Questionnaire results (2nd)

Target ： Selected universities in the “Top Global University Project (hereinafter,

TGUP)” and “the Inter-University Exchange Project (hereinafter,

IUEP)”

50 Universities （49 universities responded）

（Details:TGUP&IUEP 18、TGUP only 18、IUEP only 13）

＊ Response Rate 98％

Period：2 Nov. 2020 ~ 13 Nov. 2020

※The 1st Questionnaire was conducted in June.

※対象大学数は50大学（回収率100％）

● Which of the following issues have impacted internationalization? Please list in order of priority the five most serious issues. It is not necessary to list only five issues

★In many universities, stagnation of projects has beenhappened and overallprojects and strategies have been affected.

★5 more universities choose “Cannot maintain international environment on campus”

2nd 1st

Project stagnating due to suspension of interaction between students and faculty

45 45

Formulation of new project strategies in anticipation of post-COVIDperiod

42 40

Problem of ensuring student safety and crisis management 32 37

Cannot maintain international environment on campus due to the suspension of student interaction

31 26

Difficulty in sharing knowhow and securing equipment and personnel for conducting international educational exchanges online

28 29

Recruiting international students 24 26

Securing funding and personnel so as not to allow international exchange projects to stagnate

13 14

Communication with faculty of overseas partner universities 11 11

Financial support for (inbound) students (scheduled) to participate in project 5 7

Operation and management of overseas partner universities 3 1

Financial support for (outbound) students (scheduled) to participate in project 3 5

University budget has decreased due to the decline in the number of international student

1 2

1

● the necessity of revising the concept of the projects

2(4%)

37(74%)

4(8%)

4(8%)

3(6%)

Necessary to revise drastically the

conceptNecessary to revise several of the

achievement aimsNot necessary to revise the concept

Cannot decide yet

Others

3(6%)

33(66%)

1(2%)

11(22%)

2(4%)

【１st】 【２nd】

【Examples】

・Preparing distance interactive courses among 3 universities using existing frameworks

・Considering a new student mobility aiming new outcomes, not only achieving key performance indicator

・Add online courses to the course browsing system, that was prepared for study abroad promotion.

2

● How have the changes in the international trends of international

students caused by the COVID-19 pandemic affected your university?

Decrease in the number of international school applicants and international students

32

Increase in the needs for your university's international student programs, including requests from international students for online learning

20

Others（Continuous needs but cannot accept, cannot decide at the time, etc.） 16

Increase in the needs for your university's international student programs, including requests from overseas universities for online learning

13

Decrease in the needs for your university's international student programs, including requests from international students for online learning

10

Decrease in the needs for your university's international student programs, including requests from overseas universities for online learning

8

Increase in the number of international student applicants andinternational students

5

Nothing in particular, or have not ascertained any changes or impact 4

★The needs for international student programs including online learningincrease, in spite of the decreasing of international school applicants and international students affected by the pandemic of COVID-19.

3

● Your university's publicizing and recruitment activities for international students(the current situation & future planned)

current future planned

Participation in online international students fairs

42 45

Planning, implementation of online explanation meetings, online international students fairs

35 38

Conducting of in-person briefing and consultation sessions at overseas branches

7 15

Active efforts suspended 5

Others 7 7

★Many universities answer “Participation in online international students fairs” and “Planning, implementation of online explanation meetings, fairs”.

4

【Others】

・Recruiting via governments and partner schools based on the relationships throughmany years of exchange

・Online individual consultation

・Dispatch of information or individual consultation using overseas bases

● Entrance examination activities your university is conducting for international students(current, future planned)

★Universities are considering the entrance exams carefully. Some of them areplanning the change of selection method depending on the spread of COVID-19.

currentfuture

planned

Utilization of outside proficiency examinations 43 38

Online interviews 42 38

Utilization of school reports (learning, activitieshistory)

39 34

Electronic payment of examination fee 34 26

Written examination (paper) 32 25

Written examination (online) 15 12

Change of entrance exam schedule 14 13

Examination fee reduction, exemption 10 12

Others(Online recording interview, online application, etc.) 8 9

5

●Current anti–COVID-19 measures your university is conducting for international students.

Future subjects for anti–COVID-19 measures.

Securing self-quarantine locations 35

Securing transportation from airport to self-quarantine location (renting buses, etc.)

31

Others(Easy consulting system supported by travel

agencies, change of capacity per room in the dormitory, multilingual information, etc.)

19

Limitations on number of students accepted

7

Improvement of campus, classroom facilities

7

Increasing number of support staff 4

Improvement of dormitory facilities for international students

1

Managing events for student interaction

39

Improvement of dormitories, lodgings for international students

38

Managing numbers of international students

18

Securing classrooms for conducingin-person classes

18

Covering costs for campus, classroom disinfection work

17

Securing travel agents 15

Others(Offering multilingual online information on

Covid-19, mental care for students, helping to make community, etc.)

7

【current】 【Future subjects】

6

★As current measures, many universities are conducting “securing self-quarantine locations” and “securing transportation from airport to there”.

★As future subjects, many universities choose “Managing events ” and “Improvement of dormitories, lodgings for international students”

★An university is estimating the reduction of income reaching 80 million yen.And another university is considering the shrinking of programs.

● The impact on your university's finances due to the decrease in tuition payments (including for summer programs, etc.) and the suspension of dormitory accommodations following the decrease in the number of originally planned international students

33(67%)

14(29%)

1(2%)1(2%)

Have been impacted

Have been impacted almost not at all

Instead necessary costs have been reduced

and the financial burden decreasedCannot ascertain

【Examples】

・Reduction of dormitory incomes (affected by （travel cancelation to Japan, reductionof Japanese residents, fees for infection control, etc.）〈26 universities〉

・Cancelation of profitable short-term programs〈8 universities〉

32(64%)

16(32%)

1(2%) 1(2%)

【1st】 【2nd】

7

●Ideas for the internationalization of your university or institutions of higher educations (the necessity or not of the so-called reshaping of internationalization) in anticipation of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic

2nd 1st

Revision to blended or hybrid programs that combine actual overseas study and online instruction

44 43

Regarding the sending of Japanese students for overseas study, more importance placed in the future on the quality of education and learning than on the quantity (number of students.)

28 26

Regarding the acceptance of international students, more importance placed in the future on the quality of education and learning than on the quantity (number of students

25 25

Place importance on the COVID-19 countermeasures taken by the relevant countries/universities when considering partner countries/universities for exchanges, including new regions for exchanges

16 13

Rather than increase the number of partner universities and countries, aim at securing higher-quality human resources (students, faculty) at existing partner universities

15 15

Cannot comment at this point in time without ascertaining the COVID-19 situation worldwide。

12 17

Regarding the acceptance of international students, aim for a quantitative increase

10 5

Regarding the sending of Japanese students for overseas study, aim for a quantitative increase

9 7

Change to a policy of making online exchanges the main fulcrum 6 6

8

● Realistic period for the number of days for actual study abroad on

hybrid programs

★Number of universities choosing “30 days or less” is the most, but almost the same number choose “61 days to a half year or less” . Each university takes different measures.

★About 30% choose “No idea”. It becomes clear that they arenow considering the realistic period for the number ofdays for actual study abroad

30 days or less 16

No idea 15

61 days to a half year or less 14

Half year to 1 year or less 10

31 days to 60 days 8

Over 1 year 1

9

●Target Country/Region of online international educational exchange programs

★Targets are ASEAN, NA followed by CN, ROK, EU.

★Some universities add Africa or Middle East recently.

★Most interactive exchange among Japanese and US universities useCOIL-style Programs starting from 2018.

Country/RegionOutbound Inbound Both

Conduct Considering Conduct Considering Conduct Considering

China 8 (7) 4 (10) 11 (3) 3 (7) 20 (3) 13 (7)

Korea 4 (2) 1 (13) 5 (8) 2 (10) 18 (7) 11(13)

ASEAN 10 (2) 14 (13) 12 (8) 5 (10) 38 (7) 25 (13)

Other countries in Asia 2 (0) 6 (4) 10 (2) 5 (5) 7 (1) 9 (2)

Oceania 8 (2) 13 (2) 0 (1) 3 (3) 9 (1) 9 (2)

Europe 17 (6) 13 (11) 11 (3) 5 (4) 18 (2) 8 (10)

North America 16 (4) 28 (9) 6 (2) 4 (8) 32 (15) 15 (12)

Russia 2 (0) 2 (7) 4 (0) 3 (10) 18 (1) 11 (10)

Latin America and the Caribbean

1 (0) 1 (1) 6 (1) 0 (0) 2 (0) 0 (0)

Africa 0 (0) 2 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Middle East 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0)

※The numbers in parentheses are the results of the 1st

10

●Issues for international education utilizing online and on-demand formats

Ensuring the quality of online international education, exchanges 44

Knowhow for designing lessons and developing materials foronline instruction

38

Ensuring that the educational benefits are worth the financialand manpower costs

32

Securing faculty members familiar enough with equipment anddevices for online or on-demand lessons

29

Securing the facilities and equipment to fulfill the aims of the programs 14

Limitations due to laws and regulations related to universityestablishment standards, copyright protections, etc.

13

Others 5

11

・Time difference problem

・No entry despite the change of system into online supervision from overseas universities.

・For building a new program, it is hard to get enough time and human resources toargue with overseas universities, and to get approval within the university.

・Reconsidering experiment and practical courses

●The situation of online/on-demand courses or classes utilizing online platforms and international inter-university consortiums

①provided by overseas universities

②providing to overseas universities

Under consideration 31 30

Provided or Providing 11 13

Planning to provide (be provided) in the near future

6 4

Not intending to provide (be provided)

4 7

★About 60% universities are under consideration ★Most universities choosing “Provided or Providing” use existing

platforms such as UMAP, APRU and MOOCs

12

●Joint degree concept involving several domestic or overseas universities

Have interest 34

No idea 10

Considered in the past 3

Have no interest 2

★About 60% universities have interest.★6 out of 7 universities that already established joint degree

programs have interest.

13

●Digitalizing Academic Credentials

★About 70% have a grasp of the contents. Almost 90% are preparing or considering.

We have a grasp of the contents 36

We have heard the phrase 12

We are moving ahead with preparations for digitalizing academic credentials

6

We are currently considering whether to implement this or not

38

We are not intending to implement this 3

○ The situation of your university's consideration

of the digitalizing of academic credentials

○ Understanding of the digitalizing of academic credentials

14

・Credit and trust of digitalizingacademic credentials areunclear

・Not applicable to the existingacademic affairs system

・Not start considering