Kansai University, founded in 1886 as a law school, was reborn in 1922 as a comprehensive university with several faculties. Juntaro Yamaoka, the president of Kansai University at that time, advocated the university motto “学の実化（gaku no jituge）”, which meant that the university's academics should be in harmony with the real world.

Almost a century later, both academia and society are changing faster than ever before, and one of the reasons for this is the accelerated pace of globalization. As a university that advocates harmony between academia and society, Kansai University has taken a variety of measures in response to the changes brought about by globalization, and has achieved fruitful results in various exchange programs of students and researchers with universities all over the world or continuous improvement of language education.

It is our intention to accelerate the internalization of our university. To this end, Kansai University is introducing what we call the Intercultural Immersion Initiatives (Triple I, https://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/Kokusai/triple_i/english.html). Our campuses offer many opportunities and activities for students and faculty to immerse themselves in various languages and cultures. Moreover, we are providing and increasing number of groundbreaking international programs promoting student mobility with our partner universities, language courses, and other enterprises. For example, the Kansai University Global Frontier curriculum provides both Japanese and international students the opportunity to study content courses in various fields in English. We also offer courses using interactive online collaboration with students at foreign universities. The Kansai University Collaborative Online International Learning(COIL) subjects are taught in our newly established Multilingual Immersion Room. Through these programs, students can engage themselves in an intercultural environment inside the university.

I am convinced that the Triple I initiatives will be hugely successful. Japanese and international students benefit greatly through studying together, and we are confident that we are nurturing a generation of motivated global leaders with high aspirations.

It is our mission at Kansai University to contribute to a sustainable global society. We appreciate your cooperation and support.