Asian Student KOSEN Experience Program 2013

Hosted by the Center for International Student Exchange (CISE),
Institute of National Colleges of Technology, Japan
Held by Tomakomai National College of Technology

 This program will be held to give students from other Asian countries an opportunity to have a real-life experience in a National College of Technology (or “Kosen” in Japanese). It will help them to gain interests in overseas study at a Kosen in Japan.

I Date: Monday, August 5th – Friday, August 9th
II Venue: Tomakomai National College of Technology (TNCT, Tomakomai-Kosen)
III Participants: 30 students and 10 escorting teachers
  1 Diponegoro University, Indonesia
  2 State Polytechnic Manufacture of Bangka Belitung, Indonesia
  3 Institute of Technology of Cambodia, Cambodia
  4 Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam
  5 Princess Chulabhorn’s College / Science High School (Buriram), Thailand
  6 Princess Chulabhorn’s College / Science High School (Loei), Thailand
  7 Princess Chulabhorn’s College / Science High School (Trang), Thailand
  8 Princess Chulabhorn’s College / Science High School (Nahkon Si Thammarat),Thailand
  9 Royal College, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
  10 AMA University, Philippine

IV Program:
 ○Opening ceremony, orientation
 ○Presentations by Asian students about their schools and countries
 ○College lectures: “Monozukuri” Hands-on classes
 ○Company tour
 ○Study tour of culture and history
 ○Dormitory stay

 PDF Handout

※During the program, Japanese students from Kosens will support the participants and help them to understand what Kosens are like.

Reports on activities

【Day 1】
Arrived at Dormitory
Dormitory Orientation
Campus tour
【Day 2】
Preparation for self-introduction activities for the Openning Ceremony
Opening Ceremony
Presentations by Asian students in Teams
Commemoratiove Photograph
Welcome Party
【Day 3】
“Monozukuri” Hands-on Classes
Visit to club activities
Free time
【Day 4】
Tour to Historical Village of Hokkaido
Company Tour <ASAHI INOVEX
Sightseeing in the center of Sapporo City
【Day 5】
“Monozukuri” Hands-on Classes (continued)
Teachers’ Meeting
Closing Ceremony