On Tuesday, February 14, 2017, we held an information exchange meeting for the “Morito Higher Education Institute 3 +1 Program,” inviting the students in the program, their supervisors, and President Ochi.

The meeting was held to share with people involved the 3+1 students’ recent updates and how they have been enjoying their study abroad experiences, and to let the students have a frank exchange of opinions with their program supervisors. There were a total of 30 participants including 16 students.

After the welcoming remarks by President Ochi, the meeting started with a toast led by Executive and Vice President Sato.

In an amiable atmosphere throughout the meeting, the participants enjoyed active interactions between President, Executives, program supervisors, and students.

(*) Morito Higher Education Institute 3 +1 Program
In this program, Hiroshima University welcomes international students, mostly from China, who have completed their 3rd year or 2nd year in their undergraduate programs at their home institutions. The program is unique in that we accept those students as “Special Auditing Students,” offering a specialized education or research guidance that contributes to the completion of their own graduation thesis. The university expects the program participants, upon their completion of the 3+1 program,  to continue their studies at Hiroshima University, first as a research student and then as a master’s student at one of our Graduate Schools. We have been well prepared for this plan.