Janssen International Residence
concept
Empower Yourself to Empower the World
The Janssen International Residence is a dormitory where students from Japan and many other countries with a diverse range of values live together and learn from each other. It offers an educational program called the 'Skill Development Program for Diversity and Inclusion'.
The increasingly borderless nature of our world, coupled with ongoing technological innovation, will undoubtedly make society more vibrant. People will be expected to work with colleagues from different backgrounds and to strive to develop new values with them. Companies and organizations will increasingly embrace diversity and practice inclusion in order to enhance performance.
Therefore, this Residence is designed not only to help students become independent, but also to develop their understanding of diversity and inclusion (D&I) and to foster the skills to enable them to work effectively in our globalized society.
program
Skill Development Program for Diversity and Inclusion
Students experience a diverse range of perspectives in their everyday life at the Residence. By attending various skill-development workshops and making new friends through social events they learn how to recognize others' views and how to be inclusive. Based on individual interests, such as preparing to study abroad, the desire to experience other cultures and an interest in being involved in managing the facility, students design their own learning within the Janssen International Residence by choosing what activities to participate in.
Educational Program Content
- Becoming involved in the managing of the Residence
- Designing rules for dormitory life
- Learning self-care and stress management
Topics (Examples)
- Multicultural Communication
- SDGs
- Critical Thinking
Social events run by students (Examples)
- Guest speaker talk-sessions
- Cultural exchange events
- Welcome / Farewell events
Four skills which students develop
throughout this educational program
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Multicultural Competence
Students develop practical skills for multicultural communication through everyday residence life such as understanding and respecting similarities and differences and expressing ideas and opinions by using a shared language.
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Critical Thinking Skills
Students develop practical critical thinking skills to analyze an issue or a thing from different perspectives, connecting and questioning ideas to reason and integrate ideas in order to analyze and formulate a logical conclusion.
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Inclusion Skills
Students develop followership and leadership skills which enable them to work effectively and successfully in groups organized by a diverse range of people.
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Innovative and Creative Skills
Students develop a proactive approach to dealing with issues as well as the practical skills to solve problems collaboratively using innovative ideas.
environment
Living environment that enriches learning
- Equipped with basic furniture, such as a desk, chair and bed, as well as wireless Internet access, the dormitory offers a perfect environment for study.
- A shared living room on each floor serves as a place where students can study or enjoy interacting with other residents.
- Maximum of 10 Japanese and international students form a Living Group and share a kitchen and dining room.
- Appointed Resident Leader(RL) and Living Coordinator(LC) are responsible for proposing and operating Residence rules to create the dormitory culture, as well as planning and running social events and skill-development workshops along with teachers.
- Students have opportunities to live, learn, and make friends, not only with Japanese students, but also with students from all over the world.
Residents have a range of objectives
exchange
Those who want to
engage in
cultural exchange
lead
Those who want to
develop world-class
leadership skills
plan and manage
Those who want to
be involved in
managing the Residence
and planning events
communicate
Those who want to
develop skills for working
with people from
different backgrounds
expand skills
Those who want to
utilize their study
abroad experience
explore and develop
Those who want to
find out what study
abroad is like
origin
This international dormitory at Nanzan University was named after the founder of the Society of the Divine Word, St. Arnold Janssen.
"We live in a time when much is collapsing, and new things must be established in their place." This message that St. Arnold Janssen left us matches our concept of the Residence, which is "to develop the skills to identify global problems around us and find solutions to them."
summary
- Location
- Next to campus
(138-1 Yagumo-cho, Syowa-ku, Nagoya, Japan) - Facility
- Four story building with 178 rooms including two universal design rooms
- Monthly Rent
- 60,000 yen including utilities and free Internet access
*Participation Fee for the educational program is also required: 1,000 yen / month.
- Note
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- Two adjacent Living Groups share the same showers and bathrooms.
- Living areas are separated for male and female students.
- An IC card key system is used to manage security and caretakers are on site 24 hours-a-day.
map
Nearest Stations
- Meijo subway line "Yagoto Nisseki" station
- Tsurumai subway line "Irinaka" station