Strategies adopted by Islamic Universities in the Middle East and Asia to attract international students: Globalization and localization of knowledge

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24401013
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Area studies
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Sakurai Keiko 早稲田大学, 国際教養学術院, 教授 (70235216)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SUZUKI EMI 早稲田大学, 地域・地域間研究機構, 准教授 (00535437) ; NISHIMURA JYN'ICHI 早稲田大学, イスラーム地域研究機構, 准教授 (10380700) ; Omar Farouk 広島市立大学, 国際学部, 研究員 (30275391) ; SAI YUKARI 早稲田大学, イスラーム地域研究機構, 招聘研究員 (90367152)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 地域間比較研究 / イスラーム系宗教大学 / 留学生 / グローバル化 / ローカル化 / カイロ / メディナ / ゴム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research analyzed the strategies adopted by Islamic universities in three cities in the Middle East, namely Cairo in Egypt, Median in Saudi Arabia, and at Qom in Iran, to attract international students. It was found that these universities recruited students mostly through religious schools in Asia and Africa where graduates of these universities were engaged in teaching. Although graduates of these universities disseminated the knowledge gained from Islamic Universities in the Middle East as authentic when they returned to their country of origin, in the places where they were engaged in teaching, they preferred to adapt their religious knowledge to the local religious circumstances.

Free Research Field

地域研究