is a private, research-oriented liberal arts university in collaboration with Tokyo University in Greater Tokyo Area that is regarded as one of the most international institutions of higher learning in Japan. TIU was founded in 1965 with a focus on business and commerce, and upon earning accreditation from the Ministry of Education (

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) the college has grown into a private university that now encompasses five undergraduate schools and four graduate schools in the

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. TIU also has a sister school relationship with

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, as well as an American campus adjunct to WU's campus (TIUA). TIU developed an English-based undergraduate degree providing majors in Business Economics and International Relations in 2014 called the English Track Program, and the international student body has since grown to roughly 1,200 students from over 60 countries. At present, approximately one in every eight students at TIU is enrolled in the English-track degree program.

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ranked TIU as the third most international university in

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in 2017, and ninth place in 2018. Through a university study conducted by Nikkei Career Magazine released in June 2018, TIU received high praise particularly in "strive for educational development" (1st place), "contribution to local economy and society" (2nd place), and "ability to motivate students to succeed" (3rd place). The main campus of the university is located in Kawagoe City in

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, which is a part of the

. Construction of a new international campus in

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, downtown

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, has begun. It is scheduled to open in 2022-2023.

History

The university was founded in 1965 by as . In 1986 the school was renamed . In 1989, Tokyo International University of America (TIUA), along with an American Studies Program were established in partnership with

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, USA. The one-year program at TIUA and Willamette University enables students to pursue academic goals, while developing intercultural and global awareness. In 2014, the university launched the English Track (E-Track) Program. This program focuses on providing Japanese and international students with the opportunity to earn bachelor's, master's, and doctorate's degrees in an all-English curriculum. TIU began to offer new undergraduate IT courses and a new master of science major in Digital Marketing and Business in April, 2018.

Graduate schools

*Graduate School of Applied Sociology *Graduate School of Business and Commerce *Graduate School of Clinical Psychology *Graduate School of Economics (English-based program and Japanese-based program) *Graduate School of International Relations (English-based program and Japanese-based program)

Undergraduate schools

*Faculty of Business and Commerce *Faculty of Economics *Faculty of Language Communication *Faculty of International Relations *Faculty of Medical and Health (from April, 2021) *Faculty of Sociology and Comparative Culture *Faculty of Digital Business and Innovation

Global Campus

Tokyo International University will be establishing a new Urban International Campus in

, one of the busiest hubs of

where the university's educational globalization efforts will be centralized. The university participated in a bidding process to adopt part of the former mint bureau site, neighboring Sunshine City, and TIU's plan successfully won the competition. This land will be passed over to the university in October 2020, and the campus facilities are set to be opened in September 2023. Tokyo International University Global Campus in Ikebukuro

Tokyo International University Global Campus in Ikebukuro

The English Track Program, as well as other educational globalization functions, will be centralized in this new campus. The university is planning to relocate half of the student body. The plan also includes academics and researchers recruited from around the world, which will further enhance international "brain circulation" in line with Japan's national policy. Tokyo International University 1st campus

Tokyo International University 1st campus

This new campus will be directly linked to the Kawagoe Campus via the

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as well as the

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, and it will take roughly 30 minutes to travel between campuses.

Institute for International Strategy

TIU has an affiliated think tank, th
Institute for International Strategy
established to conduct

interdisciplinary Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary studies involves the combination of multiple academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research project). It draws knowledge from several other fields like sociology, anthropology, psychology, ec ...

research on issues of strategic international importance from global and Japanese perspectives. It aims to create an international and local network of researchers and practitioners in the many fields of international affairs -

politics Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

diplomacy Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of states (such as leaders and diplomats) intended to influence events in the international system.Ronald Peter Barston, ''Modern diplomacy'', Pearson Education, 2006, p. 1 ...

and

security Security is protection from, or resilience against, potential harm (or other unwanted coercive change) caused by others, by restraining the freedom of others to act. Beneficiaries (technically referents) of security may be of persons and social ...

business Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or Trade, buying and selling Product (business), products (such as goods and Service (economics), services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for pr ...

and

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

, and

public policy Public policy is an institutionalized proposal or a decided set of elements like laws, regulations, guidelines, and actions to solve or address relevant and real-world problems, guided by a conception and often implemented by programs. Public p ...

. TIU professors with topnotch PhDs mainly serve as permanent research fellows with invited scholars from all over the world occasionally invited to conduct lectures or pursue cutting-edge research in their fields of specialization.

Alumni

*Yukio Nakano,

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Executive, Founder of

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*Seiichiro Hatori,

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Executive *Naoko Ito, Vice president of

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Japan *

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, novelist. *

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, voice actor * Kenji Ōtsuki, Musician ( Kinniku Shōjo Tai) * Toku, Musician　 *

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, composer *Hiroji Miyamoto, Musician ( Elephant Kashimashi)
Yasushi Nakano
Psychologist, Professor of

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Inagaki
Statistician, Professor of

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*Sachiko Nosaka, Psychologist, associate professor at

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*Ma Xinxin, Economist, associate professor at

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Suekawa
President and CEO of

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*Hiroshi Nakano, COO,

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, former president and CEO of

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*Kazunobu Yamada, former Chief human resources officer,

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References

External links

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in Japanese
E-Track Program, Tokyo International UniversityInstitute for International StrategyJapan Studies ProgramTokyo International University of America
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