Students from ASEAN member states are enjoying their learning experiences at Sophia University and their daily lives in an international environment provided by the most international university in Japan.

Those students participate in SAIMS, Sophia University's program to accept Southeast Asian exchange students for a semester. SAIMS stands for Sophia's AIMS, and is conducted under the ASEAN International Mobility for Students Programme initiated by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

Setiadiputra Muhamad Haris Zamaludin, a male student from Bogor Agricultural University in Indonesia, learned about SAIMS from a Sophia student who was then studying at Bogor.