The University of Idaho has opened a campus at Hiroshima University, and the only Japanese student among the 18 students undertaking their initial studies in Higashi-Hiroshima is Sato Airu (佐藤愛瑠), 21. She is scheduled to move to the University of Idaho and begin specialised studies.
The University of Idaho in the United States established a campus at Hiroshima University in March this year to develop semiconductor talent through Japan-US collaboration. As a result, 18 students enrolled as the inaugural class at the Hiroshima Campus, and they will study at the Higashi-Hiroshima Campus for the first 2 years.
The only Japanese student is Sato Airu (佐藤愛瑠), 21, from Shimane Prefecture. While serving as an assistant in Japanese-language classes for international students, she continues studying the fundamentals of semiconductors. The other students, including those from Vietnam, are all international students from overseas.
Micron Technology is expanding its plant in Higashi-Hiroshima and has indicated a policy of strengthening talent development and research and development in collaboration with Hiroshima University's semiconductor research institute. Director Teramoto Akinobu (寺本章伸) explained that the Higashi-Hiroshima plant produces the world's most advanced D-RAM.
Sato Airu (佐藤愛瑠) has indicated that she plans to move to the University of Idaho's main campus in the future to deepen her studies of semiconductor technology. The Hiroshima Campus initiative is positioned as the first establishment in Japan of an overseas university branch in the engineering field.