I went to AIU (Akita International University) @ Akita.

■ I went to AIU (Akita International University) @ Akita.

I went to AIU (Akita International University) in Akita.

With Yoshimoto Kogyo Chairman Osaki Hiroshi and bright first-year student Sugiyama Kotaro.

Founded in 2004, this global liberal arts university is

Once enrolled, all students live in the dormitory for one year.

All classes are in English. Students study in English. All students have studied abroad for one year. 60% of teachers are foreigners.

70% of students are female.

It is highly regarded by the industry and has one of the highest academic achievement scores.

The employment situation is excellent, but it seems that the enthusiasm for starting a business is also on the rise.

It is a miraculous rural public school.

iU 's landmarks.

library.

As soon as I stepped in,

Ah! It's the same as the recently opened Ishikawa Prefectural Library!

I heard that both were designed by Senda Mitsuru.

Recently, I was proudly introducing the Kanazawa library, saying, "Kanazawa's library is amazing," but this one was here first. How embarrassing.

It operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and students apparently study there in the middle of the night.

That's nice

The first president of the university was Nakajima Mineo.

He went from the 1960 Security Treaty protests to Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, and then founded AIU. He was a fighter.

Having opened the school and served as its president, I understand this.

This university would not have been possible without tremendous conviction, strength, fighting spirit, and trust.

Moreover, they must be academics with a proven track record.

It's a great achievement. A great man. I wish I could have met him.

If you get an A from AIU, you're already in iU . The number of students is almost the same as iU . We also aim to be global.

AIU is liberal arts, iU is IT business.

AIU is in the countryside surrounded by nature, while iU is in urban Tokyo.

They are similar, but different. That's why I want to work together. I know it's a bit rude, but...

President Monte Cassim is a gentleman from Sri Lanka, and was also a fighter when he worked with AIU to oppose the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology when he was president of APU (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University).

The current APU President, Deguchi, was also a participant in the 1970 Security Treaty protests.

I was also fighting when I recently visited Sanjo City University and was impressed by its president, Shahriar Shahriar (from Bangladesh).

President Kasem and the AIU staff about collaborating in student entrepreneurship support, education and research. It would be interesting to connect with APU, Kindai University, and other cutting-edge universities with which Yoshimoto Kogyo is affiliated. We would also like to involve the University of Tokyo, Tokyo University of the Arts, Kyoto University, and even friendly cutting-edge universities overseas.

in 20 years, iU will be like AIU.

The only souvenir I bought was a Namahage doll.

I'll come back later.

Toppinparari no Puu