Japan's only national university specializing in physical education.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE of FITNESS and SPORTS in KANOYA

International students

Some 850 students are studying at our university, 10 of which are international students from 2 country and region as of May 1st, 2023.
Moreover, as part of an exchange agreement between universities, we have accepted exchange students from Shanghai University of Sport (China), Korea National Sport University (South Korea), National Taiwan Sports University (Taiwan) and Tianjin University of Sport (China) to undertake short-term overseas studies (1 year). The breakdown of overseas students is as follows

Country ・RegionUndergraduatesGraduate StudentsResearchStudentsCreditedAuditors/AuditingStudentsSpecialAuditingStudentsSpecialResearchStudentsTotal
Master’sCourseDoctor’sCourse
People’s Republic of China1(1)2(1)9(2)
Taiwan1(1)1(1)
Total22(2)2(1)10(3)

※ Figures in parentheses indicate the number of female students

International student support

The following support is offered to international students; living support, community exchange, and learning support
(Excluding support offered by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology)

  1. Accommodation mediation
  2. Guidance for the various types of scholarship organizations for privately-financed international students
  3. Periodic health check-ups
  4. Hosting international student support meetings
  5. Tutor system
  6. Extra-curricular : Japanese supplementary classes
  7. International exchange sports events