My favorite aspects studying at IUJ are the opportunity to form close friendships in a warm international community, learn about their cultures, and explore Japan. IUJ is one of few places in the world where this is possible. I truly cherish my time in IUJ.

Dean Ben-Benjamin
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, USA

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My exchange term at IUJ widened my horizon with new academic topics and showed me a different perspective on academic teaching at another university. For instance, the structure of classes at IUJ allowed many in-depth group discussions. They are kept on a regular basis and groups are shuffled. That way, I was able to encounter a wide range of students so as their various opinions.

Life at IUJ from a non-academic perspective is just as multifaceted since it is embedded in a culturally very diverse environment. Every day, I enjoyed conversations with students from all around the world – learning about other cultures, customs, and even countries I have never heard of before. Since almost all students live on campus, each day is full of coincidental encounters and little conversations here and there. Throughout the term, there were plenty of events organized by students or the university, such as BBQs, parties, or excursions.

Overall, I can highly recommend staying for an exchange term at IUJ. Despite its rural location, one never gets bored. There is always an opportunity to connect, learn and grow. I deeply appreciate having had the chance to experience student life at IUJ and will never forget the friendships I have made there.

Waser Anna
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

My major motivation for coming to IUJ was to broaden my horizon and international experience. This has been accomplished through knowing many amazing people, including faculty members, administrative staff, students and local community. My exchange study at IUJ has given me the opportunity to learn about business context with Asian focus, which I believe is complementary to my Canadian MBA. Another motivation was to network with future leaders of the highest caliber. IUJ has definitely helped me accomplish this through organizing many different activities.

Mei Shun Kenny Ip
York University, Canada

I decided to come to UJ due to the high quality of the subjects, the international and multicultural environment and my interest in getting to now more about Japan. All those objectives were easily achieved during those 3 months and I have really enjoyed a lot my experience in IUJ.

All the subject taught in IUJ are in English, so an exchange student without an expert knowledge of Japanese has a very long list of different subjects to choose, according to his/her interests. On the contrary, most of the other exchange programs that I could do in other countries, did not offer this high number of subjects in English, because some of them were taught in the local language. Moreover, the program and the methodology is quite similar to the one of my University, being it very practical and not only focused in the theoretical part.

Regarding the multicultural environment, you live in a campus (where you spend a lot of time of the day) with people from different countries, ranging from Asian to Latin-American, so you have always an opportunity to chat and get to now more about them and their cultures, while eating in the cafeteria, going to class or hanging out with them outside the campus, for instance, in one of the typical Japanese Karaokes. Having said that, it goes without saying, that I would strongly recommend to any student of my University to do his/her exchange program in IUJ.

Victor Mateu Herrador
ESADE (Escuela Superior de Administracion de Empresas), Spain