The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Council of Experts, which is discussing reform policies for engineering university education, has put together an interim report calling for the introduction of a six-year integrated system for undergraduate and graduate schools, and a major and minor system.In addition to training human resources who will lead new technological fields in response to rapid changes in the industrial structure, it is necessary to develop human resources who will create technologies for the next era and adapt to technological innovation.
In the interim report, while information-related technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence are making rapid progress, the domestic engineering faculty remains a system that deeply learns one field from the Meiji era, rather than responding to a wide range of structural changes. , Analyzing that it is progressing in the direction of deepening research in specialized fields, and said that it has not responded to the demands of society.
Introducing a 9-year integrated system that allows students to flexibly divide the year, a XNUMX-year integrated system including doctoral programs, a major major, and a minor major, as it is necessary for students to learn a wide range of knowledge not only in their specialized fields but also in information-related fields. And so on.
Furthermore, in order to respond to the current progress in information-related technology, it is necessary to incorporate more information-related fields into common engineering basic education for students in non-information-related fields.It is recommended that it is essential to flexibly respond to changes in society and promote the creation of an environment where students can study independently by reviewing the capacity of departments and majors and introducing a degree program system to undergraduate and graduate schools. ..
