About the Hiroshima Support Center for International Students
What Is the Hiroshima Support Center for International Students?
In 2011, the Hiroshima Support Center for International Students (HiCIS) was established as a team specialized in supporting international students working within the Hiroshima International Center (a public interest incorporated foundation), which is an organization that is engaged in promoting international exchange and international cooperation.
With the aim of providing support to receive international students, supporting such students in their studies and everyday lives, and providing them with job search assistance, the center collaborates with industry, government, and academia to provide international students with support through a comprehensive system that involves the various stakeholders of Hiroshima.
Information on Its Business Operations
(Current as of April 1st, 2024.)
Support to receive international students
| Hiroshima Study Abroad Ambassadors | International students are appointed as “Hiroshima Study Abroad Ambassadors,” and they use their native languages and Japanese to widely share the appeal and charm of studying abroad in Hiroshima with international students living both domestically and abroad by way of social media. |
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| University guidance informational session | Explanations are provided to introduce international students and instructors at Japanese language schools to universities and schools within the prefecture and to inform them on entrance examinations and scholarship programs among other things. |
| University trial enrollment events | Japanese language school students visit universities within the prefecture and take part in a trial enrollment experience where they tour the facilities and attend mock lectures. |
Support for studying and everyday life
| Scholarships for international students | Scholarships can be issued to self-sponsored foreign international students within the prefecture (excludes Japanese language school students). |
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| Discount Card for Cultural Facilities within the Prefecture | Discount Cards are issued that offer free-or-reduced admission fees and entrance fees for cultural facilities, etc. |
| International student networking projects | Events are conducted where international students, Japanese students, and local residents interact in order to promote cross-cultural understanding and local revitalization. |
| Promoting an understanding of Japanese culture | Opportunities are provided to foreigners living in Hiroshima so that they can take part in Japanese cultural experiences and interact with local residents. |
| Consultation services for foreigners | Consultations are provided for foreigners living in Hiroshima on concerns they face in their everyday life, and to provide them with the information they need. |
| One-Pair Japanese Language Learning | Foreigners who wish to learn the Japanese language are paired up with Japanese people willing to teach Japanese in order to allow learners to advance in their Japanese language learning. |
| Housing guarantor programs | Program where the Hiroshima International Center acts as the “joint guarantor” that international students need for renting a home. |
Job search assistance
| Internships | Internships geared exclusively toward international students that are roughly 1 day to 2 weeks in length are provided. |
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| Job search activity practical seminars | Seminars are conducted that allow participants to acquire the skills necessary for their job search activities in Japan. |
| Job search individual consultants | Expert career consultants provide individual consultations and guidance related to job search activities for international students. |
| Joint multi-company informational sessions | “International student joint multi-company informational sessions” are conducted by gathering companies that are seeking to recruit international students. |
Member Organizations
The organization is operated through the cooperation of participating institutions of higher learning (universities, junior colleges, colleges of technology, and Japanese language schools) within Hiroshima Prefecture, economic and international affairs related organizations, and local governments.
(Current as of April 1st, 2024.)
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| Universities |
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| Junior colleges |
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| Colleges of technology |
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| Japanese language schools |
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| Economic organizations and international affairs related organizations |
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| Local governments |
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Accessibility by Transit
Hiroshima Support Center for International Students
Hiroshima Crystal Plaza 6F, 8-18 Nakamachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima Prefecture, 730-0037
Phone: 082-541-3781
FAX: 082-243-2001
E-mail: office@int-students-hiroshima.jp
Phone: 082-541-3781
FAX: 082-243-2001
E-mail: office@int-students-hiroshima.jp
Information on Public Transit
Municipal trains
4 minutes walking distance after riding the streetcar by getting on from the south exit of Hiroshima Station (No. 1: Headed toward Hiroshima Port) and getting off at “Fukuro-machi.”
Buses
- 4 minutes walking distance after riding the bus by getting on from the bus station at the south exit of Hiroshima Station and getting off at “Fukuro-machi.”
- No. 2 platform: Headed toward Hiroshima-Nishi Airport and Hiroshima Kannon MARINA HOP
- No. 3 platform: Headed toward Miyuki-dori and Bay City UJINA
- In close walking distance after riding the bus by getting on from the bus station at the south exit of Hiroshima Station on the bus that is headed in a clockwise direction on the “Eki-Machi Loop” and getting off at “Shirakamisha-mae.”