• Exchange of Cooperation Partners (deadline: on a rolling basis)
• International Joint Summer Schools/Workshops (deadline: on a rolling basis)
• Funding as part of the Faculty Exchange Program, signed in 2018: Researchers from both universities have the opportunity to spend a short-term research stay at Dōshisha University or at the University of Tübingen (up to 3 months), or a long-term stay (up to 6 months, from Doshisha in Tübingen up to 12 months). Two researchers per year per university can be funded, one for a short-term, the other for a long-term stay. More details of the application process on the Tübingen side can be found here
• In addition, funding is offered by both universities to their researchers for participation in the jointly organized international symposia and for the realization of these conferences alternately at the University of Tübingen and at Dōshisha University.

Branch offices
Cooperation of the two branch offices of the University of Tübingen in Kyoto (Tübingen Center for Japanese Studies at Dōshisha University, TCJS) and Seoul (Tübingen Center for Korean Studies at Korea University, TUCKU) together with the Departments of Japanese Studies and Korean Studies from the University’s Institute for Asian and Oriental Studies (AOI) since 2015. They have organized a series of conferences and are supporting further joint activities.

International interdisciplinary symposia Dōshisha-Tübingen
International interdisciplinary symposia Dōshisha-Tübingen organized since 2018 in the framework of Doshisha EU Campus were focused on diverse research subjects (Internationalism, Aging Societies, Diversity, Sustainable Development). The next symposium is planned for March 2025 at Dōshisha University in Kyoto and will have the theme “Artificial Intelligence”. 

Doshisha Weeks 
Doshisha Weeks (DWs) at the University of Tübingen are organized by the EU Campus annually since 2019 on two days in autumn, if possible. The focus is either directed towards a research theme or to students and teaching. At DW 2024, for the first time, doctoral candidates from both universities have presented their research. 

Cooperation in Gender and Diversity Studies since 2021
As follow-up of the symposium 2020 researchers from both universities meet regularly online for an exchange about different research themes of Gender and Diversity. The joint activity is coordinated from the Tübingen side by the Center for Gender and Diversity Research (ZGD) of the University. A workshop in Kyoto in the framework of the TCJS anniversary event 2023 gave the opportunity for the scholars to meet in person.

30th Anniversary Celebrations of TCJS in October 2023 at Dōshisha University
Several academic events were organized for this occasion besides a ceremonial reception: a roundtable reflecting the cooperation between the two universities over the past ten years, a research forum focusing on research collaborations of the University of Tübingen and Japanese institutions in the natural sciences, life sciences and medical sciences, and four workshops on gender studies, sustainable development, Japanese language teaching, and on metaphor, allegory and truth in interreligious and intercultural perspectives. On that occasion, the honorary doctoral degree of Dōshisha University was bestowed upon the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Tübingen, Karla Pollmann, and an MoU between the Faculties of Law of both universities as well as the continuation of the Faculty Exchange Agreement were signed. 

International Symposium in 2025 at Dōshisha University

The fifth international symposium in the framework of Doshisha EU Campus activities will be organized at Dōshisha University in Kyoto on the 11th and 12th March 2025. This time the subject will be “Artificial Intelligence” (working title: “The Future of AI: Tech-nology that Serves Humanity”). After keynote lectures from Dōshisha and University of Tübingen, a panel on “Humans and AI” will follow, dedicated to ethical questions on the one side, the future of communication (human-machine) and the Brain and AI on the other side. The second conference day will comprise three different research areas in two panels: 1. AI in Space Technology and Medical Sciences, 2. AI and Legal Challenges .

Celebration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of Dōshisha University in Kyoto

On the 29th November 2025 Dōshisha University will celebrate the 150th anniversary of its foundation in Kyoto. This is not only related to Dōshisha University but to the whole institution of “The Dōshisha”. More on the History of Dōshisha

The President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Tübingen, Karla Pollmann, will join the celebration together with a small delegation of members of the university.

Contact for more information: Dr. Karin Moser v. Filseck, Division II 1.2 IFK
karin.moser-von-filseckspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de, Phone 29-77353