Study Abroad Programs for OIT Students

Globalization is an essential part of contemporary society. Businesses are moving their manufacturing plants abroad, and markets are becoming borderless. Globalization strategy, therefore, is a top priority agenda in the education, and we at OIT offer various kinds of training for Globalization to our students.
As a science-based university, OIT has set the following three goals for students in its development of global human resources.

To achieve these goals, OIT offers students a wide range of overseas study programs with the emphasis on the following:

We organize the OIT Study Abroad Programs in steps
We organize the OIT Study Abroad Programs in steps

Step 1. Language Training and Overseas Culture Experience Program

2023-24 English Language Training Programs (Online or Study Abraod)
Philippines Canada
Type of Institution Language School
Name of Institution GLOBAL LANGUAGE CEBU CCEL
Summer Schedule 1-4 weeks during Aug 20 - Sep 16, 2023 Aug 13 - Sep 11, 2023 (4 weeks)
Spring Schedule 3 or 4 weeks during Feb 5 - Mar 16, 2024 2 or 4 weeks during Feb 18 - Mar 18, 2024
Type of Program Online Study Abraod
Teaching Style Private Lesson Private Lesson and Group Lesson Group Lesson
Accommodation Own Home Dormitory Homestay
2023-24 Overseas University Programs (Study Abraod)
U.S.A. United Kingdom
Type of Institution Partner University University
Name of Institution San Francisco State University University of Oxford
Summer Schedule 2-4 weeks during Aug 14 - Sep 8, 2023 2 weeks during Aug 6 - Sep 2, 2023
Spring Schedule 2-4 weeks during Feb 19 - Mar 15, 2024 3 weeks during Feb 11 - Mar 2, 2024
Program English Training and Cultural Experience English Training and PBL
Accommodation Hotel Home Stay or Dormitory
2023 Overseas Culture Experience Programs (Study Abraod)
Taiwan South Korea Indonesia
Type of Institution Partner University
Name of Institution National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Daejeon University Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya
Schedule Aug 4-9, 2023 (6 days) Aug 10-29, 2023 (20 days) Feb 25- Mar 3, 2024 (8 days)
Program Cultural Experience and PBL Experience Cultural Experience and Basic Korean Engineering Project, Student Exchange, Cultural Visit
Accommodation Dormitory or Hotel Dormitory Hotel

Step 2-3. International Project-Based Learning (iPBL) Program

OIT provides training courses with hands-on activities called "Project-Based Learning (PBL)" for students of 2nd year and above. As its international version, International PBL (iPBL) programs are conducted with our overseas partnership institutions.

In each iPBL program, students from participating universities are grouped together and instructed to communicate in English. Each team completes the same project, such as hardware/software development or system design, which can promote students' practical engineering skills.

OIT believes that such interaction allows students to gain experience in a diverse and professional environment reflecting our globalizing world.

OIT and Overseas Partners support the “SDGs” through implementation of the iPBL. Science is vital for supporting a wide range of global policy objectives, many of them included in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) endorsed by the UN in 2015. The 17 SDGs of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provide an aspirational framework oriented around people, planet, prosperity, peace, and partnership. There is a strong rationale for academies to engage on the SDGs.

One of the objectives to develop global human resources required by society is the “Problem Solving Ability”, and the iPBL Programs conducted jointly by OIT and our partner universities match this goal. OIT has decided that the SDGs are worth being set as the common theme for the next five years, expected to increase the participants' motivation.

2023 iPBL Outline - Hosted by OIT (as of December 2023)
OIT Faculty/Department Participating Univ. Project Title Related SDG(s) Schedule
1 Department of Mechanical Engineering National Taiwan University of Science and Technology,
Can Tho University, Viet Nam,
Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Development of Wind Turbine Aug 28 - Sep 2, 2023
2 Department of Biomedical Engineering Tatung University, Taiwan PBL Experience Program of Bio-related Experiments and 3D Printer Instrumentation * Aug 27 - Sep 2, 2023
3 Faculty of Robotics and Design National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (Yuntech), Taiwan International PBL using Design Thinking Jul 10 - 16, 2023
4 Faculty of Robotics and Design Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology - Thammasat University (SIIT), Thailand,
Universiti Malasia Sabah (UMS), Malaysia
Design Thinking about the Global Issue for Asian People on Healthy Lives and Wellbeing * Jul 10 -16, 2023
5 Faculty of Information Science and Technology SIIT, Thailand Drone programming by Python language Jul 23-29, 2023
6 Faculty of Information Science and Technology Assane Seck University of Ziguinchor, Senegel Python Programming of Drone Control * Sep 10 -16, 2023
7 International Center Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) SDGs education program through traditional craft techniques * Sep 10-16, 2023
8 International Center Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya (WMCUS), Indonesia Advanced Program for Bilateral Exchange Fostered through Monozukuri Experience * Oct 17-23, 2023
9 International Center Mongol Koosen College of Technology, Mongolia Program for acquiring manufacturing skills to meet the demands of society * Jan 6-12, 2024

* Programs funded by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)

2023 iPBL Outline - Hosted Overseas (as of March 2024)
OIT Faculty/Department Host Univ. Project Title Related SDG(s) Schedule
1 Department of Civil Engineering and Urban Design Taiwan Tech Seismic Design and Construction of Column Structural Model Aug 25-31, 2023
2 Department of Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering,
Department of Electronics and Information Systems Engineering
University of San Jose-Recoletos, Philippines,
Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Smart Vertical Farming Challenge 2023, Cebu Aug 20-31, 2023
3 Department of Electronics and Information Systems Engineering,
Department of Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering
Taipei Tech, Taiwan Intelligent vehicle challenge 2023 Aug 8-16, 2023
4 Department of Applied Chemistry Thammasat University, Thailand Preparation of supercapacitors and characterization of its functional properties Aug 5-10, 2023
5 Department of Biomedical Engineering Tatung University, Taiwan International joint PBL in the field of biotechnology Aug 6-12, 2023
6 Faculty of Robotics and Design Yuntech, Taiwan International PBL using Design Thinking Jul 2 - 7. 2023
7 Faculty of Robotics and Design SIIT, Thailand International PBL using Design Thinking Jul 16-24, 2023
8 Faculty of Information Science and Technology Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology, Thailand Digital Transformation Ideathon for Sustainable Development Goals (DX-SDGs Ideathon) Aug 16-23, 2023
9 Faculty of Information Science and Technology SIIT, Thailand Application Development Applying Image Recognition Aug 27 - Sep 3, 2023
10 Faculty of Information Science and Technology Korea National University of Arts, South Korea Cross-Cultural Media Design Project Sep 12-16, 2023
11 International Center Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Feb 28 - Mar 6, 2024

Step 4. IAESTE Trainee Support

IAESTE (International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience) is an international association for the exchange of students providing technical work experiences for science and engineering oriented students in 80+ countries. OIT is one of the member institutions and encourages motivated students to become IAESTE trainees (about 50 students from Japan in each year). Through IAESTE, OIT also accepts a couple of international students every year as interns (research students) in the labs for about two months.

Trainees Dispatched from OIT to:

  • 2019: Universidade Estadual Paulista(Federative Republic of Brazil)
  • 2017: Manipal Institute of Technology(Republic of India)
  • 2016: University of Information Science and Technology "St. Paul the Apostle" (Republic of North Macedonia)
  • 2014: Karunya University (Republic of India)

Trainees Accepted in OIT:

Step 4. Overseas Research Experience Program

OIT provides financial support for qualified 4th year undergraduate students, who will proceed to the Graduate school, and graduate students to encourage their research activities or practical experiences in overseas institutions for one month or more.

In this program, students enjoy their opportunities to acquire an ability required for theoretical or experimental development of new ideas, and to obtain diverse experiences through research works. Moreover, they are expected to establish or strengthen networks between host institutions and OIT.

Step 4. Overseas Coursework Program

Through Overseas Coursework Program, OIT students have opportunities to study abroad for a half or one year without paying tuition in our 29 or more overseas partner universities listed below and over 200 UMAP (University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific) member institutions.

Overseas Partner Universities with Student Exchange Agreement and UMAP