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AIU #1 for Internationalization, #4 for Student Care – Daigaku Tsushin 2014 Ranking
Daigaku Tsushin runs an organization called “Soken”, or the Combined Research Center for Education and Further Education, which conducts annual university surveys in a variety of categories. They survey 2000 high school education guidance counselors, who assign points to the top 5 universities in each category. This year, 716 of the surveyed group responded.
Since AIU was established to lead the way in internationalization among universities in Japan, the #1 ranking in Internationalization (with double the points of our nearest competitor) is an indication that we have achieved recognition for accomplishing that goal. Although, to be honest, we have an unfair advantage in that category, since we are the only university in Japan that offers all courses in English and mandates a year of study abroad as a graduation requirement.
However, the #4 ranking in Student Care is, in many ways, a more exciting achievement for us, since we don’t have a particular advantage in that category. In fact, a recent survey of outgoing international students agreed, rating our faculty and staff’s care and attention to individual students’ needs as one of AIU’s greatest strengths.
Now, we just have three spots left to reach the top!
Daigaku Tsushin runs an organization called “Soken”, or the Combined Research Center for Education and Further Education, which conducts annual university surveys in a variety of categories. They survey 2000 high school education guidance counselors, who assign points to the top 5 universities in each category. This year, 716 of the surveyed group responded.
Since AIU was established to lead the way in internationalization among universities in Japan, the #1 ranking in Internationalization (with double the points of our nearest competitor) is an indication that we have achieved recognition for accomplishing that goal. Although, to be honest, we have an unfair advantage in that category, since we are the only university in Japan that offers all courses in English and mandates a year of study abroad as a graduation requirement.
However, the #4 ranking in Student Care is, in many ways, a more exciting achievement for us, since we don’t have a particular advantage in that category. In fact, a recent survey of outgoing international students agreed, rating our faculty and staff’s care and attention to individual students’ needs as one of AIU’s greatest strengths.
Now, we just have three spots left to reach the top!