APU’s History
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) first opened its doors in 2000 thank to a collaboration between the Ritsumeikan Trust, Oita Prefecture and Beppu City. With an entirely new multicultural learning environment consisting of half international students and half Japanese/domestic students, APU’s aim was to provide an international education that lead to the development of global leaders, working in a diverse range of fields and industries. In these past fifteen years, this goal has not only been reached as APU now has over 10,000 alumni from over one hundred thirty countries and regions.
Countries/Regions Represented by APU Alumni
(Countries and regions represented by students Countries and regions represented by alumni)
EUROPE
- Armenia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyz Republic
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Slovak Republic
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- UK
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Portugal
- Slovenia
MIDDLE EAST
- Afghanistan
- Bahrain
- Iran
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Oman
- Saudi Arabia
- Syria
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen
OCEANIA
- Australia
- Fiji
- New Zealand
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
AMERICAS
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Ecuador
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Peru
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United States
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
AFRICA
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Cameroon
- Comoros
- Cote d’Ivoire
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Gabonese Republic
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
ASIA
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Brunei
- Cambodia
- China
- India
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mongolia
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Republic of Korea
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Viet Nam