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UCL-Japan Youth Challenge visits you
Our representatives host events for the UCL-Japan Youth Challenge applicants and prospective UCL students, in the UK and Japan where possible.
Past events
Clark Memorial International High School, Shizuoka Campus
28th June 2024
Representatives: Kaito Mizukoshi
Kaito Mizukoshi, a UCL-Japan Youth Challenge Committee Member and UCL Official Japanese Ambassador for the UCL Undergraduate Preparatory Certificates (UPC)—UCL’s International Foundation Year—visited Clark Memorial International High School, Shizuoka Campus for the second time.
Kaito shared his experience of UCL’s foundation year, undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
This event was held in conjunction with Kaito’s piano recital.
(Image courtesy of Kaito Mizukoshi)
NUCB International College
21st June 2024
Representative: Kaito Mizukoshi
Kaito Mizukoshi, a UCL-Japan Youth Challenge Committee Member and UCL Official Japanese Ambassador for the UCL Undergraduate Preparatory Certificates (UPC)—UCL’s International Foundation Year—visited NUCB International College for the second time.
Kaito shared his experience of UCL’s foundation year, undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
This event was held in conjunction with Kaito’s piano recital.
(Image courtesy of Kaito Mizukoshi)
Taki Senior High School
15th June 2024
Representative: Kaito Mizukoshi
Kaito Mizukoshi, a UCL-Japan Youth Challenge Committee Member and UCL Official Japanese Ambassador for the UCL Undergraduate Preparatory Certificates (UPC)—UCL’s International Foundation Year—visited Taki Senior High School.
Kaito shared his experience of UCL’s foundation year, undergraduate and postgraduate studies, along with his English lesson.
(Image courtesy of Taki Senior High School)
Otsuma Nakano Junior & Senior High School
14th June 2024
Representative: Kaito Mizukoshi
Kaito Mizukoshi, a UCL-Japan Youth Challenge Committee Member and UCL Official Japanese Ambassador for the UCL Undergraduate Preparatory Certificates (UPC)—UCL’s International Foundation Year—visited Ostuma Nakano Junior & Senior High School.
Kaito shared his experience of UCL’s foundation year, undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
This event was held in conjunction with Kaito’s piano recital at the school’s Cosmos Agora.
(Image courtesy of Otsuma Nakano Junior & Senior High School)
Clark Memorial International High School, Shizuoka Campus
28th June 2023
Representatives: Kaito Mizukoshi & Jamie Ho (technical assistant)
Kaito Mizukoshi, a UCL-Japan Youth Challenge Committee Member and UCL Official Japanese Ambassador for the UCL Undergraduate Preparatory Certificates (UPC)—UCL’s International Foundation Year—visited Clark Memorial International High School, Shizuoka Campus.
This event was held in conjunction with Kaito’s piano recital and the school’s study abroad talk event.
(Image courtesy of Clark Memorial International High School, Shizuoka Campus)
NUCB International College
24th June 2023
Representatives: Kaito Mizukoshi & Jamie Ho (technical assistant)
Kaito Mizukoshi, a UCL-Japan Youth Challenge Committee Member and UCL Official Japanese Ambassador for the UCL Undergraduate Preparatory Certificates (UPC)—UCL’s International Foundation Year—visited NUCB International College.
This event was held in conjunction with Kaito’s piano recital.
Kaito Mizukoshi (centre-left) and Jamie Ho (centre-right) amongst NUCB International College students
(Image courtesy of NUCB International College)
Otsuma Nakano Junior & Senior High School
18th June 2022
Representative: Kaito Mizukoshi
Otsuma Nakano Junior & Senior High School students listening to Kaito Mizukoshi’s talk attentively
(Image courtesy of Otsuma Nakano Junior & Senior High School)
Showa Women’s University Senior High School
13th June 2022
Representative: Kaito Mizukoshi
Ritsumeikan Uji Junior and Senior High School
17th & 18th December 2019
Representatives: Dr Masako Shimato & Kentaro Kimura
On the first day, Dr Masako Shimato and Kentaro Kimura shared their experiences of studying in the UK from international students’ perspective, to the school’s High School Year 3 pupils, including their International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma students.
The pair then presented their specialities, provided feedback on the students’ presentations and interacted with the IB Science students, as part of the research presentations and poster session on the following day.
(Image courtesy of Dr Masako Shimato)
Representatives: Dr Masako Shimano & Kentaro Kimura
Representative: Kentaro Kimura
Representative: Hideyuki Miyahara