TAKEI Mitsuko    Department   Hiroshima shudo University  The Faculty of Global and Community Studies    Position   Professor
Date	2018/08/09
Presentation Theme	Integrating incoming international students into the campus and local community - What German and Japanese universities can learn from each other
Conference	2018 SIETAR Japan World Congress
Conference Type	International
Presentation Type	Speech (General)
Contribution Type	Collaborative
Venue	Tokyo
Publisher and common publisher	Renate Link & Mitsuko Takei
Details	This report investigates how a German and a Japanese partner university can learn from each other to improve their own range and quality of services/activities offered to their international exchange students. The two institutions have been trying to integrate incomers into their respective campuses and, above all in Japan, into their local communities. These efforts, made both within and out of the formal curricula, will be presented to highlight their similarities and, in particular, their differences. Testimonials from German students who studied at the Japanese partner university and vice versa will be added to evaluate the differing practices and point out potential areas for improvements in the incoming and related outgoing services provided. The possibilities of greater cross-cultural synergies and collaboration between the two universities within these efforts are discussed.