Bachelor in International Liberal Arts（International Students)

Tuition fees are 3,372 USD per year.

Akita International University in Akita, Japan, offers a four-year bachelor's degree in International Liberal Arts, taught in English, with entry points in April or September for international students. The program builds on the school's teaching philosophy of International Liberal Arts, which pairs specialized academic knowledge with a broad cultural grounding and a global outlook. Akita International University developed this approach in response to the deeper cross-border exchange that globalization brings, aiming to help students recognize differing values and worldviews, work through shared problems, and plan their own paths forward. Faculty and staff describe their role as an extension of family life for students living away from home, and the school keeps class sizes small, around 18 students per class, so instructors can give individual attention. Within this framework, students in the International Liberal Arts program study across the humanities and social sciences while sharpening communication skills in English and other languages. A liberal arts structure of this kind typically lets students sample coursework in areas such as international relations, business, language studies, and area studies before settling into a specialization, and it is designed to produce graduates comfortable moving between different cultural and professional settings. Coursework in a program like this commonly combines seminar discussion, writing-intensive assignments, and group projects that ask students to apply theory to real situations. Graduates of international liberal arts programs often go on to work in fields such as international business, diplomacy, education, translation and interpretation, nonprofit management, and public policy, where cross-cultural communication and adaptable thinking are valued. Because the degree is delivered in English at a Japanese institution, students also gain direct exposure to living and studying in Japan alongside classmates from many countries, which supports language learning and cross-cultural collaboration outside the classroom as well as inside it.