The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology investigated the status of industry-academia collaboration among universities, junior colleges, colleges of technology, and inter-university research institutes nationwide. %) It turned out that it exceeded.

 The survey was conducted on 2021 institutions such as universities nationwide based on the data as of the end of March 3, of which 1,059 institutions responded.According to the report, of the amount of research funds received, it was 1,037 billion yen from private companies, an increase of 1,224 billion yen (38%) from the previous year.

 このうち、共同研究による受入額が847億円で、全体の69.2%を占め、前年度より50億円(6.3%)増加している。2016年度が526億円、2017年度が608億円、2018年度が684億円だけに、右肩上がりの増加が続いた。
Among them, the amount of joint research accepted per case of 1 million yen or more reached 1,000 billion yen, which was 466 billion yen (54%) higher than the previous year. The amount received per case is 13.2 million yen.Compared to the previous year, it is 1 yen (294%) larger.However, the number of cases was 22, which is slightly lower than the previous year's 8.1 cases.

 Revenue from intellectual property such as patent rights is 56 billion yen.It increased by 4.1 million yen (7.9%) from the previous year.Of this amount, income from patent rights was 40.3 billion yen, accounting for 72.6% of income from intellectual property.

reference:[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology] Reiwa 2nd year About the implementation status of industry-academia collaboration at universities, etc.

University Journal Online Editorial Department

This is the online editorial department of the university journal.
Articles are written by editorial staff who have a high level of knowledge and interest in universities and education.