Local News

A study by the Nishinippon Shimbun discovered that most of the foreign students at Kyushu universities and who stay in Japan after graduation find employment outside Kyushu. Statistics from 2008 show that of the roughly 13,700 foreign students graduating from Kyushu universities, only 451 stayed in Kyushu to work. Particularly noteworthy is that 90% of the foreign graduates of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Oita leave Kyushu to work. Roughly 40% of APU’s student body consists of overseas students from 90 countries.