The Faculty of Engineering at the University of Waterloo has exchange programs with the Faculties of Engineering at Tottori and Kyoto Universities, as well as theToyko Institute of Technology, in Japan. To date, about 200 Canadian and Japanese students have participated in these exciting exchange programs. The Canadian founder and coordinator for these programs is Professor Keith Hipel. Professor Noria Okada is the Japanese initiator of the Tottori and Kyoto exchange programs while Professor Takehiro Inohara is Japanese founder and coordinator of the Tokyo Institute of Technology program.
Engineering students from the University of Waterloo study their 3A academic spring term at Tottori University followed by a workterm in Japanese Industry. Please click on the following links to obtain further information about the Tottori Exchange:
To date, only graduate students from Kyoto and Waterloo are participating in the program. Information about this program can be found at the following link:
This is a new exchange program between the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and the University of Waterloo. Information about Tokyo Tech can be found at the following link:
Master's students coming from Tottori and Kyoto University study at the University of Waterloo during the fall and winter terms. Arrival information is can be accessed by clicking on the following links.
Both the Tottori and Kyoto exchange programs with the University of
Waterloo are currently being expanded as university-wide exchange
programs. Additionally, the two exchange agreements are meant to be
accessible to both undergraduate and graduate students. However,
currently only 3A undergraduate Waterloo engineering students
participate in the Tottori Exchange while Waterloo graduate students go
to Kyoto University. Tottori and Kyoto Universities only send graduate
students to the University of Waterloo, usually during the fall and
winter terms.