggestions for improvement that the faculty members felt they could make on a daily basis. All attendees engaged in a lively exchange of opinions on issues and suggestions for improvement that they are feeling on a daily basis, such as the breakdown in the tradition of study abroad from seniors due to the Corona disaster.
The Institute for International Relations will continue to work toward the further promotion of international exchange with the cooperation of all concerned, while receiving suggestions, etc. from the Advisors for International Relations.
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