Global Expansion Promotion Division of the Institute for Future Talent Development
International Partner Universities

International Partner Universities

Akita University fosters international exchange by establishing university-wide and departmental agreements with universities and other institutions around the world. Through these agreements, the University actively engages with its partner institutions in various collaborative activities, including student exchanges, faculty and researcher mobility, and joint research.

University-level Agreements (82 universities and institutions in 37 countries)

As of April 1, 2026

Countries,Regions Universities Student Exchange
Asia India Indian Institute of Technology Madras ●
Vellore Institute of Technology ●
Indonesia Institut Teknologi Bandung ●
Trisakti University -
Gadjah Mada University ●
Universitas Pertamina ●
Padjadjaran University -
Korea Hanbat National University ●
Wonkwang University ●
Kangwon National University ●
National Korea Maritime & Ocean University -
Thailand Chulalongkorn University ●
Suranaree University of Technology ●
Chiang Mai University -
Taiwan Lunghwa University of Science and Technology ●
National Taiwan University ●
National Changhua University of Education ●
National Cheng Kung University ●
Chang Jung Christian University ●
National Taipei University of Technology ●
China Heilongjiang University ●
Central South University ●
Liaoning Technical University ●
Dalian Minzu University ●
Lanzhou University ●
Jilin University ●
Northeastern University ●
Donghua University ●
Huazhong University of Science and Technology ●
Chang'an University ●
Beihua University ●
Jiaxing University ●
Northwest Normal University ●
Philippines University of the Philippines Diliman ●
University of the Philippines Manila ●
University of the Philippines Los Baños ●
Vietnam Hanoi University of Science and Technology ●
University of Transport and Communications ●
Malaysia University of Malaya ●
Myanmar University of Yangon -
Mongolia Mongolian University of Science and Technology ●
New Mongol Academy -
New Mongol Institute of Technology ●
MUST-Kosen College of Technology,
Mongolian University of Science and Technology		 -
Institute of Engineering and Technology,
Mongol Kosen College of Technology		 -
New Mongol College of Technology -
Africa Kenya Kenyatta University ●
Botswana Botswana International University of Science and Technology ●
University of Botswana ●
Mozambique Eduardo Mondlane University ●
Tete Polytechnic Institute for Higher Education ●
Republic of South Africa The Unversity of the Witwatersrand -
Zambia University of Zambia -
Tanzania University of Dar es Salaam -
Oceania Australia Griffith University -
Curtin University -
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea University of Technology -
North America USA St.Cloud State University ●
Montana Technological University ●
University of Guam ●
Canada Memorial University of Newfoundland ●
South America Chile University of Santiago ●
Middle East Israel University of Haifa ●
UAE United Arab Emirates University -
Europe　
（including NIS countries)		 Italy University of Cagliari ●
University of Ferrara ●
Uzbekistan Tashkent State Technical University　/　
Uzbek-Japan Innovation Center of Youth　(UJICY)		 -
Kazakhstan D. Serikbayev East Kazakhstan Technical University ●
Nazarbayev University -
Kyrgyz Razzakov Kyrgyz State Technical University -
Sweden Luleå University of Technology ●
Tajikistan Mining-metallurgical Institute of Tajikistan -
Tajik National University -
Germany Freiberg University of Mining and Technology ●
Finland Lapland University of Applied Sciences ●
Poland Krakow University of Economics ●
Romania University of Bucharest ●
Bosnia and Herzegovina University of Banja Luka -
University of East Sarajevo -
Belgium VIVES University of Applied Sciences -
Ukraine Borys Grinchenko kyiv Metropolitan University ●
Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts -

Departmental-level Agreements (52 faculties and institutions in 29 Counties)

As of April 1, 2026

Faculties Countries,Regions Faculties,Universities Student Exchange
Graduate School of International Resource Sciences Asia Indonesia Faculty of Engineering, Hasanuddin University -
Faculty of Geological Engineering, Universitas Padjadjaran ●
Faculty of Mineral and Energy Technology, Universitas Pembangunan Nasional "Veteran" Yogyakarta (UPNVY) -
Research Centerr for Geological Resources, Research Organization for Earth Sciences and Marritime, National Research and Inovation Agency -
Thailand Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University -
Mongolia Mongolia-Japan Center for Human Resources Development -
Europe（including NIS countries) Kazakhstan K.I.Satbayev Kazakh National Research Technical University -
Serbia Technical Faculty in Bor, University of Belgrade -
National Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade -
Poland AGH University of Krakow -
Uzbekistan Uzbek-Japan Innovation Center of Youth(UJICY) -
University of Geological Sciences of Uzbekistan,
Uzbek-Japan Innovation Center of Youth (UJICY)		 -
Navoi State University of Mining Technologies -
Tajikistan Centre of Innovative Development of Science and New Technologies, National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan -
North America Canada Institut National de la recherche scientifique,Université du Québec -
Faculty of Engineering,University of Alberta -
South America Peru Universidad Nacional De Ingenieria Facultad de Ingeniería Geológica, Minera y Metalúrgica -
Faculty of Education and Human Studies Asia Korea Korean Language School of Sungkonghoe University -
Graduate School of Medicine Asia China Beijing Hospital,Ministry of Health -
Singapore Alice Lee Center for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore ●
Thailand School of Nursing
Suranaree University of Technology		 ●
Indonesia Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Islam Nejeri,
Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta		 ●
Faculty of Medicine､Universitas Trisakti ●
STIKes Wira Medika Bali ●
Europe France The Faculty of Medicine of Lille 2 University ●
Belgium Bachelor in Nursing & Bachelor in Occupational Therapy VIVES University of Applied Sciences ●
Bosnia and Herzegovina Faculty of Medicine, University of East Sarajevo ●
Ireland Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland ●
Switzerland University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland ●
North America USA John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii -
Graduate School of Engineering Science Asia Taiwan College of Engineering
Minghsin University of Science and Technology		 ●
China Department of Precision Instruments and Mechanology,Tsing Hua University ●
Department of Chemistry,Tsing Hua University -
School of Materials Science and Engineering,Tongji University ●
Shanghai Key Lab of D&A for Metal Functional Materials,Tongji University ●
India The CSIR-lndian Institute of Chemical Technology -
  SRM Institute of Science and Technology ●
Malaysia Malaysia Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia -
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia -
Thailand Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology ●
Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University ●
Africa Tunisia Faculty of Technology,University of Sfax ●
Oceania New Zealand Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies, Aukland University of Technology (AUT)
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Department of Chemistry, University of Otago -
North America USA Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology -
Europe Hungary Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Debrecen ●
Czech Faculty of Information Technology, Brno Univeersity of Technology ●
Slovakia Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics,Comenius University -
Great Britain Faculty of Engineering Science,
Aston University		 ●
Poland AGH University of Krakow ●
Switzerland Civil Engineering Department, The School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg (HEIA-FR) ●
Joint Research Center for Electric Architecture Europe Australia Stralis Aircraft -