Visits from Overseas (2017-2018 academic year)

Osaka University receives visits from important officials from around the world. The President and/or OU trustees receive these visitors and discuss a wide variety of topics. While some of these visits might be termed courtesy calls, the majority are for the purpose of increasing international exchange between the university or institution represented and Osaka University.

Please find below a listing of recent visitors and a photograph from their visit.

Note: A larger version of each photo can be viewed by clicking directly on the image.

2018

20180330_Ministry of Research and Innovation Lumania

Friday, March 30, Viorel Vulturescu , National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation/Director of International Relations Directorate, Romania

20180329_U of Nigeria

2018

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Thursday, March 29, Prof. Benjamin Chukwuma Ozumba , Chancellor, University of Nigera
Monday, March 26 ~ Tuesday, March 27, Prof. YUAN Zihuang , Director of the Council, Hefei University of Technology, China

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2018

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Monday, March 26, Prof. Axel Schölmerichm , Rector, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Friday, March 23, Ulrich Grothus , Deputy Secretary General, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany

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2018

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Friday, March 16, Purnima Rupal , Counsellor (Science & Technology), Embassy of India to Japan
Thursday, March 8, Sarah Wooten , HM Consul-General, British Consulate-General Osaka

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2018

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Tuesday, January 30, Very Rev. Fr. Herminio Dagohoy, Ph.D. , Rector, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
Thursday, January 18, Soren Stjernqvist , CEO, Danish Technological Institute, Denmark

2017

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Tuesday, December 19, Students from the United States and Osaka University participating in the Kakehashi Project Wednesday, December 21, Dr. Asad Majeed Khan , Ambassador of Pakistan to Japan

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2017

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Wednesday, November 29, Prof. Jaime Bonilla Rios , Associate Dean, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Mexico Tuesday, November 28, Japan-China Education Exchange Association

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2017

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Monday, November 27, Prof. Asher Cohen , President, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Sunday, November 26, Lin Huiqing , Vice Minister of Education, Ministry of Education, China

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2017

Monday, November 13, Prof. Yangsheng XU , President, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Wednesday, November 29, 21st Visit-Japan Project for Chinese Students

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2017

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Monday, October 23, Allen Okamoto , Kathleen Kimura , and Emily Murase , San Francisco-Osaka Sister City Association, USA
Monday, October 23, Prof. Zhijiang Wei , Executive Dean, Sun Yat-Sen University, China

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2017

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Friday, October 13, Aurelijus Veryga , Minister of Health of the Republic of Lithuania Wednesday, October 4, Prof. Dr. Elmer Sterken , Rector Magnificus, and Prof. Dr. Ronald Stolk , Director of Center for Information Technology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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2017

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Wednesday, October 4, Prof. Michael Arthur , President & Provost, University College London Tuesday, October 3, Prof. Michael Hoch , Rector, Universität Bonn, Germany

2017

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Tuesday, October 3, Tran Quoc Khanh , Deputy Minister, Ministry of Science and Technology, Vietnam Friday, September 22, Prof. Uta Hohn , Vice Rector, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

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2017

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Friday, September 15, Michelle L. Hermas , Director of International Affairs, University of California, San Diego
Friday, September 15, Griff Jones , senior official, British Embassy, Tokyo

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2017

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Thursday, September 14, Thyra Rasmussen , Minister for Elder Affairs, Denmark
Friday, September 8, Muhammad Asvial , Vice Dean for Academic, Research and Student Affairs, School of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia

2017

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Tuesday, July 18, Sakura Science Plan students from China
Tuesday, July 18, Tatiana Iosiper , Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Romania to Japan, and Edward Iosiper , Minister Plenipotentiary of Romania to Japan

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2017

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Thursday, July 13, Gerhard Sagerer , Rector, Bielefeld University, Germany

Thursday, July 6, Guo Dongming , Dalian University of Technology, China

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2017

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Thursday, June 29, Mohammad Nasih , Rector, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia

Tuesday, June 20, Egidijus Meilūnas , Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to Japan

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2017

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Friday, June 16, Dawei Huang , Vice President, Southeast University, China

Thursday, June 8, Nguyen Kim Son (President, Vietnam National University, Hanoi) and Nguyen Hoang Oanh (Vice Rector, Vietnam Japan University), Vietnam

2017

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Wednesday, June 7, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pornapit Darasawang , Vice President for Internationalization, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand
Tuesday, June 6, Prof. Steven J. Langford , Associate Dean International, School of Chemistry, Monash University, Australia

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2017

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Monday, May 22, Wang Jien-ping , Deputy Chief , Department of Investment Services, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan

Friday, May 19, Gilles Bloch , President, Université Paris-Saclay, France

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2017

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Friday, May 19, Prof. Stephen Flint , Associate Vice-President, University of Manchester, UK

Monday, May 15, Ofyar Z. Tamin (Rector) and Mitra Djamal (Vice Rector), Institut Teknologi Sumatera, Indonesia

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2017

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Monday, April 24, Prof. Peter Smith , Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Southampton, UK

Wednesday, April 12, Laurene Chua-Garcia , Vice President, De La Salle University, The Philippines

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2017

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Tuesday, April 11, Marc Desmet (Vice President, Université de Tours) and Emmanuel Aubin (Vice President, Université de Poitiers), France

Monday, April 10, Tony F. Chan , President, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Note: For information and photos of OU trustees, go here .

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