The Global 30 Project is a funding project that aims to promote internationalization of academic environment of Japanese universities and acceptance of excellent international students studying in Japan. The selected 13 core universities have been implementing a variety of approaches to internationalize academic systems and campuses such as developing degree programs conducted in English and enriching international student support, while they are expected to enhance inter-university network for sharing educational resource and other outputs including establishment of overseas office which can be jointly used by all Japanese universities.

(Office for International Planning, Higher Education Policy Planning Division, Higher Education Bureau)