Top Global University Project

Establish a Model for Global Liberal Arts

ICU's "Internationality" to date

To enhance "world-class internationality",
ICU has been continuously making various efforts since its dedication.

  • Ⅲ. Promoting Further
    Internationalization

    2014

    Participation to GLAA

    Japan's first university to join GLAA (Global Liberal Arts Alliance)

  • Ⅳ. Governance

    2014

    Top Global University Office established

    A structure for managing and facilitating the progress under the President's leadership

  • Ⅲ. Promoting Further
    Internationalization

    2016

    Accelerated Entry Program launched

    A 5-year BA/MA program in partnership with the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS)

  • Ⅱ. Improving Education

    2017

    Momi House and Maple House opened

    Bringing the total number of on-campus dormitories to ten and their collective capacity to 900 people

  • Ⅳ. Governance

    2020

    Over 60% of staff have a TOEIC score of 800 or more

    Outperforming the target due to our support for staff's individual learning, our training in Japan and abroad, and our financial assistance in taking TOEIC and IELTS tests

  • Ⅳ. Governance

    2014

    A new tenure track system launched

    ICU has introduced a tenure track system to cultivate faculty members who fit the university. It has also launched a mentor system whereby senior faculty members in different departments support their peers.

  • Ⅱ. Improving Education

    2015

    Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) established

    A hub for learning and teaching support designed to cope with increasingly diversifying students and faculty members

  • Ⅰ. Academic Reform

    2017

    Universal Admissions introduced

    A new screening system to accept diverse students that builds on and expands upon the September admissions that have accepted students from abroad since 1955

  • Ⅱ. Improving Education

    2019

    THE Japan University Rankings put ICU on top among private universities

    Ranked top among private universities and 11th among all universities (10th in AY2023) in the overall score, achieving 97.6% for the international environment.

  • Ⅱ. Improving Education

    2023

    International Summer Program in Japan (ISPJ) launched

    Remodeled after the now-defunct Summer Courses in Japanese, ISPJ involves Japanese language learning and omnibus-style classes on many aspects of Japan

2014 Top Global University Project
2012~2016 Go Global Japan Project
2014

2024

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Top Global University Project at ICU ICU's Initiatives

(Project Period: October 2014-March 2024)
ICU's efforts are detailed in four categories:

Ⅰ. Academic Reform

Establish Admission Systems Open to Prospective Students Around the World

Ⅱ. Educational Development

Establishment of a comprehensive support
system for students and faculty

Ⅲ. Further Internationalization

Establish a Model for Global Liberal Arts

Ⅳ. Governance

Increasing global relevance