Consistently ranked among the most academically selective universities in Japan, Waseda University also stands alongside prominent national universities for its research output. The private research university in central Tokyo has some of Japan's most impressive alumni, ranging from prime ministers to founders and presidents of global behemoths like Sony, Nintendo, and Fast Retailing, and it boasts one of the largest libraries in Japan. Waseda University stays true to its founding principles: the preservation of scholarly independence, the practical application of scholarship, and the fostering of good citizens. Waseda is part of the elite U21 and has study-abroad and research agreements with more than 500 institutions worldwide.

The University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) formerly known as Beijing Steel and Iron Institute before 1988, is a national key university in Beijing, China. USTB's metallurgy and materials science programmes are highly regarded in China. It is a Chinese Ministry of Education Double First Class Discipline University, with Double First Class status in certain disciplines.In 1997, USTB was selected into the first tier of universities for China's 211 Project (involved with the development of 100 world class universities in the 21st century for China).

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies is a public university with emphasis in foreign languages and cultures, overseas economy and trade, and international strategies in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The university offers 61 bachelor-degree specialties and teaches 18 foreign languages. The state-level key discipline of Foreign Language and Literature is given priority in the third-phase development of Guangdong province's “Project 211” . It is one of the world's 21 universities qualified to supply competent interpreters and translators to the international organization. It is also the only university of foreign languages in China that is included in Campus Asia.

Established in 1952 to provide “expertise and hope to a lagging industrial sector,” Inha was quickly a hotbed of research and education in the engineering and physical sciences. Now a private research university, it continues its prestigious tradition and is one of the most renowned universities in Korea. Driven by creativity, diligence, and service, the research university endeavors to contribute to improving the nation and mankind globally. Alongside its strong multi-disciplinary science and technology courses, it delivers liberal-arts sessions to ensure a balanced education for students focused becoming front runners in Korean industry and technology. The Ministry of Education named it as part of LINC+ (Leaders in INdustry-university Cooperation).

A non-sectarian institution since 1901, Japan Women's University nurtures independence and freedom of thought, believing that women's education is important for international respect and peace. In its four main faculties - Home Economics, Human and Social Studies, Literature, and Science - the university gives women the education and research opportunities that set them on a path of leadership and innovation in local and global communities. One of Japan's first universities with a graduate school, it is government-designated International Good Practice for empowering women in Asia and has study-abroad programs in place with schools across the globe. Every level of the university - from the kindergarten through to graduate school - follows the founder's three principles: true conviction, creativity, and cooperation and service.

Kanda University of International Studies believes "Languages are the foundation to link the world in peace." Established in 1987, the private university aspires to create a pleasant and friendly world through respectful communication by pursuing excellence in international studies education in its four main departments: English, Asian Languages, Spanish and Portuguese, and International Communication.

Gangwon-do province's flagship educational institution, Kangwon National University is one of Korea's ten core national universities. It started life as an agricultural college, expanding over the years to include medicine and veterinary schools as well as one of Korea's officially approved cutting-edge law schools. To this day agriculture and forestry remain at the university's heart.

Established as a school for Western studies in 1858, Keio University was also the first of Japan’s universities to accept international students. Now, it has over 350 overseas partner institutions, numerous well-respected double-degree programs with top universities abroad, and over twenty degree programs taught entirely in English. Keio is one of Japan’s prestigious Global 30 Project universities and ranks in the top 100 universities worldwide. Alumni include prime ministers, astronauts, Olympians and Paralympians, and actors, musicians, and CEOs of Fortune 500 companies.

Established as a teacher-training college, Kongju National University continues its tradition of producing middle- and high-school teachers - and KNU's College of Education consistently has the most students passing the Teacher Certification Examinations, nationally. A university of three sites, KNU's TRI-CAMPUS offers science, education, and industry-focused undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and it runs an international studies program, taught in English, that focuses on economics, business, math, and statistics. KNU is the only national university near the new public administration complex city, Sejong, and has been recognized as a hub of National Human Resources Development, promising the university's steady growth in the 21st century.

Grown from its roots as Musashi High School, the first seven-year high school in Japan, Musashi University has three goals – independence, dialogue, practice – which guide the education in its faculties of economics, humanities, and sociology, and graduate schools of economics and humanities. With its clear purpose of “training global citizens with a firm grounding in liberal arts education,” Musashi University stresses the importance of ongoing foreign-language education and small seminar classes in which students and faculty can forge effective relationships.