| Exchange agreement signed with Japan’s Waseda University 
Photo by Hilary Schwab
AU Interim President Neil Kerwin, left, and President Katsuhiko Shirai of Waseda University in Japan, right, signed an agreement this week to enable AU students to study at the prestigious Tokyo university. Students from Waseda have already begun studying at AU. Waseda University is among the top private universities in Japan. It also offers classes in English and requires its students to spend time abroad. Fourteen students from Waseda arrived at AU last fall for a year of study, and now AU students will be offered the chance to study at Waseda. Interim President Neil Kerwin, above left, and President Katsuhiko Shirai of Waseda University, right, signed a memorandum of agreement this week to enable AU’s students to study abroad for one year at Waseda’s School of International Liberal Studies, where the majority of the course work is in English. One of the oldest universities in Japan, Waseda was founded in 1882 and is located in the heart of downtown Tokyo. Known as the alma mater of many Japanese politicians, it also draws students from across Asia, including one Korean student who is among the Waseda students currently at AU under the auspices of the Abroad at AU program. AU students will be able study at Waseda beginning this fall. The administrators who flew to Washington for the signing and site visit included Nori Morizono, program coordinator of the Center for International Education, and Stephen Nussbaum, associate dean of the Center for International Education. —SA |
