(5 Sep 2024) Japanese university degrees will be taught abroad for the first time with the inauguration this week of the new Malaysia campus of Japan’s University of Tsukuba within the University of Malaya (UM) site in Kuala Lumpur.
The Malaysia campus, known as the School of Transdisciplinary Science and Design at the University of Tsukuba Malaysia, opened on 2 September, offering four-year undergraduate degrees. Classes are conducted in Japanese — a requirement — English and Malaysian.
Operating costs for the new campus will be borne by the University of Tsukuba, but Japanese government subsidies also played a large role in establishing the university.
In 2023, the ministry set aside a budget of JPY1.5 billion (US$10.4 million) to support Japanese universities planning to set up campuses overseas. An objective is to develop internationally skilled students with Japanese language ability.
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