On 19 June 2024, the International Education and Student Mobility Division, in collaboration with the International Academic Research and Resource Center for Language Education (iARRC) of the Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences (ILAS), held this semester's Kyoteiko Hiroba, or 'Partner Universities Square', as a Student Lounge 'KI-ZU-NA' (KIZUNA) event.
Kyoteiko Hiroba offers an opportunity for students from and bound for the University's partner institutions to get to know one another, and also for those interested in studying abroad to learn about available opportunities. It is hoped that international students may develop deeper connections with Kyoto University and with Japan.
In the event, held at the ILAS Building on the Yoshida-South Campus, exchange students from the University of Indonesia, the University of Texas at Austin, the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po), and Heidelberg University delivered presentations in English introducing their home institutions and countries. These were followed by an informal discussion, where participants actively interacted with each other.
The event attracted more than 50 students, and elicited comments such as "The presentations were quite impressive" and "They certainly conveyed the appeal of both the universities and their cities".
