Global Community Office

We have a refreshing café at the Theater Hall of the OSIPP building from September 2020. This takes place twice a month, the first and third Wednesday for October, November, and December. The schedule for the year 2021 will be announced later.

Please drop by and expand your network and keep up to date with the latest news on the OSIPP Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialOSIPP

As measures against the COVID-19, we ask you to wear a mask, disinfect your hands when you enter the venue. The venue will be well-ventilated.

Many students at OSIPP aim to gain practical experience in the field of public policy and plan to do an internship abroad. The GCO provides them with information and necessary support, things might include information for OSSMA, Insurance, and Medical Certificates, and so on.

In the past, several students have taken advantage of the OSIPP scholarship for internships abroad and gained valuable experience for their future careers. Destinations of internships include the UN New York main office, IOM Geneva, UNICEF East Timor, ILO Switzerland main office, UNDP South Africa, UNESCO Peking, JICA El Salvador, OECD Paris, UNIDO Vienna, and UNODC Laos.

As we live in a highly globalized world, it is becoming increasingly beneficial to experience life and study in a different culture from one’s own. In response, OSIPP encourages students to study abroad and Osaka University has student exchange agreements with many universities worldwide. You may study abroad for a duration from one semester to one year, and receive credits for your time there. OSIPP has specific agreements with various institutions. You may also earn a double degree through programs with universities in the Netherlands and the Philippines. Many OSIPP students study abroad through the exchange program and find it enormously enriching for their lives and a great advantage to their future career.

Drop-in consultation with Ms. Shiota and Nick

Every Wednesday from 2 to 4pm, you can just drop in room 205 for a consultation without appointment and speak to either Shiota-san or Nick.

• If you have a trouble finding an apartment room, can’t read Japanese letters, want to prepare for a study abroad, or need any other support, you can just visit the office and chat to Shiota-san.
• If you require help or assistance in English, Nick would be happy to help with academic language issues in English in the following areas: academic writing advice – basic help (sorry, full paper proof reading or editing is not possible); assistance with internship applications and documents in English; and, English language advice for presentations and so on.

If you wish for a personal consultation, please make an appointment sending email to sodan@osipp.osaka-u.ac.jp.

Tea Time Talk takes place every Thursday afternoon. The drop-in session is there to promote exchange among students.

Tea Time Talk is for International and Japanese students, staff and even professors!

More Information –

The session is hosted by Nick, from OSIPP’s Global Community Office. Everyone can enjoy a fresh cuppa and snacks and the topics of discussion, in English, are guided by students.

Where and When –

Tea Time Talk takes place from 3 – 4:15pm on Thursdays during term time, beginning October 22, 2020 @ Project Research Room, 6th floor, OSIPP building.

As measures against the COVID-19, we ask you to wear a mask, disinfect your hands when you enter the venue. The venue will be well-ventilated.