Miyazaki International University
宮崎国際大学 | |
 Sakura trees at MIU | |
| President | Keiko Yamashita |
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| Dean | Anderson Passos, Dean of Faculty |
| Location | Kiyotake, Miyazaki, Japan |
| Prefecture | Miyazaki |
| Website | https://www.miu.ac.jp |
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Miyazaki International University (Japanese: 宮崎国際大学), also known as Miyazaki International College, is a private university in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.[1][2]
History
The college (MIC) was founded in 1994 by Miyazaki Gakuen, a chartered educational corporation established in 1939.[3] It has a School of International Liberal Arts and School of Education. Its School of International Liberal Arts, founded in 1994, was established under the credo, "Respect and Diligence", for the stated purpose of cultivating truly international individuals. In April 2014, a School of Education was established.
Miyazaki International College, in addition to Miyazaki Gakuen Junior College, Miyazaki Gakuen High School and Miyazaki Gakuen Junior High School, and the Miyazaki Gakuen Junior College-Affiliated Midori Kindergarten and Kiyotake Midori Kindergarten, is sponsored by the Miyazaki Educational Institution (MEI), a chartered educational corporation established in 1939.
Legal issues
In 2015, MIC cut the salaries of contracted faculty over the age of sixty by twenty percent, resulting in outrage among the university community. This resulted in a lawsuit before the Miyazaki District Court, which MIC won.
However, plaintiffs appealed to the Miyazaki Branch of the Fukuoka High Court. On 8 December 2021, the Court ruled in favour of the educators, and sanctioned MIC for its illegal actions under Japanese labour laws. Head judge Ryousuke Takanashi said that "for the educators, this is disproportionate, and the university did not even take measures that would alleviate the disadvantages that come with such a pay cut", rebuking MIC.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "宮崎国際大学". 宮崎国際大学 (Miyazaki International University) (in Japanese). 2026-03-23. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
- ↑ "Japan University Rankings 2025: outbound students on the rise". Times Higher Education (THE). 2025-04-03. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
- ↑ "About MIC". Miyazaki International College. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
- ↑ "Miyazaki International College cut their elderly professors' salaries by 20%. After a 7-year battle, Fukuoka High Court rules this illegal. A victory for foreign plaintiffs too. | debito.org". Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ↑ "未払い賃金訴訟、元教授が逆転勝訴 「不利益大きい」 高裁宮崎支部". 毎日新聞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-04-28.