In order to enhance the mutual cooperative relationship with respect to international cooperation for developing countries, the University and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) entered into a cooperative agreement on December 14, 2005.
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As part of their operations, JICA has been sponsoring Technical Cooperation Projects for developing countries in cooperation with the target countries. JICA effectively combines the activities of dispatching specialists, accepting trainees, and providing equipment while making use of the knowledge, experience, and technology of Japan and the developing countries to achieve specific results within a fixed period of time.
The University and in particular the Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, entered into a joint venture with Padeco Co., Ltd., a private international consulting agency and accepted the following projects from JICA through a competitive bid in 2004.

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The University actively accepts trainees from developing countries based on training programs conducted by JICA (JICA training programs include Group Training programs consisting of four or more trainees, Regional Training with trainees from more than one country, Country-Focused Training for a trainee from one country and Long-Term Training for earning degrees.).


- Number of Accepted Trainees

Training Courses in 2007
[Group Training and Regional Training]
Practice of Science Education for Secondary School

Administration de l'Enseignement pour les Pays Francophones de l'Afrique
(Basic Educational Administration for French-speaking Countries in Africa)

Tourism Development for Regional Sustainability

Enhancement of Governance for Building Peace in Sub-Saharan Africa

Promotion of Non-formal Education for Asia


[Long-Term Training]
Science Education for Secondary School Schools for Kenya

Enhancing Capacity of Technology in Water Environment Management for Vietnam

Water Management in Irrigated Farms for Iraq

Educational Development for Iraq



[Country-Focused Training]
Capacity Building for Balance of Payments and International Economic Management for Indonesia

In-Service Teacher Education and Training in Science and Mathematics for the Republic of South Africa

Practice of Science Education for Secondary School for Kenya

Local Educational Administration and School Management for Ghana

Basic Educational Administration for Bangladesh

In-Service Training (INSET) Management for Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Nigeria


In addition to the programs listed above, we sent many instructors for JICA training programs in Japan as lecturers.

Held jointly by JICA, NGO, and public-interest corporations for the purpose of contributing to the development of Latin America through technical cooperation for Nikkei in Latin America.
- Number of trainees accepted

2008: Air and Water Purification Technology, the Graduate School of Biosphere Science (1)
Micrometeorological Differences Between Barren and Forested lands: Concerning Deforestation in the Amazon, the Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences (2)

At the request of JICA and for technical cooperation projects, development surveys and project evaluation in developing countries, the University has dispatched instructors specializing in agriculture, engineering, public administration and international cooperation development on a long- or short-term basis to provide cooperation in the transfer of knowledge and technology.
- Number of Dispatched Experts

This program is a special education program offered by the University's Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC) in conjunction with the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) under JICA.
Students participate in activities as members of JOCV in Zambia during the two years of their Master's course while also receiving instruction from the School's instructors. Students then write their Master's thesis based on the theories of educational cooperation that they learned and the practical experience gained after coming back to Japan. The aim of the program is to enhance the ability and skills of students as individuals engaged in development cooperation through on-site experience.
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