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Hiroshima University Holds 2025 Commencement Ceremony |
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Hiroshima University held its Commencement Ceremony for the 2025 academic year on March 23, 2026.
This year, a total of 3,718 students graduated or completed their programs, including 2,349 undergraduate students (15 of whom were international students), nine students in specialized courses, and 1,360 graduate students (241 of whom were international students).
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Hiroshima University Achieves the Highest Score in Japan for ‘Research Quality’ in Business and Economics (THE World University Rankings by Subject 2026)
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Hiroshima University achieved the highest score in Japan for the "Research Quality" pillar of the Business and Economics subject in the THE World University Rankings by Subject 2026 released on January 21.
Hiroshima University was the only university in Japan to exceed 70 points in the subject. The score increased by 7 points from 63.4 in last year’s rankings to 70.4 in the 2026 edition.
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The Latest Issue of Hiroshima University Update Is Available Online |
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The latest issue of Hiroshima University Update is available online. The global magazine features recent developments within and around Hiroshima University. Please explore the pages from the link below and find the latest news and information of our university. |
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4. Hiroshima University–Kure City “Marine Cultural City Co-Creation Center” Selected for JST COI-NEXT Full-Scale Program（Funding: Up to 200 Million Yen Annually / Maximum of 10 years） |
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The proposal “Marine Cultural City Co-Creation Center Centered on Remote Sensing,” led by Hiroshima University, has been selected for the Full-Scale Program of the “Program on Open Innovation Platforms for Industry-Academia Co-Creation (COI-NEXT)” by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). Hiroshima University is currently the only university in the Chugoku region hosting a COI-NEXT full-scale center.
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High-impact Research from Top-tier Journals |
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Low-Cost System Turns Smartphones into Emergency Radiation Detectors
A low-cost, portable radiation dosimetry system uses a smartphone and radiochromic film to provide immediate on-site dose assessments of radiation. |
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Discover HU’s Excellence! |
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A New Step Toward Campus Internationalization: Japan's First U.S.-Japan Collaborative Bachelor's Program Focused on Semiconductor Talent Development |
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Hiroshima University is advancing efforts to create a global campus that brings together motivated and curious people from around the world with diverse nationalities, cultural backgrounds, and values.
As part of this initiative, the University of Idaho Hiroshima Campus is scheduled to open in August 2026. The University of Idaho is a leading comprehensive research university in the state and has been designated as an R1 institution, the highest rank in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
The University of Idaho Hiroshima Campus will implement the Microchip Engineering & Security Alliance (MESA) program, a collaborative education program focused on fostering global talent in the semiconductor field.
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MESA marks the first time that a U.S. university has been invited to open a location in Japan of a foreign university in the field of engineering, as well as the first time a bachelor’s program has been established in collaboration between Japan and the U.S. for human resource development specifically in the field of semiconductor engineering.
Preparations for the opening are steadily progressing. In November 2025, the campus was designated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as a “location in Japan of a foreign university,” recognizing that it offers an academic program equivalent to that of the University of Idaho’s main campus.
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In this program, the first two years of education will be conducted at Hiroshima University, and the third and fourth years will be conducted at the University of Idaho in the U.S., with all four years of classes held in English. Furthermore, the tuition will be reduced for all admitted students, regardless of nationality.
Graduates of this program will receive a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Idaho. In addition, Hiroshima University will grant MESA students the status of special auditing students and provide them with student services equivalent to those available to Hiroshima University students.
The program will recruit students from Japan and overseas, with a maximum enrollment of 100 students per year. By sharing campus life, students from the University of Idaho and Hiroshima University are expected to deepen international exchange through extracurricular activities and daily interactions.
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In September 2022, the University of Idaho also held an event in remembrance of the atomic bombing called “Remembering Hiroshima,” which became the catalyst for a close relationship to be built between Hiroshima University and the University of Idaho through several campus visits and the signing of an academic exchange agreement.
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Building on the strong partnership between the two universities, in addition to the initiatives described above, Hiroshima University and the University of Idaho will implement the Mega Exchange Program for Nurturing Peace and Sustainability Leaders, which aims to promote reciprocal student exchanges involving approximately 100 students per year.
In AY2025, as a pilot initiative, Hiroshima University dispatched 18 students to the University of Idaho. With the program’s full-scale launch in AY2026, Hiroshima University plans to accept approximately 30 students from the University of Idaho in May, and to dispatch approximately 30 students to the University of Idaho in August. The scale of this exchange program will continue to expand in the future to further promote student mobility between the two universities.
This international exchange program has also been selected for the Mineta Ambassadors Program (MAP), an educational funding program jointly established by the U.S.-Japan Council and the U.S. Department of State.
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