It has many international students relative to other Japanese universities, and is most known for the strength of its foreign studies program.

[1] On May 26, 2010, the decision was taken to stop accepting new student applications to the graduate law school, which was opened in April 2006.

[2] In 2013, Himeji Dokkyo University was chosen as the partner site for the U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program.

Approximately thirty students live in a Himeji business hotel and attend 20 hours of per week language instruction at the University for the summer.

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