University Center for International Understanding
Ibaraki Christian University, throughout its history, has been active in developing programs for our students to study abroad and for foreign students to study in Japan. We have had a mutual student exchange program (both short-term and long-term) with Oklahoma Christian University for over 30 years. It is probably the oldest, continuous mutual exchange between any colleges in Japan and the USA.
We also have mutual exchange programs with Fanshawe College in Canada, Linnaues University in Sweden, Tianjin Normal University and Nanjing University in China, Myongji University and Hanseo University in Korea, and Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Langlages - Information Technology (HUFLIT) and Hue University - College of Foreign Languages in Vietnam.
We have official programs to send our students to Henley College Coventry in England, The University of Waikoto Pathwasy College in New Zealand, and Centre d' Approches Vivantes des Langues et des Medias (CAVILAM) in France to have language instruction.
We have had more than 1,000 of our students going abroad on these programs and have had over 600 exchange students come to our campus from abroad. Many former students from Oklahoma Christian returned to Japan as Assistant English Teachers in various schools here in Ibaraki. OC graduates make up a large percentage of the Mito ALTs. We are very proud of the good reputation of those teachers.
Although we do not have a tailor-made four-year course in English for international students, a number of non-Japanese students have entered IC by taking the standard Japanese entrance exam and then gone on to graduate from the regular Japanese course of study. Although Asian students make up the majority of our international graduates, we have had some Western graduates as well.
Ibaraki Christian High School International Programs
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Ibaraki Christian Junior High School International Programs
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