On April 2017, 4, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced the application status of the "designated national university" established by the law that partially amends the National University Corporation Law during the third medium-term target period.Seven schools, including the University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, and Tohoku University, are applying.
The designated national university corporation system is based on the law that partially amends the National University Corporation Law (Law No. 2016, 38), in order to significantly improve the level of education and research at Japanese universities and create innovation. A system that allows national universities that are expected to develop the highest level of education and research activities to be designated as "designated national universities". If you are designated as a "designated national university," special provisions such as expanding the scope of investment to promote the utilization of research results will be granted.
Universities applying for "designated national universities" are required to compete with the world's leading universities in an international competitive environment, so "research capabilities", "cooperation with society", and "international collaboration" It is a condition of open recruitment that it is already at the highest level in Japan in the three areas of "".
In designating, we can present strategic and effective efforts to realize a virtuous cycle of attracting excellent human resources, strengthening research capabilities, and gaining evaluation and support from society, and for a period set by ourselves. In, it is supposed to specify only the universities that can be surely executed.Therefore, the university applying for the "designated national university" will realize the future plan of the university and its plan based on the analysis of the current human and physical resources and the expected changes in the economic and social environment in the future. It is required to clarify the route for this and the required period. Universities designated as "designated national universities" are expected to play a role in promoting national university reform by actively disseminating the impact on social and economic development and the concrete results of their efforts. NS.
From November 2016, 11, the open recruitment of "designated national universities" was started, and seven schools, Tohoku University, Tokyo University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Hitotsubashi University, Nagoya University, Kyoto University, and Osaka University, applied.In the future, hearing examinations and site visits will be conducted, and it will be designated around the summer.
