The student exchange program between Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Japan and School of Foreign Languages (SFL) of SWJTU began to accept applicants since 2013 spring. Under the program, three applicant students from the SFL Department of Japanese will be selected to study at Prefectural University of Hiroshima in the spring semester and three more in the fall semester every year, with tuition wholly covered, a monthly scholarship provided and credits gained in the exchange courses transferable. Up to now, 18 students finished the program with excellent academic performance and positive comments on their active participation in the friendly exchange between China and Japan.
Located in Hiroshima, this public university was founded in 1989, with three campuses respectively in Hiroshima, Shōbara and Mihara. The university is famous for an education integrating moral education and professional education. There are 4 faculties: human culture and science, management and information, life and environmental sciences, human services. Moreover, the two famous writers Toshiko Takeuchi and Hiroko Takenishi graduated from the university.
According to the program, the exchange students will study in the principle of international culture in the Faculty of Human Culture and science in the first phase, taking courses with the Japanese students in moral education (e.g. Appropriately Expressing yourself in Japanese), general education (e.g. A foreign language, comparative culture, verbal communication) and professional education (e.g. Japanese culturalism, Multiculturalism of East Asian society, Multicultural history of East Asia).
In addition to the academic study, the exchange students can also enjoy multicultural living circumstances with hundreds of international students from around the world if they apply in advance for a room in Hiroshima student residence. The residence is open to the public to provide an opportunity for the foreign students to experience Japanese culture. Various cultural activities are held every week, such as taiko drum performance, Japanese zither performance, picking up "flowing noodles" with chopsticks, Japanese cuisine teaching, traditional Japanese bathrobe dance learning. Students can also take part in the international exchange activities held by the city government. These activities enrich and deepen the students’ understanding of Japanese culture.