The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has selected six schools, including Shiga University and Osaka University, as base schools for strengthening mathematical and data science education.Both are universities aiming to build human resources development programs for data science and to form educational bases, and aim to develop mathematical and data science education centered on the base schools.

 According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Shiga University, Osaka University, Hokkaido University, Tokyo University, Kyoto University, and Kyushu University were selected.In April 2017, Shiga University established the Faculty of Data Science as Japan's first independent faculty of statistics, developing a curriculum and working on full-scale human resource development related to data.

 Osaka University is an educational center for mathematical and data science, Hokkaido University is a data science center, Tokyo University is a mathematical and information education and research center, Kyoto University is a data science innovation education and research center, and Kyushu University is a mathematical and data science education and research center. Have a concept.

 The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has set up a "discussion meeting on strengthening mathematical and data science education" made up of academic experts, and has been studying the ideal way of practical education, the creation of a standard curriculum, and the support system of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

As a result, it was launched
■ Will the Data Science Center become a regional base and have a spillover effect on other universities?
■ Is the educational content balanced between mathematics and data science?
■ Are full-time faculty members assigned?
-As a result of applying the above to the concept of each university and judging, 6 schools were selected as the base schools.

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