＊Programs and events may be subject to change under certain circumstances.
The Universityʼs Studentsʼ Union, an organization of students and faculty members that plays the lead role in orchestrating extracurricular activities, includes four executive groups, thirty-five art and cultural clubs, forty-five sports clubs, and one association through its Committee for General Affairs. There are also eighty student-led clubs and eight official extracurricular organizations. The Faculty of Commerce Evening School also has ten cultural clubs, nine sports clubs and one sports organization, four student-led clubs, and one official extracurricular organization.
Many of these clubs have competed successfully regionally in western Japan and nationally, creating a brilliant track record and proud traditions. Students are highly regarded by the surrounding community for their academic, cultural, and service activities, including unique research that draws on their distinctive personalities
Altogether about eight thousand students, or some42% of all students, participate in these extracurricular activities, cultivating their minds and training their bodies as they gain a sense of autonomy and sociability while building character in an ideal environment.
Summer Seminars
Summer seminars are held in alternating years with two themes: Tourism and Urban Planning. They seek to contribute to the revitalization of regions by dealing with a variety of issues such as declines in population and the number of tourists, by resolving related issues, and with Disaster Preparedness, which is designed to help participants gain knowledge related to disaster preparedness as well as skills that will empower them to better deal with natural disasters. This extracurricular educational program fosters leadership and the ability to cooperate through before-and-after training sessions and local activities.
Student Challenge Project
The University provides both material and philosophical support for unique and creative projects developed independently by students through this program. Projects of all types are eligible for support, as long as they are being pursued independently and voluntarily by students, including for example efforts to address issues that are familiar to students, campus life, regional problems, environmental problems, and issues in areas such as social welfare, culture, scholarship, politics, and economics.
Outdoor Education Camp
This program is designed to foster communication skills, teamwork, cooperation, emotional sensitivity, and character. It also cultivates independence and friendship by allowing students to experience group life in a meaningful way. The University offers outdoor education (in the form of a camp) as part of its extracurricular education program. It offers valuable experiences in nature that are not available in a classroom setting.