Guests from France’s University of Burgundy (Université de Bourgogne) visited the Tokyo Kioicho Campus on December 2, 2015. The party included Alex Frame, Bernard Altheim, Dr. Bénédicte Fortier and Véronique Parisot.

The University of Burgundy was founded in 1722 and currently has 27,000 students enrolled (3,000 study abroad students). It is located in the region of Burgundy. The university has four campuses centers around the town of Dijon, which is approximately 300 km southeast of Paris.

When Chancellor Noriko Mizuta led a delegation from Josai University on a visit to France in September of 2015, the two universities signed an academic exchange agreement. This visit by representatives from the University of Burgundy is an actualization of that agreement as well as a chance for the two to meet regarding plans for future exchange programs.

Over two days, both the 2 and the 3, the universities discussed their thoughts and opinions about the creation of various cultural exchange programs between students, including student exchange at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The party from the University of Burgundy also spent time visiting the Josai University Sakado Campus and the Josai International University Togane Campus.

More concrete cultural exchange between students is set to begin in the coming 2016.