The INU Student Seminar aims to provide an opportunity for students from INU member universities abroad to gather in Hiroshima to think about and discuss Global Citizenship through discussions and workshops with prominent guest speakers.  For students at Hiroshima University, this is a valuable opportunity to experience international discussions, lectures, and exchanges as if they were at a foreign university while in Hiroshima. AY2023 marks the return to a pre-pandemic seminar scale and program content. At the same time, this academic year's seminar  included a special Student symposium, that was held in part to commemorate the 25th year anniversary of the INU Consortium. During the symposium, students were given the opportunity to directly address their universities' leadership about the future of university education.

In 2020 the seminar was cancelled, 2021 saw the seminar take on a full online format, and still in 2022 some portions of the seminar were skipped due to on-going covid-19 restrictions and precautions.

<The main schedule for INU Student Seminar 2023>

1 August: Participants arrive from Overseas Universities

2 August: Opening Ceremony, Welcome Reception

3 August: Introduction, Lecture (cross-cultural understanding), visit to ECO Park

4 August: Workshop, Talk by A-bomb survivor, Ms. Keiko Ogura

5 August: INU Leaders and Student Symposium

6 August: Peace Memorial Ceremony, Hiroshima University Peace Commemoration Event

7 August: Workshop, Japanese Culture Experience, Group Work, Keynote Speech

8 August: UN role play practice, Workshop, Group Work, Lecture

9 August: Workshop, Group Work

10 August: Model United Nations, Completion Ceremony, Farewell Party

The theme of the 17th session in 2023 was "Climate Emergency and Action".
Students and faculty from 10 universities in 9 countries learned about the history of the Pacific War, the reality of the atomic bombing, and the state of reconstruction through a lecture on the A-bomb experience by Ms. Keiko Ogura, representative of the Hiroshima Interpreters Group for Peace, participation in the Hiroshima University Peace Project. The seminar's peace program also included visiting the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, participating in the annual Peace Memorial Ceremony, and listening to students from Idaho University reflect on the events of the day of the bombing.

Dr. Morne Mostert, Strategic Foresight Advisor from Stellenbosch University (South Africa) gave a Keynote speech and professors from four different universities held workshops, where participants examined climate emergency from multiple perspectives while engaging in constructive and cooperative discussions with their peers . In preparation for the Model United Nations on the last day of the seminar, each group, consisting of students from various universities, discussed strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change, and learned the importance of building mutual understanding through diplomatic interaction.

During the seminar, the participating students from Hiroshima University took the initiative in introducing Japanese culture through tea ceremony, calligraphy, Bon Odori dance, and traditional Japanese games.