Collaborative projects with JICA

Collaboration with JICA

In March 2021, our university signed a memorandum of understanding with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Tokyo Center to promote collaboration.
Niigata University and JICA have had many long-standing collaborations, including faculty members participating as experts in JICA projects in fields such as medicine and disaster prevention, and the university accepting foreign trainees invited by JICA. In particular, since 2019, we have launched a program to accept international students from developing countries on JICA scholarships, and through this program, students from African countries are studying at Niigata University's Graduate School of Science and Technology.
The Graduate School of Modern Society and Culture and the Graduate School of Science and Technology were established as the Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences in April 2026, and we will continue to deepen collaboration between the two schools to foster human resources who will contribute to the international and local communities.

Related Departments

• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Agriculture

Countries and regions of origin of JICA trainees
JICA Student Home Countries

As of April 2025, 19 JICA trainees are studying at the Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences (Master’s Program of Sciences and Technologies).
There are 19 JICA students in the Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences(Natural Sciences).(As of April 2025)

JICA Long-Term Training Programs

• Agriculture Studies Networks for Food Security (Agri-Net)
• Master's Degree and Internship Program of African Business Education Initiative for Youth (ABE)
• SDGs Global Leader (SDGs)

Number of JICA trainees
Number of JICA Students

Degree Program Degree Program Name	Current Enrollment as of April 2026		Total Enrollment since 20XX
	Number of Students	Numbers by JICA Programs	Number of Students	Numbers by JICA Programs
Advanced Materials and Fundamental Sciences Advanced Materials and Fundamental Sciences Program	0	0	6	6 (ABE)
System Creation Science System Creation Science Program	0	0	3	3 (ABE)
Life, Environment and Food Science Life, Environment and Food Science Program	8	3 (Agri-Net), 5 (SDGs)	31	18(ABE), 4(Agri-Net), 8(SDGs), 1(MM)
Anime and Visual Media Resources Sciences Anime and Visual Media Resources Sciences Program	0	0	0	0
Sakeology Sakeology Program	0	0	0	0
Information and Social Design Science Information and Social Design Science Program	0	0	2	2 (ABE)
Interdisciplinary Science and Technology for Carbon Neutral Interdisciplinary Science and Technology for Carbon Neutral Program	0	0	0	0
Field Research in the Environmental Sciences Field Research in the Environmental Sciences Program	0	0	1	1 (SDGs)
Human Brain and Health Sciences Human Brain and Health Sciences Program	0	0	0	0