Location: Ulaanbaatar State University(Ulaanbaatar City)
On September 3rd 2018, the opening ceremony for Hiroshima University Mongolia Research Center, the 18th overseas base of HU, was held in Ulaanbaatar State University (USU) in Mongolia.
The opening ceremony initiated with a ribbon-cutting by the participants including President Ochi and USU President Sanjaa Baigalsaikhan, with attendance of representatives from the Embassy of Japan in Mongolia and the Mongolia-Japan Center For Human Resources Development of The Japan Foundation, followed by the unveiling of signboard by presidents of both universities.
HU and USU concluded an inter-university exchange agreement in November 2016 and both universities have deepen relations since then, including HU accepting students from USU for the “Japanese Language and Culture Special Program”.
With the establishment of this center, it is hoped that the collaboration between the two universities will develop further.
* Pages are written in Mongolia.