1.Current Status
The Faculty of Law is promoting internationalization. It offers a special program, Politics in English, for students wishing to study abroad. It also works with the Division of International Affairs to offer EMI programs where Faculty of Law students can take specialized courses taught in English along with international students. Faculty members are given opportunities to conduct research at overseas research institutions, etc. and attend symposiums and seminars that are held regularly with researchers, government officials, and legal experts invited from around the world.

2.Vision for the Future
The Faculty of Law will move forward with its internationalization strategy through the Politics in English program, EMI programs offered jointly with the Division of International Affairs, and more.

1.Current Status
The Faculty of Letters is actively promoting internationalization. Each year, a large number of the faculty's students participate in student exchange programs, credit-earning study abroad programs, and foreign language seminars abroad. The faculty also accepts many international students on an ongoing basis, including those from partner universities and self-funded students. International academic research and exchange activities by faculty members include studies conducted within the framework of the Scholars in Residence Abroad Program, research projects conducted on individually allocated research funds or "KAKENHI," Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research offered by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and numerous lectures, papers and reports presented at international conferences, as well as international research activities at the Institute of Oriental & Occidental Studies. As for the faculty's curricula, its original Intensive English Program, open exclusively to students with intermediate and advanced levels of English proficiency, has commenced to further improve the students' English. The Faculty of Letters also offers a Japanese language teacher training program for students who aspire to teach Japanese as a second language, with the aim of developing globally competent human resources.

2.Vision for the Future
The Faculty of Letters will leverage its Japanese language teacher training program, which is designed to help students acquire skills needed to teach Japanese as a second language, to develop a pool of talent that can play key roles in Japan and overseas. It will also provide them with opportunities to interact with overseas students as student teachers, etc. at overseas educational institutions, all with an eye to further promoting internationalization. The Faculty plans to expand the scope of exchange activities with Yeungnam University and Pusan National University, with which the Graduate School of Letters has signed partnership agreements, to make them available not only to faculty members but also undergraduate students. The Faculty will also work to increase the number of international students through special admissions of candidates recommended by the Japanese Language and Culture Program Preparatory Course (Bekka).

1.Current Status
With the addition of a new program, the Faculty of Economics currently offers its students six short-term study abroad and study tour programs. Thanks to the university’s global scholarship program, the number of students participating in these study abroad programs is increasing, with many going on to study abroad again on their own.

2.Vision for the Future
The Faculty of Economics will continue to build on its own study abroad programs while making them more relevant to the advanced GoLD Program courses as it explores the possibility of incorporating specialized courses taught in English into its curriculum.

1.Current Status
With the aim of internationalizing its undergraduate education, the Faculty of Business and Commerce offers business English courses as required electives for the students' major. In addition, the Faculty offers study abroad and seminar programs designed to help students develop business English skills, including Business English Study Abroad (BestA) and the Business Leader Special Program (BLSP), via a joint international PBL program aimed at developing English proficiency through solving social problems.

2.Vision for the Future
The Graduate School of Business and Commerce recognizes the need to address internationalization more urgently than ever in this time of the global economic expansion and development. That’s why it is working to improve the admission system in order to secure an excellent pool of international students while enhancing its education and research programs for international students. The faculty will also push forward on joint research with overseas researchers through its research network of partner universities and their faculty members.

1.Current Status
The Faculty of Sociology promotes internationalization using Kansai University's campus-wide programs. While students in some seminar classes and faculty members conduct exchanges with partner universities, etc. on an individual basis, the Faculty does not have any program that integrates these activities.

2.Vision for the Future
While students in some seminar classes and faculty members engage in international exchanges and joint research activities on an individual basis, there has been no organizational initiative. The Faculty of Sociology will explore establishing international exchange programs (such as overseas statistics seminar participation program) that will integrate such activities. While the Graduate School of Sociology has accepted many international students, they haven’t been given sufficient opportunities to interact with Japanese students. The Graduate School and Faculty of Sociology will work toward starting an international student support program that will include initiatives such as hiring international students as tutorial staff.

1.Current Status

• In laying the foundation of internationalization, the Faculty of Policy Studies offers Professional English, Professional German, Professional French, and Professional Chinese courses. Students can take up to 12 of 16 credits to complete the foreign language course requirement in German, French, or Chinese so they can gain a broad cross-cultural understanding not limited to English-speaking countries.
• To help students develop English language proficiency through practical experience, the Faculty organizes a summer English training program at the University of Adelaide in Australia and a spring program at the University of Waikato in New Zealand.

2.Vision for the Future

• Overseas Social Science Studies, a 2-credit undergraduate course where students study their major in English at a university abroad, will be made an official course in the academic year 2019 after the pilot-run period.
• The Faculty will increase the number of host countries for its overseas English training program, mainly in Asia, while exploring students’ short-term study abroad needs.
• The Faculty will offer the Global Studies Seminar (a UCLA online course) beginning in the academic year 2019 via UCLA Extension’s online program.

1.Current Status
All students at the Faculty of Foreign Language Studies are required to participate in a one-year study abroad program at one of 15 universities in 10 countries and regions around the world. This includes a dual-language study abroad program, under which students study English and a local language, such as Russian, German, Korean, and Chinese. A double degree program is available to students who study at Beijing Foreign Studies University. The Faculty accepts international students as third year transfers.

2.Vision for the Future
Future initiatives of the Faculty of Foreign Language Studies include implementing a double degree program for students who major in English; partnering with universities on the dual-language study abroad program, where students can study English and French or English and Spanish; introducing the Japanese language major for international students who are third year transfers; and offering more classes taught in English as well as classes open to both Japanese and international students.

1.Current Status
As more colleges and universities embrace internationalization, the Faculty and Graduate School of Health and Well-being are working to cultivate a global perspective among students through its International Health and Public Welfare Practical Training Program. In the academic year 2018 a total of 50 students studied abroad through or outside the program. The Faculty has a total of 13 international students, including undergraduate and graduate students. Faculty members are given opportunities to engage in overseas research activities through the Kansai University Fund for Domestic and Overseas Research and other programs. The faculty is also active in hosting lectures and other events with invited researchers.

2.Vision for the Future
The Faculty and Graduate School of Health and Well-being will further promote internationalization as they celebrate the faculty’s 10th anniversary. The Faculty and Graduate School are dedicated to helping students build on what they have learned through the International Health and Public Welfare Practical Training Program, and organizing various extracurricular international exchange events. In extending invitations to researchers from overseas, the faculty looks forward to expanding international academic exchanges in the future. On top of that, the Faculty and Graduate School will work with faculty members, students, and the local community to implement “glocal” projects under Kansai University’s partnership programs with Sakai City.

1.Current Status
In compliance with the University-wide policy, the Faculty of Informatics actively promotes international exchange in education and research. In the academic year 2017, 51 teaching faculty members and researchers were sent abroad on short-term missions, and three on long-term missions. The faculty received one researcher from abroad on a short-term mission, and one on a long-term mission. As for international student exchange, eight students went to study abroad, while 27 international students (24 from China, 1 from Taiwan, and 2 from other countries) were accepted. Sixteen students participated in overseas language seminars. At Kansai University, the Faculty of Informatics is the only undergraduate faculty that conducts entrance examinations for returnees (Japanese who have spent a considerable time outside Japan before the college-entrance age) and admits returnees and international students in the fall semester. In the academic year 2018, the Faculty admitted eight international students in the fall semester. Having signed partnership agreements with departments of overseas universities, the faculty regularly conducts research exchanges and has seen an increasing number of its students speak at international conferences.

2.Vision for the Future

• In the academic year 2015, the Faculty of Informatics made Practical English a required course for first-year undergraduate students. Designed to help students develop practical English skills and a multicultural understanding, classes are divided into proficiency levels and have enabled students to increase their TOEIC scores. The faculty will continue to work closely with instructors to help them effectively conduct classes and boost students’ performance.
• Keeping in step with the internationalization of graduate schools, the Faculty will increase opportunities for undergraduate students、following the graduate students, to attend international seminars and present their papers at international conferences.

1.Current Status
The Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences actively contributes to the field of natural and social disaster research through international research work that includes participating in research projects in and outside Japan, sending researchers to overseas research institutions, making presentations at international academic conferences, and publishing papers in international journals. Moving forward with the aim of establishing societal safety as an academic discipline, the faculty published “Science of Societal Safety: Living at Times of Risks and Disasters” (Springer), the culmination of intensive research by its faculty members, and made it widely available to the public.

2.Vision for the Future
The Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences has worked on various initiatives aimed at equipping students with global competence, such as enhancing its English courses, encouraging students to participate in medium-term study abroad programs, and implementing internships at international organizations in Japan. However, these initiatives have not produced sufficient results. That’s why the faculty is stepping up its efforts to implement these initiatives and revise its curriculum to make it easier for its students to participate in international activities, such as study abroad programs.

1.Current Status
As part of its efforts to help students improve their English proficiency, the Faculty of Engineering Science requires all first-year students to take the TOEIC IP test. It also provides instruction based on their score and objectives. Since the academic year 2017 the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering has conducted a three-week overseas experience training program for second-year students and a one-month overseas internship program for third-year students under its own global human resource development program. The department carried out a short-term admission program for Taiwanese students in the academic year 2018. The Department of Mathematics signed an Erasmus+ Program agreement with TU Dresden in the academic year 2015 and continues to support researcher exchanges and short-term study abroad programs for graduate and undergraduate students.

2.Vision for the Future
The faculty will focus on sustaining and enhancing each department’s own programs. In light of the Division of International Affairs’ adoption of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), the faculty will introduce COIL to the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering for their overseas internship programs. The Graduate School of Engineering Science will look into introducing a double degree (DD) program with an eye to full-scale implementation of an English-based Program.

1.Current Status
Having been granted a special budget allocation for educational reform, the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Engineering signed a partnership agreement with Taiwan’s National Central University and together hosted a joint workshop. Faculty officials visited Justus Liebig University Giessen (Germany), Linkoping University (Sweden), and TU Dresden (Germany) to build stronger ties ahead of applying for the Support for Japan-EU Strategic Cooperation in Higher Education (Inter-University Exchange Project) as well as the Erasmus+ Program and to discuss establishing a double degree (DD) program. The Faculty also informs all students about credit-earning overseas practical training programs to encourage their enrollment.

2.Vision for the Future
While the Graduate School of Environmental and Urban Engineering offers an English-based Program across all disciplines, no students have enrolled. The faculty will work to identify problems and make improvements. It will also look into ways to help students improve their practical English language skills.

1.Current Status

• Having been allocated funds from the president’s discretionary budget, the Faculty worked with partner universities to implement internationalization programs for undergraduate Kansai University students [overseas experience training (10 days in Thailand), short-term study abroad (one month in Thailand), medium-term study abroad (3 months, USA, Thailand, and Hong Kong)]
• The Faculty implemented a short-term student exchange program (running for about three months) under the global scholarship program, accepting students from partner universities [Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) and Clemson University (USA)].
• A partial quarter system was introduced to enable students to participate in the medium-term study abroad program without repeating a school year.

2.Vision for the Future

• The Faculty of Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering is looking into its own internationalization program. It is also considering an International Global Course (tentative title) for undergraduate students.

1.Current Status
The Graduate School of Law added the Global Cooperation Course to its master’s degree program in 2015 under JICA’s ABE Initiative Program (Master’s Degree and Internship Program of the African Business Education Initiative for Youth), and has been actively accepting students from Africa. Studies done by international students focus mainly on intellectual property rights and mineral resource management, and some international students participated in internships at Japanese companies after finishing their master’s degree program.

2.Vision for the Future
The Graduate School of Law will steadily implement the ABE program (6th batch) with the help of JICA and the Division of International Affairs.

1.Current Status
International research and educational activities, in which the Graduate School of Letters has been involved, have mainly been carried out at the Kansai University Research Center for Naniwa-Osaka Studies and the Kansai University Open Research Center for Asian Studies (KU-ORCAS). Subsidized by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, these research and educational projects are meant to be implemented jointly with universities and research institutes outside Japan and serve as a vehicle for international collaboration at the Graduate School of Letters. In the Program for EU-Japanology Education and Research and the Japanese Language Teacher Training Program, which students enrolled in the Graduate School of Letters may minor in, international research and educational activities are carried out in collaboration with overseas partner schools, including the University of Leuven, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, University of Zurich, Charles University in Prague, and HELP University.

2.Vision for the Future
The Graduate School of Letters’ minor program, the Program for EU-Japanology Education and Research, will focus on forging ties with universities in the EU and promote more academic exchanges through KU and EU Workshops.
The Japanese Language Teacher Training Program, which students at the Graduate School of Letters may also minor in, will focus on not only developing human resources for teaching Japanese in Japan but also on developing students’ global competency as well as cultivating job opportunities. The graduate school will work closely with universities in Asia on practical training in Japanese language education to develop a talent pool that can excel at home and abroad. The graduate school will also work to expand interpersonal exchanges across the globe through Japanese language education for international students.
Furthermore, the graduate school will participate in international research projects mainly through the Kansai University Open Research Center for Asian Studies (KU-ORCAS) as it works with overseas universities on research and education like its partners, Yeungnam University and Pusan National University.

1.Current Status
The Graduate School of Economics has a large body of international students and offers a number of courses designed especially for them.

2.Vision for the Future
The Graduate School of Economics will step up its efforts to accept international students and promote mutual exchanges with universities (graduate schools) outside Japan. It also holds seminars with invited lecturers open to both undergraduate and graduate students.

1.Current Status
The Graduate School of Business and Commerce admits a large number of international students and offers an extensive Japanese language program that includes Japanese academic writing courses. Other than the reception of international students, educational internationalization can be found in the development of educational programs. The Special Program (DS Program) in the Professional Course is a unique educational program that includes business internships developed in collaboration with overseas partner universities.

2.Vision for the Future
The Graduate School of Business and Commerce recognizes the need to address internationalization more urgently than ever in this time of the global economic expansion and development. That’s why it is working to improve the admission system in order to secure an excellent pool of international students while enhancing its education and research programs for international students. The faculty will also push forward on joint research with overseas researchers through its research network of partner universities and their faculty members.

1.Current Status
The Graduate School of Sociology does not have any program designed for internationalization although students in some seminar classes and faculty members conduct joint research on an individual basis.

2.Vision for the Future
While students in some seminar classes and faculty members engage in international exchanges and joint research activities on an individual basis, there has been no organizational initiative. The Graduate School of Sociology will explore establishing international exchange programs (such as overseas statistics seminar participation program) that will integrate such activities. While the Graduate School of Sociology has accepted many international students, they haven’t been given sufficient opportunities to interact with Japanese students. The Graduate School and Faculty of Sociology will work toward starting an international student support program that will include initiatives such as hiring international students as tutorial staff.

1.Current Status
The Graduate School of Informatics aims to expand and promote internationalization under Kandai Vision 150.
In the academic year 2018, as part of its ongoing efforts aimed at internationalization through research exchange, the Graduate School worked with the Philippines’ Bulacan State University, one of Kansai University’s partner universities, to hold a joint active learning seminar for students from Japan, China, Korea, and the Philippines and a field work program in the Philippines.
The number of international applicants to the graduate school is increasing every year, with nine admitted in the academic year 2018.

2.Vision for the Future

• The Graduate School of Informatics will offer short-, medium-, and long-term study abroad programs on a regular basis to enhance its international exchange courses and work with the Faculty of Informatics to foster an international academic environment and international student exchanges.
• Actively providing and gathering information through various opportunities, such as international conferences, research presentations, research exchanges based on partnership agreements, the graduate school is working with an eye to helping its students develop global competency.
• The graduate school will provide international exchange opportunities on a regular basis through its course offerings, joint research project planning, etc. while working to attract more international students.

1.Current Status

• In the academic year 2007, the Graduate School of Science and Engineering commenced advanced internships and overseas practical training as practical educational programs featuring visits to graduate schools overseas, sending graduate students abroad.
• Since the academic year 2007, the Graduate School has jointly organized every year "Kansai University Symposium on Science and Engineering" with partner universities, namely, Thammasat University and Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, and Cheng Shiu University in Taiwan. The symposium venue changes each time in rotation, providing participating graduate students with the precious opportunity for research-based international exchange.
• To encourage graduate students to present their papers at domestic and international conferences, the graduate school established a system of financial aid in the academic year 2011, using the MEXT Research Subsidies for Graduate School Advancement Promotion.
• In the academic year 2014, an English-based program was added to the master's degree program, in which students can take classes conducted in English to work toward an academic degree, thereby enticing international students. While admission to the English-based Program was available only in some academic disciplines and open only to international students recommended by partner universities via a special entrance examination, beginning in the academic year 2017, the scope of admission was expanded to include all disciplines and became open to all international students via a general entrance examination.
• In 2015, the graduate school signed a double degree student exchange agreement with Justus Liebig Giessen University in Germany, and to date has accepted three exchange students.

2.Vision for the Future
The Graduate School of Science and Engineering is implementing measures to enhance its English-based and double degree programs, such as increasing the number of classes conducted in English. The graduate school is reviewing the duration, credit requirements, etc. for the double degree program in order to make it more attractive to both Japanese and international students, while increasing the number of partner universities for the program.
The graduate school will also work with the Faculty of Science and Engineering toward internationalization in an integrated manner.

1.Current Status
Partnering with Emory University in the United States, the Graduate School of Foreign Language Education and Research sends its students and alumni to the university as Teaching Fellows in Japanese Language Education. The graduate school also offers a double degree program with Aston University. About 40% of its student body is from abroad.

2.Vision for the Future
The Graduate School of Foreign Language Education and Research plans to expand the scope of its double degree program with Aston University beyond foreign language education and research to include the discipline of translation and interpretation studies. It offers a dual degree program in translation and interpretation studies with SOAS University of London.

The Graduate School of Psychology states in its admission policy that it actively accepts students of diverse backgrounds, including those from outside Japan. The number of international students admitted to the master's degree program was 5 in academic year 2012, 4 in academic year 2013, and 4 in academic year 2014, constantly representing a large percentage (the maximum number of students admissible is 12). In the doctoral program, it was 1 each in academic year 2012 and in academic year 2014. For international exchange of researchers, the Graduate School accepted Associate Professor Lucy Spence (University of South Carolina) as an international guest researcher in the academic year 2013 and organized a lecture titled "21st-century Children's Literacy" on May 15, featuring the guest researcher.

1.Current Status
Since its establishment in 2010, the Graduate School of Societal Safety Sciences has admitted a number of international students. International students accounted for over 30% of its student body in 2016–2018, reflecting the international research and education trend in societal safety sciences. The graduate school provides students with opportunities to participate in research on natural and social disaster incidents in and outside Japan with the aim of delivering the results of that research work to the world. In 2018 a course taught in English, entitled Ph.D. Course in Disaster Management, was added to the doctoral program in order to bring in more students from abroad.

2.Vision for the Future
The Graduate School of Societal Safety Sciences will make adding an English course to its master’s degree program one of its goals.

1.Current Status

• Boosting foreign language communication skills
  The Graduate School of East Asian Cultures offers English, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese for Academic Purposes.
• Hosting the Forum for Next-generation Researchers
  Initiated as part of the Global COE program, the Forum was held at the Beijing Foreign Studies University in March, at Yeungnam University in August, at the Sapienza University of Rome in September, and at Kansai University in December.
• Dual degree program
  A dual degree program is offered with Yeungnam University in Korea. To date, two Kansai University students and five Yeungnam University students have completed or will complete the program.

2.Vision for the Future

• Admission of international students
  Due to the nature of the graduate school, a majority of students are naturally from countries where Chinese characters are used, but the graduate school will work to attract students from European and American universities that have a proven track record in East Asian studies.
• Study abroad opportunities for graduate students
  The graduate school will expand its dual degree program, which is currently conducted only with the Yeungnam University, for students in the master’s degree program. It will also consider creating a short-term study abroad program (running for a semester) for students in the doctoral program.

1.Current Status

• The Graduate School of Governance conducts special entrance examinations for international applicants on a recommendation basis. To be eligible, international applicants must have an excellent academic record and a strong motivation to study in a particular field as well as a recommendation from an overseas partner university.
• The graduate school gives international applicants an option to take written tests in English in an effort to attract students from far and wide.

2.Vision for the Future

• In order to admit excellent and willing international students through the special entrance examination, the Graduate School of Governance will partner with more universities and try to attract students from diverse backgrounds.

1.Current Status
As more colleges and universities embrace internationalization, the Faculty and Graduate School of Health and Well-being are working to cultivate a global perspective among students through its International Health and Public Welfare Practical Training Program. In the academic year 2018 a total of 50 students studied abroad through or outside the program. The Faculty has a total of 13 international students, including undergraduate and graduate students. Faculty members are given opportunities to engage in overseas research activities through the Kansai University Fund for Domestic and Overseas Research and other programs. The faculty is also active in hosting lectures and other events with invited researchers.

2.Vision for the Future
The Faculty and Graduate School of Health and Well-being will further promote internationalization as they celebrate the faculty’s 10th anniversary. The Faculty and Graduate School are dedicated to helping students build on what they have learned through the International Health and Public Welfare Practical Training Program, and organizing various extracurricular international exchange events. In extending invitations to researchers from overseas, the faculty looks forward to expanding international academic exchanges in the future. On top of that, the Faculty and Graduate School will work with faculty members, students, and the local community to implement “glocal” projects under Kansai University’s partnership programs with Sakai City.

1.Current Status
Since its establishment, the School of Law has offered a course and seminar in Chinese business law to keep pace with the globalization of the legal practice, as well as an overseas externship program, in which graduate students work in the office of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Hanoi, Vietnam to support the development and improvement of the country's legal system. The school’s academic exchange initiatives include holding international symposia with Korean, Chinese, and German researchers and practitioners, inviting researchers from abroad, and promoting academic research, surveys, and studies by full-time faculty members.

2.Vision for the Future
Since the academic year 2017, the School of Law has been offering a lawyer training program designed to build up an expertise on Asia and enhance legal assistance to Japanese companies expanding overseas and Japanese people living abroad, particularly in other Asian countries. The school’s course offerings include Support for Companies Expanding into Asia and Legal Business English, which are conducted in cooperation with law firms, local governments, private companies, etc., as well as the Chinese Business Law Course and Seminar and Legal Development Support Theory. In addition to these courses, the school offers the abovementioned overseas externship program to expand the legal expertise of alumni lawyers and contribute to society overall.

1.Current Status
The School of Accountancy actively welcomes international students through an admission system for international students and a special entrance examination system for students in the Japanese Language and Culture Program Preparatory Course. Since its establishment in the academic year 2006, the School of Accountancy has accepted a total of 78 international students up to the academic year 2018 (in the academic year 2018, 13 out of the school's 41 students were from outside Japan). The school's curriculum includes subjects relating to bookkeeping and accounting in English and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and students who obtain a prescribed number of credits in specified courses become eligible to apply for the U.S. CPA qualifying examination. In the academic year 2018, the school welcomed a CPA who has a wealth of practical experience in Europe as a Specially Appointed Professor.

2.Vision for the Future
Committed to turning students into accounting professionals with world-class skills integrating both theory and practice embodied by the International Education Standard (IES) of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), the School of Accountancy recognizes the importance of internationalization. That’s why the school is considering conducting accounting-related classes in English and establishing a mechanism that will enable undergraduate students to attend courses in the future as it moves forward with an eye to maintaining a balance with CPA and professional accounting programs.