2018.05.21
President Terasawa and Professor Katsufuji from Anan Kosen, Associated professor Negishi and Ms. Kobayashi from Ube Kosen visited Ara Institute of Canterbury Christchurch campus on Tuesday, March 13th/ 2018. We signed MOU with Anan Kosen and Ara Institute of Canterbury.
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Ara Institute of Canterbury chief executive Tony Gray and President Terasawa of Anan Kosen
Ara Institute of Canterbury has campuses in Christchurch and Timaru. They are a polytechnic institute which has various specialties like engineering, education, designing. There are some Japanophile as they offer a bachelor of Japanese Language. They also have an English language training centre and students from all over the world learn English. Ube Kosen sent students to Timaru campus for 2 weeks in March 2018. We also have a plan to send students from Ube Kosen and Anan Kosen to Christchurch campus in August 2018 for 5 weeks.
By signing MOU, we would like to have students exchange between the schools more actively and advocate of our globalization.
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After signing MOU agreement
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Timaru Campus surrounded by nature
Ara Institute of Canterbury Overview (as of April 2/ 2018)
Chief Executive: Tony Gray
Establishment: 1906
Number of students: About 17,000