6-19 January 2013
11 students from Leibniz Universität Hannover (Germany) came for a 2 week winter school to Yamagata University to learn more about this heavy snowfall region.
13-22 Sep 2013
This was the first group student exhange overseas. 8 students from YU, visited Ulaanbaatar and Terelj together with 10 Mongolian students. We visited Mongolian University of Life Sciences and various research sites.
13-25 May 2014
8 students from YU went for two week to LUH and various research institutes with 11 German students in Hannover, Braunschweig, Erfurt, Halle, Weimar and Berlin.
6-12 October 2014
10 chinese students from NEFU visited YU together with 5 students from LUH and 10 students from YU. During their stay, several lectures were given at research institutes in Tsuruoka, Yamagata and Shinjo (this activity was funded by Sakura Science).
8-24 August 2015
Understanding Environmental and Socio-Economic changes in Mongolia in the last decades
The 2-week international student program is a coordinated effort of Mongolian University of Life Sciences (MULS), Yamagata University (YU) and Leibniz Universitat Hannover (LUH). Students from the Northeast Forestry University in China and Lleida University in Spain also participated.
19-28 November 2015
Agriculture and Forest Management in cold and heavy snowfall environments, northeastern Japan
10 students from Mongolian University of Life Sciences (funded by Sakura Science) visited together with students of Yamagata specialists from universities,
research institutes on multiple fields ranging from
forestry, agriculture, effective use of resources and
application of technology in cold environments.
17-26 August 2016
8 students from YU and 10 students from MULS, visited strategic facilities for the functioning of cities (Power Plant, water treatment plant, Food Products Inspection Center), Research Institutes and cooperation Agencies from Japan, Korea and Germany operating in Mongolia.
6-17 Jan 2017
11 students from LUH, 11 students from NEFU and 5 students from MULS came to Yamagata University and together with 10 students from YU, visited research institutes and strategic facilities of the city of Tsuruoka, visited the coastal forests affected by the Tsunami in Miyagi Prefecture and the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences and research institutes in Iwate Prefecture.
03-11 July 2017
5 students from Hue University (Vietnam) visited YU together with 5 students from MULS (Mongolia) and 10 students from YU. During their stay, several lectures were given at research institutes in Tsuruoka and Niigata (this activity was funded by Sakura Science).
11-23 September 2017
18 Feb- 3 March 2018
Students from LUH (16) came to Yamagata University and together with 10 students from YU, held a seminar in the University Research Forest, visited research institutes and strategic facilities of the city of Shonai visited the coastal forests and other affected areas by the Tsunami in Miyagi and Fukushima Prefecture.
11 -25 September 2018
12 students from YU visited Lleida University in Spain (11.-16. Sep) where they were introduced to the university and did daytrips to different research sites. They continued their travel to Leibniz University Hannover in Germany (17.-25. Sep) where they, together with students of LUH, visited Research Centers, National Parks and companys located all over nothern Germany.
25 Feb-7 March 2019
Students from LUH, 17, together with 5 students from VNUA (Vietnam National University of Agriculture) and 5 students from CU (Chiang Mai University) visited Yamagata University and together with 10 students from YU, participated in a joint seminar at the Yamagata University Research Forest, visited research institutes and strategic facilities in Tsuruoka, Yamagata and Sendai. We visited coastal forests in Miyagi that were affected by the 2011 Mega-Tsunami and how it has recovered.
13-28 Sep 2019
During this summer school, 12 students from YU visited the University of Torino (UoT) for one week and then LUH for two weeks. In both countries, we had the opportunity to visit research institutions, university facilities, private companies and cultural sites.
13-25 October 2019
Students from VNUA, 5, and 5 students from CU visited Yamagata University and together with 10 students from YU, participated in a joint seminar at the Yamagata University Research Forest, coastal forests in Shonai, Ishinomaki, Iwanuma and Zao Mountains in Yamagata and Miyagi. This activity was promoted by the program Sakura Science (JST).
23 February - 3 March, 2020
A total of 10 students from three universities in Peru visited Yamagata University with 16 students from LUH. During their stay, several lectures were given at research institutes, biomass power plants, Zao Mountains, Coastal forests and the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences. The highlight of this seminar was the visit to the Tsunami museum in Rikuzentakata. Peruvian students were sponsored by the Program Sakura Science (JST).
8-24 November 2020
The 2-week international student program was conducted online because of the onset of COVID, limiting international travel. YU provided funds to conduct a field seminar for foreign students using videos on demand and discussing them in daily online seminars with students from Vietnam, Peru and Thailand. Despite, the limitations with the video preparations, the seminar had good reviews from the participating students
19-28 February 2021
Based on the experience we had with the online autumn seminar, another 2-week international student program was conducted with students from Germany, Italy, Spain and Peru. We showed natural ecosystems in Yamagata, Niigata, Toyama, Miyagi, Iwate, Aomori, Hakodate and Akita. The high biodiversity of forests ecosystems in this long transect was shown in the seminar, even though it was done in winter.
22-31 August 2022
Still in COVID period. This time we invited two universities from Peru: Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM) and Universidad de Tecnologia (UTEC). The summer school was sponsored by the Sakura Science Program. The topic was the distribution of forest ecosystems in Northeastern, Kanto and
15-28 September 2022
After three years, it was finally possible to continue with the exchange program between LUH and YU. Thus, 5 students from YU visited research institutes and strategic facilities in Hannover, Hamburg , Kiel and Bremenhaven. During this summer school, we extensively explained the characteristics of the DD Program between our universities.
18-06 February/March 2023
As with the summer school, we also waited for 3 years to conduct this activity in Japan. We welcomed 18 students from LUH, 5 students from Chernihiv Polytechnic National University (Ukraine) and University of Torino (Italy). During their stay, we visited several of our research sites in Yamagata, Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Akita Prefecture. All these prefectures are in northeastern Japan. Around 13 students from YU also participated, making it one of the most international exchange activities we have had so far.
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