List of Partner Institutions

1811

http://www.uio.no

The University of Oslo was founded in 1811 as the first in Norway. Today it is the country’s largest public institution of research and higher learning with 27 000 students and 6100 employees. The capital university is also home to the Viking Ship Museum, the Historical Museum and the Natural History Museum, a Main Library with 3.6 million holdings and a wide range of associated units and centres.

UiO is the highest ranked institution of education and research in Norway - and one of the World's Top 100 universities, according to the Shanghai World Ranking. With five Nobel Prize winners, UiO has a strong track record of pioneering research and scientific discovery.

University of Helsinki

https://www.helsinki.fi/

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University of Alberta

1908

http://www.ualberta.ca/

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École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

1794

http://www.ens-lyon.fr/

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Nagoya University

http://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/

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As the forth-largest city in Japan, the city of Nagoya is the prefectural capital of Aichi Prefecture, which is located in the southwest of the Chubu region, literally meaning the central Japan. The city has a station for the Shinkansen or the so-called Bullet Train, which runs east and west along the Pacific Ocean and is conveniently used for people to visit Japan's well-known sightseeing places such as Tokyo, Kyoto, and Hiroshima.

Since the ancient times, the city has been playing an important role as a key region for transportation in an environment marked by the rich Nobi Plains. Following construction of the Nagoya Castle at the beginning of the 17th century, the castle town was built and industries were developed. Also, the Port of Nagoya acts as a comprehensive port with over 100 years of history since it's opening and with the largest shipment value in Japan is connected with about 150 countries and regions in the world. With this serving as one of the strategic bases, the city is prosperous with, for example, automobile industry represented by Toyota Motor Corporation.

The city of Nagoya with a population of about 2 million still continues to develop, while showing various different features such as being a core region for Japan's industrial technology, being a node in the national arterial traffic system, being a cultural city with a long history.

Nagoya Convention & Visitors Bureau "Nagoya Information Navi"