About Center for International Exchange

At Rissho University Center for International Exchange, we have three main functions to support your overseas studies and international exchange.

① We accept international students and provide support for their daily lives. Approximately 150 international students study at Rissho University every year. In addition, Center for International Exchange offers a Japanese Language Program for short-term international students who wish to learn Japanese language and culture.

② We send Japanese students abroad and provide support. Center for International Exchange has established mid- to long-term study abroad programs and short-term training programs, and sends many students abroad every year.

③ We promote international exchange both on and off campus. We provide various opportunities for international exchange, such as supporting the activities of the student group RIEA (Rissho University Student International Exchange Association), which aims to promote exchange between Japanese students and international students, and holding bus hikes (international student exchange events) to help international students learn about Japan.

At Center for International Exchange, we are implementing various international exchange initiatives so that as many people as possible can gain independence, initiative, communication skills, and a broader perspective through overseas and intercultural experiences. Please come and visit us at Center for International Exchange.

Shinagawa International Exchange Section Shinagawa Campus, Building 6, MB1F
Kumagaya International Exchange Section Kumagaya Campus Building 19 (Academic Cube) 1st floor

Center for International Exchange provides various information through various SNS.

• Rissho University Center for International Exchange Official Instagram Account
• Rissho University Center for International Exchange Official Facebook Account

In addition, the English University Guide introduces Rissho University 's history, faculties, graduate schools, research institutes, international exchange programs, and more.

Faculty-specific overseas programs and subsidy systems

Rissho University has overseas programs provided by Center for International Exchange, as well as overseas programs and subsidy systems provided by each faculty. Compared to the programs of Center for International Exchange, the training content and destinations are more characteristic of each faculty. Please note that the content may change depending on future circumstances. For details and the latest information on programs and subsidy systems, please contact each faculty.

Faculty of Buddhist Studies (Overseas Programs)

Overseas social welfare training *Closed in 2022

Students will gain an understanding of social security systems, education systems, and welfare issues overseas through visits to local facilities, mainly in Scandinavian countries. (This will not be held in the fiscal year in which a visiting group will be dispatched to Silla University listed below.)

Faculty of Business Administration (Overseas Programs)

Exchange Programs between Faculty of Business Administration

This is an exchange program based on an academic exchange agreement with Faculty of Letters, Srinakharinwirot University in Thailand. There is also interaction with students studying Japanese.

Faculty of Law (Subsidy System)

Faculty of Law Short-Term Language Training Scholarship

Scholarships are awarded to students who participate in short-term language training (including online courses) conducted by Center for International Exchange and whose TOEIC (or TOEFL) test scores meet certain standards. The amount of assistance and whether or not assistance is available will be determined through a document review and interview.

Faculty of Social Welfare (Overseas Programs)

Overseas social welfare training *Canceled in 2022

Students will gain an understanding of social security systems, education systems, and welfare issues overseas through visits to local facilities, mainly in Scandinavian countries. (This will not be held in the fiscal year in which a visiting group will be dispatched to Silla University listed below.)

Dispatch of visiting group to Silla University *Closed in 2022

As part of our exchange project with the Department of Social Welfare at Shilla University in Busan, South Korea, with which we have an affiliated relationship, we dispatch a visiting group of faculty and students approximately once every four years to interact with faculty and students from our partner school. , understand the welfare situation in South Korea through visits to related welfare facilities.

Faculty of Geo-Environmental Science (Overseas Programs)

Environmental conservation activity experiment *Scheduled to be conducted in Japan in 2022

We mainly visit the sites of environmental conservation activities overseas and participate in the activities together with NPOs and local people. Students will gain an understanding of the current status and issues of environmental conservation and acquire a broad perspective through interaction with a variety of people.

Overseas research method and fieldwork 1 to 3 *Scheduled to be conducted on remote islands in Japan in 2022

The elective subject ``Overseas Research Methods and Fieldwork'' for second-year students and above is a set of intensive lectures and overseas fieldwork. It can be used as an opportunity to ``acquire a broader perspective,'' ``international understanding,'' and ``understand different cultures,'' or to ``experience a different environment'' and ``actually verify the examples and backgrounds learned in each subject, including topography subjects. The purpose is that.