International Education & Research System (SixERS) in Japan concluded a comprehensive partnership agreement with the Dutch organization for internationalization in education (Nuffic) on March 3, 2016. This agreement aims to contribute to promoting the globalization of Japan and the Netherlands by enhancing bilateral cooperation and increasing mobility at the higher education level.

Masaru Araki, Director of SUN/SixERS and Okayama University Executive Director and Vice President (Social Responsibility and International Affairs), and Theo Hooghiemstra, Deputy Director-General of Nuffic, co-signed the agreement. The signing ceremony was also attended by Atsufumi Yokoi (Okayama University’s Special Advisor to the President /Senior University Global Administrator (UGA) in charge of International and Strategy Affairs), Soichi Kojima (Kanazawa University Specially Appointed Associate Professor, International Student Center), and Noboru Yamashita (Nagasaki University Assistant Professor, Center for Language Studies) as representatives of the SixERS.

The conclusion of this agreement is expected to give great momentum to promoting educational and research exchange between the SixERS member universities and universities in the Netherlands.

 

【About Nuffic】

Nuffic, an independent, non-profit organization based in The Hague, the Netherlands, was launched in 2015, as the result of a merger between the Dutch organization for internationalization in education (Nuffic) established in 1952 and the European Platform (EP). Nuffic, which has overseas offices in China, South Korea, India and other countries, serves as the expertise and service center for internationalization in Dutch education, ranging from primary and secondary education to higher education and research and professional education.