Kagawa University held a press conference to explain the outline of the new establishment of the Faculty of Creative Engineering and the reorganization of the Faculty of Economics from 2018, following the announcement from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
President Shogo Nagao reports on the establishment of the Faculty of Creative Engineering and the reorganization of the Faculty of Economics, and is enthusiastic that this reform will be "based on the demands of Kagawa Prefecture and the local business community, and will be an attractive learning place for young people." Said.
Next, Vice President Yoshiyuki Kake (in charge of research and evaluation) explained the results of a needs survey on the establishment of a new faculty for high school students and companies, and high school students who answered "I want to enroll" and companies who said "I want to hire graduates" Each exceeded the enrollment capacity, indicating that there were sufficient needs.
Kagawa University plans to reorganize four organizations in April 2018, including the establishment of a new Faculty of Creative Engineering.The Faculty of Creative Engineering is a pillar of reform, with an enrollment capacity of 4.The conventional Faculty of Engineering consisted of four departments, but one department is divided into seven courses such as "modeling / media design", "architecture / urban environment", and "disaster prevention / crisis management".The Faculty of Economics will reduce the capacity to 4, which is 330 less than the current capacity.
The establishment of the first clinical psychology department in the national university medical school nationwide and the reorganization of the graduate school of agriculture will continue to be examined by submitting additional documents.