{"id":1306,"date":"2020-10-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eikei.dev.db-force.net\/english\/news\/1306\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T12:44:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T03:44:28","slug":"details_00154","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/news\/1306\/","title":{"rendered":"Official Accreditation for Eikei University of Hiroshima (EUH) by MEXT"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eikei University of Hiroshima (EUH) received an official approval letter from MEXT (the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan) for its establishment.<\/span><\/p>\n

We will accelerate various preparations for the opening of the university in April 2021 including upcoming entrance examination.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Overview of EUH<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Name<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Eikei University of Hiroshima (EUH)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Location<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1 -5 Nobori-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Aims<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Developing human resources by enhancing interdisciplinary skills and knowledge to overlook societies, identify problems, find solutions collaborating with others, and create new values, and contribute locally and globally.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Department and Course<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Department of Social System Design<\/p>\n

Social System Design Course<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Quota<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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100 students per class year (Admission capacity: 400 students)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Designated President<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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ARINOBU Mutsuhiro, Ph.D (Current post: Vice president, The University of Tokyo)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Characteristics of Eikei University of Hiroshima<\/span><\/h3>\n
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1. Bachelor\u2019s degree offered in English<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

EUH offers undergraduate courses in English, with opportunities to learn the Japanese language for international students. This program makes the university a very unique institute for higher education in Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. SDG-oriented Liberal Arts<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The SDG\u2019s 5Ps (Peace, Partnership, People, Prosperity, and Planet) are designed as the pillars for learning. The main academic fields include Humanities, Economics, and Natural Science (Environmental studies).<\/span><\/p>\n

3. On\/off Campus Learning<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

EUH offers learning opportunities both on- and off-campus. On-campus learning includes active learning classes, while off-campus learning is conducted through Project-Based Learning (PBL) and experiential\/practical programs such as studying abroad programs, internships, and volunteer activities.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Studying in Hiroshima, Japan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Our campus is located in the central district of Hiroshima City(just a 10-minute walk from Hiroshima station), an international city of Peace and Culture, whose population is about 1.2 million, in the western part of Japan. It is an urbanized city with a rich natural environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

5. \u201cOn-campus\u201d dormitory<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Our 15-story campus building will have an \u201cOn-campus\u201d international dormitory on its upper levels. Living with students who have diverse nationalities and cultural backgrounds makes their campus life more attractive and meaningful.<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Economically attractive<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We plan to offer our university tuition waiver for international students by up to half when students meet the criteria for financial conditions and academic performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1307,"template":"","categories":[14,15,1],"class_list":["post-1306","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-academics","category-academics-pbl"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-06 15:05:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}