Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement
Cooperation with the Former Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)
Technical Cooperation Projects
JICA Partnership Program
Acceptance of Trainees
Training Courses
Dispatching of Experts
International Students
Other Projects
Personnel Exchanges with JICA

Hiroshima University and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a cooperative agreement on December 14, 2005 to enhance the mutual cooperative relationship in international cooperation for developing countries. (Updated on July 1, 2020)

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Hiroshima University and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) signed a cooperative agreement on July 27, 2004 to enhance cooperative relationship to efficiently and effectively sponsor international economic cooperation projects.

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This is one of JICA’s projects to establish a cooperation scheme according to the situations of developing 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.
Hiroshima University, in particular the Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC), formed a joint venture with PADECO Co., Ltd., a private international consulting agency and accepted the following JICA projects through a competitive bid in 2004. In 2010, they were subsequently accepted the 2nd phase of the same project.
Also, in 2008, IDEC & PADECO accepted a JICA’s project in Cambodia.

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This is a technical cooperation scheme implemented by JICA to contribute to the social and economic development of developing countries at the grassroots level in cooperation with Japanese partners or organizations, such as NGOs, universities, local governments and other public‐service corporations. It supports grass root pinpoint activities in directly helpful domains improving living and income of people in developing countries.

Hiroshima University actively accepts trainees from developing countries based on training programs conducted by JICA (JICA training programs include (1) Training and Dialogue Programs originate as a proposal from Japan to a developing country and are carried out only after a corresponding request is received, (2) Projects for Country Focused Training and Dialogue are carried out in response to a specific request from a developing country, (3) Long-Term Training for earning degrees.)

In addition to the programs listed above, we also send academic staff as lecturers to JICA training programs conducted in Japan.

At the request of JICA in its technical cooperation projects, development surveys and project evaluation in developing countries, Hiroshima University cooperates in the transfer of knowledge and technology by dispatching faculties specializing in agriculture, engineering, public administration and international cooperation development, either on a long-term or short-term basis.

■JOCV Zambia Special Education Program

This program is a special education program conducted jointly by Hiroshima University Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC) and JICA’s Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV).
During the two years of the Master's course, students participate in activities as members of JOCV in Zambia. In the meantime, they also receive academic guidance from their instructors in IDEC. After coming back to Japan, students write their Master's thesis by compiling the theory and practice of educational cooperation they gained from the field work. The aim of the program is to train students to be human resources in development cooperation by enhancing their qualifications and abilities through on-site practices.

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From 2010, Hiroshima University Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC) has started accepting staff of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as part of the personnel exchange project. Personnel are engaged in Hiroshima University’s education, research, social contribution, and cooperation activities with JICA.