The College of Tokyo has introduced a brand new partnership with Acumen to spice up the variety of college students from South Asia learning in Japan.
“I’d like to see extra college students from South Asia becoming a member of us to expertise world-class training, an thrilling campus life, reasonably priced tuition, and a secure, welcoming society,” mentioned Dr. Kaori Hayashi, UTokyo govt vice chairman.
Acumen, part of Sannam S4 Group, will help UTokyo attracting college students from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bhutan, and the Maldives.
Earlier this yr, UTokyo introduced a brand new five-year mixed bachelor’s and grasp’s diploma to be comprised of fifty% worldwide college students and taught in English, launching in 2027.
The oldest college in Japan, UTokyo ranked 32nd within the QS World College Rankings 2025 and is without doubt one of the key tennets of Japan’s internationalisation plans.
The college is aiming to lift the proportion of worldwide college students to not less than 30% of complete undergraduate college students and 40% of graduate college students by 2049, up from 2% and 30% respectively.
Via pupil recruitment and the event of TNE, the partnership goals to double the variety of South Asian college students at UTokyo between 2022 and 2029.
That is in step with the Japanese authorities’s bold internationalisation targets, together with a goal of attracting 400,000 worldwide college students by 2033.
The variety of worldwide college students in Japan grew by greater than 20% in 2023, the primary recorded improve since Japan lifted its stringent Covid restrictions, in response to JASSO’s annual report.
The report recorded roughly 280,000 abroad college students in Japan as of Could 1, 2023, pushed by a report variety of college students enroled in Japanese language establishments, up 83% on the earlier yr.
At present, most worldwide college students in Japan come from East and Southeast Asia, with China sending the most important variety of college students, adopted by Nepal, Vietnam and South Korea.
Japan goals to draw 400,000 worldwide college students by 2033
In accordance with a 2024 INTO survey, Asian college students are more and more opting to remain throughout the area, partly as a result of diminished price of staying nearer to dwelling.
The relative affordability of Japanese increased training makes it well-placed to draw college students from rising South Asian markets.
“There’s a stress between pupil mobility and immigration insurance policies in lots of international locations presently,” mentioned Acumen chief partnership officer, Marnie Watson.
“Nevertheless [this contract] highlights how if nations develop intentional methods and works with key stakeholders within the sector, pupil mobility will be leveraged as a important and extremely helpful contributor to a nation’s personal financial and strategic wants,” Watson added.
