On August 8, 2024, President Han-Chien Lin of National Chiayi University in Taiwan visited Ehime University and exchanged views with President Nishina Hiroshige , Vice President and Executive Director Mitsunobu Kazuhiro, and Special Aide to the President Kobayashi Osamu.
National Chiayi University is located in central Taiwan and was established in 2000 by merging National Chiayi Institute of Technology and National Chiayi Teachers College. It is a comprehensive university with seven faculties.
President Lin visited Ehime Prefecture as the head of a delegation of the university’s baseball team to participate in a friendly baseball game, promote sports,culture, and tourism exchanges, His visit to Ehime University was aimed at discussing cooperative relations in human resource development and educational advancement.
At first, President Lin proposed the conclusion of an agreement with a view to student exchange, etc., and he stated that smooth exchange could be expected thanks to the similarities in the faculties of both universities and the small difference in the number of students. Following this, both universities exchanged specific ideas regarding their faculties and existing partner institutions.
Ehime University will continue to further promote mutual exchange with National Chiayi University in various fields such as student exchange.
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