Kyoto Sangyo University, which was planning to establish a new veterinary school in the National Strategic Special Zone, abandoned the new establishment in the spring of 2018 after the school corporation "Kake Gakuen" was planning to establish a new veterinary school in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture.As an alternative measure, the Faculty of Life Science will be reorganized and the Faculty of Life Science will be established from FY2019.
According to Kyoto Sangyo University, the concept of establishing a veterinary school centered on the Department of Animal Life Sciences of the Faculty of Life Sciences was formulated in 2004.After that, he was competing with Kake Gakuen with the aim of establishing a new veterinary school in the Kansai area special zone.However, because the conditions indicated by the government were not met, the application to the special zone operator was postponed.
There are not many teachers who can take charge of veterinary education in Japan.The application from Kake Gakuen made it difficult to secure teachers who would contribute to international standards, so he decided to give up.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a positive statement in June about the establishment of a second school of veterinary medicine, but the birth of a new school of veterinary medicine is expected for the time being due to the abandonment of Kyoto Sangyo University, which was considered to be the closest to the second school. lost.
The new faculty of life science has two departments.The Department of Advanced Life Sciences will be established by incorporating the basic research conducted in the Departments of Life Systems and the Department of Life Resources and Environment into the Department of Animal Biomedical Sciences.Furthermore, based on the knowledge of life science, the Department of Industrial Life Science will be established to train human resources with social science knowledge.
Each department will be provided with three courses: medical care and health, food and resources, and ecology and environment to enhance specialization.Although it does not train veterinarians, it will work to acquire qualifications as a first-class experimental animal engineer and food hygiene manager.