Internships and Careers Education

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Internships and Careers Education

Industry-Academia Collaborative Education Program That Works on Solving Specific Issues

Internships and other activities to support our students’ career development are currently organized into four types: "Open Company (Type 1)," "Career Education (Type 2)," "Universal Skills & Major-related Internships (Type 3)," and "Advanced Internship (Type 4)" (see the link below for details).

Ritsumeikan’s Career Education courses (Liberal Arts C Group courses: Self-Development by Learning in Society) fall under Type 2, and some of these are open to first-year students. In addition, internship programs offered as major courses within each college are classified as Type 2 or Type 3. At Ritsumeikan University, we offer a wide range of original educational programs under the concept of Work-Integrated Learning (WIL), or purpose-designed industry–academia collaborative education programs. Through these programs, students identify specific problems in the real world (i.e., corporations, organizations and communities) and engage in problem-solving.

However, no matter how many opportunities you have, at university, “when” and “what to learn” are choices only you can make, so if you don’t know what you are lacking and what you should learn, you are unlikely to be able to fully utilize such opportunities. And, of course, learning doesn't happen automatically when you experience something. It is said that having an attitude to learn is important in order to gain something from the experience. Specifically, an attitude of working actively to tackle challenging tasks, to reflect on your experiences, to find interest, curiosity, and significance in a given task, to have goals to improve one’s ability, and to value relationships with others is important.

The Career Education Center website features a Career Education Diagram, which outlines by college and year level the various resources available during your time at Ritsumeikan—including curricular career education courses, extracurricular career support events, and the career awareness you are expected to develop through your studies at the university. We encourage you to refer to these resources and actively participate in the university’s career education programs, internships, and other opportunities to develop a career path that reflects who you truly are.