UAE Business: Japan’s leading universities target the UAE’s brightest students – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: Japan’s leading universities target the UAE’s brightest students – Gulf Digital News

Representatives from leading Japanese universities and tertiary education institutions are currently visiting the UAE in efforts to enrol some of the UAE’s brightest high school and university graduate students to continue their education in Japan.

The institutions will be participating in one of the UAE’s largest higher education events, NAJAH, and will be present at the event in Abu Dhabi held from 16 – 18 October, 2022 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (Adnec).

Five universities will be participating in person at the event:

• Hiroshima University

• Joshibi University of Art and Design

• Kyoto University of Advanced Science

• Kyushu University

• Nagoya University of Commerce and Business

An additional three universities will be participating online:

• Ritsumeikan University

• The University of Aizu

• Waseda University

The promotional drive is spearheaded by JICE (Japan International Cooperation Center), which has the goal of encouraging Emirati students to develop their academic acumen in Japan, and JICE will be hosting the Japan pavilion at NAJAH Abu Dhabi.

Prospective students and their families will be able to meet with representatives from Japanese educational institutions, both in person and online through dedicated Smart Stands, that connect the students directly to the representatives in Japan.

Emirati students who have previously studied in Japan will also be