The International Conference on Advances in Education, Humanities and Languages ​​(ICEL) organized by the Department of Language Education, Faculty of Cultural Studies (FCS) Universitas Brawijaya (UB) was officially opened by Prof. DR. drh. Aulanni'am, DES as Vice Rector I of UB on Saturday (3/23/2019). In a speech delivered in front of 160 speakers and 270 participants from various countries, the Vice Rector I of UB said, "International events like this are in order to advance and improve their respective knowledge ". Tari Topeng Patih (Patih Masked Dance) performed by four (4) dancers from Asmoro Bangun and FCS UB choir performance, Voice E-Lite, which sung Indonesian Pusaka and Paris Barantai songs were also presented at the opening ceremony of ICEL.

Faculty of Cultural Studies (FCS) University of Brawijaya (UB) accepted a student of Kaigai Kyouiku Jisshu (Teaching Practice Courses Abroad) from Hiroshima University (HU), who was Kobayashi Mone. Kobayashi Mone is a student of Program in Teaching Japanese as a Second Language in HU. "I hope I get skill in teaching Japanese, and understand how foreign student study Japanese in foreign country through this program", she said. This activity was held for three weeks, in February to March, 2019 in the Japanese Literature Study Program FCS UB. In the first week, she observed the class activities (sit in) taught by Japanese native speakers, Ms. Ogawa Yuki's classes.

Capacity Building Program presented by The Japan Foundation Kansai-Osaka Japan has been held since 2014. In 2019, The Japan Foundation held a program called "Japanese Language Education Capacity Building South Asia Japanese Teacher Training College in Osaka Japan". This program was held in Kansai University, Osaka, Japan. This year, Japanese Language Education Study Program, Faculty of Cultural Studies (FCS) Universitas Brawijaya (UB) sent one lecturer, Rike Febriyanti, M.A. and one student, Pratama Hanan Alfarisi. This program lasts for 40 days. Here, the student learns Japanese by using JF Standard, meanwhile the lecturer learns how to evaluate by using JF standard.