On October 10, a Josai delegation led by Chancellor Noriko Mizuta visited the City University of Hong Kong to sign an academic exchange agreement.

The delegation, which included Chancellor Mizuta and Assistant to the Chancellor Yukihisa Kitamura, met with university president Way Kuo and professor C.T. Liu and agreed to a comprehensive academic exchange program centered on student and departmental exchange.
    The discussion specifically emphasized the prospect of exchange in the field of media and, in conjunction with a tour of the City University campus, the Josai group met with Assistant Professor and former JIU employee Louisa Wei to discuss this plan in greater detail and learn more about City University’s creative media department.

This visit to City University of Hong Kong is in accordance with Josai’s Mid-term Target of developing academic exchange programs with a variety of universities worldwide—specifically those located in Central Europe and other parts of Asia—in the interest of developing human resources who are able to contribute at a global level.

Founded in 1984, City University of Hong Kong is a public university whose main campus is located in Hong Kong’s Kowloon area. The university possesses seven schools in all, including finance, law, creative media, and energy and environment, but is most well known for its school of creative media. With an enrollment of around 20,000 students, the university boasts a curriculum that emphasizes professionalization and opportunities for in-the-field experience. In addition, the QS 2012-13 rankings of universities worldwide list the City University of Hong Kong 95th overall.

With this most recent academic exchange agreement with City University of Hong Kong, we can anticipate many exciting collaborative projects to come.