Student Hall was packed for the Spring 2016 Study Abroad Fair, with students representing 54 partner universities from 22 countries volunteering to recruit new students to study abroad.

“This was the most active fair I’ve seen at AIU.” – Student Participant

All Akita International University students are required to study abroad for a year at one of our partner universities. The biannual study abroad fair is their best opportunity to get information about their options. Exchange students from our partners, as well as AIU students who have returned, pass out pamphlets and promotional goods supplied by our partners, and talk about their own personal experiences to encourage others to follow in their footsteps.

“I put together my own slide show about my home university to show to students and managed to pass out all of the pamphlets my home university had sent.” – Fair volunteer

This year, there was one unexpected visitor to the Study Abroad Fair: Professional Sumo Wrestler Takekaze-zeki, an Akita native, who had come to give a talk for students later that afternoon. While Takekaze-zeki’s sporting obligations keep him from studying abroad himself, he was interested to learn about AIU’s study active exchange program. Very few international students – or even Japanese citizens – have the opportunity to meet sumo wrestlers in person, so it was a unique opportunity for all the fair’s participants.

Professional Sumo Wrestler Takekaze-zeki visited the study abroad fair.

Thank you to all of our volunteer students and partner universities who made this fair a success!

Participating Universities

Asia

• Brunei Universiti Brunei Darussalam
• Hong Kong Hong Kong Baptist University
• Korea Ewha Womans University Konkuk University Korea University Seoul National University Sogang University Yonsei University
• Malaysia Universiti Sains Malaysia
• The Philippines Ateneo de Manila University
• Singapore Nanyang Technological University
• Taiwan National Chengchi University
• Thailand Chulalongkorn University Mahidol University International College

Europe

• Finland University of Lapland University of Tampere
• France Rennes 2 University Sciences Po Grenoble Université Toulouse – Jean Jaurès
• Malta University of Malta
• Netherland Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
• Norway University of Bergen
• Portugal Universidade Catolica Portuguesa
• Romania University of Bucharest
• Russia National Research University Higher School of Economics
• Sweden Linköping university Linnaeus University
• Switzerland FHS St. Gallen, University of Applied Sciences
• UK University of Essex University of Exeter University of Leeds

North America

• Canada University of Toronto
• USA The College of William and Mary George Mason University The George Washington University Gonzaga University Hamline University Millsaps College San Francisco State University St. Cloud State University St. Mary’s College of Maryland University of California Davis University of Colorado Boulder The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa University of Mount Union The University of New Mexico University of Northern Iowa Ursinus College Washington & Jefferson College Winona State University

Oceania

• Australia The Australian National University Deakin University
• New Zealand University of Canterbury Victoria University of Wellington

The Cafeteria Annex was packed for the Fall 2016 Study Abroad Fair, with students representing 44 partner universities from 21 countries volunteering to recruit new students to study abroad.

All Akita International University students are required to study abroad for a year at one of our partner universities. The biannual study abroad fair is their best opportunity to get information about their options. Exchange students from our partners, as well as AIU students who have returned, pass out pamphlets and promotional goods supplied by our partners, and talk about their own personal experiences to encourage others to follow in their footsteps.

This year we had great support from AIU Festival Committee members for the venue decoration. Thanks to their great help, the fair venue became a festive place!

Thank you to all of our volunteer students and partner universities who made this fair a success!

Center for International Affairs

Participating Universities

Africa

• Morocco
  Al Akhawayn University

Americas-North and South

• Canada
  University of Manitoba
  Wilfrid Laurier University
• Chile
  Universidad Adolfo Ibañez
• USA
  Ball State University
  College of William and Mary
  George Mason University
  Mississippi State University
  Oregon State University
  St. Cloud State University
  St. Mary’s College of California
  University of Kentucky
  University of Oregon
  Western Washington University
  Winona State UniversityAsia

• Brunei
  Universiti Brunei Darussalam
• Malaysia
  University of Malaya
  Universiti Sains Malaysia
• Singapore
  Nanyang Technological University
  National University of Singapore
• Taiwan
  National Chengchi University
  National Taiwan Normal University
  National Taiwan University
  Chulalongkorn UniversityEurope

• Czech Republic
  Masaryk University
• Denmark
  Aalborg University
• Finland
  University of Lapland
  University of Tampere
• France
  NEOMA Business School
  Toulouse Business School
• Germany
  Ludwigshafen University of Applied Science
• Italy
  University of Ferrara
• Lithuania
  Vilnius University
  Vytautas Magnus University
• Russia
  National Research University Higher School of Economics
• Sweden
  Linköping University
• UK
  Newcastle University
  University of Aberdeen
  University of Essex
  University of Exeter
  University of Leeds
  University of SheffieldOceania

• Australia
  Griffith University
• New Zealand
  The University of Auckland