Internationalising academic calendar tricky for Tokyo

By Suvendrini Kakuchi. Bringing Japan’s academic calendar in line with universities around the world, in particular replacing the traditional April enrolment date with September or October entry, has been seen as important for internationaliaing higher education and promoting exchange opportunities for students and academics between Japan and other countries. But it is proving difficult. A Tokyo University committee was set up last year to examine how to implement the change, after the university’s President Junichi Hamada said he intended to introduce autumn enrolment by 2015. Read more...