Partner Universities

Country/city name	Republic of Azerbaijan
Founded in	2014
Size and number of students	Undergraduate: About 2,324
URL	https://www.ada.edu.az/en/

A university specializing in education and translation. Currently Azerbaijan University of Languages has approximately 1162 staffs, including 600 faculties (Professor 37, Associate Professor 157, senior teachers 211, Assistant Professor 157).

Country/city name	Republic of Azerbaijan
Founded in	1973
Size and number of students	Undergraduate: About 4,500
URL	http://adu.edu.az/en/

The Al-Farabi Kazakh National University is known as the top university in Kazakhstan that consists of 16 Departments. The Faculty of Oriental Studies actively dispatches students to Japan, Korea, China, Turkey, India, and Egypt. The College of Japan, Department of Oriental Studies has established an education program with a comprehensive area of Japanese studies, not only Japanese language, but also Japanese history and culture, and has produced a number of human resources involved in diplomacy, economics, and science with Japan.

Country/city name	Republic of Kazakhstan
Size and number of students	1934
Size and number of students	Undergraduate: About 17,000 Graduate School: 2,000
URL	http://www.kaznu.kz/en/

This university is highly specialized in education and research in the fields of economics and management. In 2014 Kazakh Economic University was renamed New Economic University, and in 2016 it was renamed to its current name. In 2002, the Japan Human Resources Development Center in Kazakhstan was established on the Almaty campus of the University, and projects aimed at supporting human resource development to respond to the adaptation of market economy in Kazakhstan and promoting mutual understanding between Japan and Kazakhstan have been developed.

Country/city name	Republic of Kazakhstan
Founded in	2001 (First school established in 1963)
Size and number of students	About 10,000
URL	https://narxoz.edu.kz/en/

This new university was established in 2009 in the capital city of Kazakhstan, Astana (now Nur Sultan), aiming for a world-level of education. Education is aimed at a combination of good parts of the world’s prominent universities and unique parts of Kazakhstan. Classes are held in English, and many professors are invited from abroad. Students are not only Kazakh, but also students of a wide variety of ethnic and nationalities. President is Japanese, Dr. Katsu Shigeo, former Vice President of the World Bank.

Country/city name	Republic of Kazakhstan
Founded in	2009
Size and number of students	About 1,920
URL	http://nu.edu.kz/

This university was built in 1991 by separating the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Tashikent National University, and is now a central institution for Japanese language education and Japanese studies in Uzbekistan. Not only language, but also human resource development and young researchers are being trained in a wide range of area, including Japanese literature, history, political economy, philosophy, and international relations. Nearly 150 students are currently studying Japanese, and it is said that both the number of learners and Japanese language teachers are the largest in Uzbekistan.

Country/city name	Republic of Uzbekistan
Founded in	1991
Size and number of students	Undergraduate: 2050 Graduate School: 450
URL	http://www.tashgiv.uz/

The University of World Economy and Diplomacy was founded in 1992 by President Uzbekistan’s Islam Karimov as an institution of higher education to foster future leaders in Uzbekistan. As the name of the university says, it specializes in international relations, international economics, etc. to learn about the world’s economy and foreign policy. They also focus in language education of Uzbek, Russian, Asian and European languages. In addition, there is an information resource center established by UNDP of the United Nations in the university.

Country/city name	Republic of Uzbekistan
Founded in	1992
Size and number of students	Undergraduate: 1163 Graduate School: 108
URL	http://www.uwed.uz/

Kyrgyz National University named after Jusup Balasagyn is a top comprehensive university in Kyrgyz with 21 faculties, with about 22,000 students enrolled. Founded in 1932, it is said to be the most traditional and prestigious national university in Kyrgyzstan. In addition, the “Kyrgyz Republic Japanese Human Resources Development Center”, a JICA-affiliated organization that provides training in Japanese language and business, as well as exchange events with Japan, has an office in the university.

Country/city name	Kyrgyz Republic
Founded in	1932
Size and number of students	About 22,000
URL	https://www.knu.kg/ky/

It is a university operated under the cooperation of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Russian Federal Government. It has the highest level of education in the country for teaching the Russian language, or teaching in the Russian language. There are 6 faculties- the Faculty of Law, Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Literature, Faculty of Journalists and Media, Faculty of Information Technology Management and Faculty of History and International Relations, and more than 3,000 students are studying.

Country/city name	Republic of Tajikistan
Founded in	1996
Size and number of students	Undergraduate: 3,105 Graduate School: 44
URL	http://www.rtsu.tj/en/

Tajikistan National University of Linguistics was founded in 1979 as the National University of Russian Language and Literature Education in Tajikistan. After independence from Tajikistan, it was replaced by the National University of Linguistics of Tajikistan in 1992. It specializes in the teachings of English, German, French, Russian, Persian, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. Currently, there are 195 faculty members and 3,000 students.

Country/city name	Republic of Tajikistan
Founded in	1979
Size and number of students	Undergraduate: 3,000
URL	http://ddzt.tj/

A university specialized in foreign Language education. Founded in 1984 as the Russian Language and Literature Education University, it was renamed in 2007 by the current President. The total number of students is approximately 1,000. The School of Oriental Languages and Literatures has seven foreign language departments: Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Turkish, Persian, Arabic, and Hindi; the School of Russian Language and Literature has one foreign language department: Russian; and the School of Romance and Germanic Languages has four foreign language departments: English, German, French, and Spanish. Thus totals to 12 Foreign Languages departments. Also, the Department of Japanese Language, Faculty of Oriental Studies and Literature provides the only Japanese language education in Turkmenistan.

Country/city name	Republic of Turkmenistan
Founded in	1984
Size and number of students	About 1,000
URL	http://science.gov.tm/en/organisations/azadi_institute/